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I would appreciate any more comments on Monster v Aliens, as Casper (5.5) is very interested in the previews.
She seems to be a bit cold-blooded, actually - we watched Animal Cops (by mistake) recently, and while she had a lot of questions, she wasn't distressed.
Violence-wise, it's probably about on par with Star Wars.
I think it's probably more violent-seeming to adults because a 5 year-old isn't going to be extrapolating the consequences of all the collateral damage. (That is, the onscreen body-count is mostly alien clones who don't quite count, but if you stop and think about the logistics of some of the action scenes, there's no WAY most of the background extras could have survived.)
There's a lot of slapstick that will be funny to young kids, but most of the pop culture references will go right over their heads - they reference just about every classic SF/action movie ever made, as well as 24 and The Colbert Report.
Gender politics-wise, I think all little girls everywhere should see it. It never really occured to me before that Pixar, much as I love them, has never once had a female protagonist in any of their films.
What about Jesse?
She wasn't the lead. She's a big enough character to qualify for a Best Actress nod, but it's still Woody's movie.
Same goes for Elastigirl and Dory. Pixar is all about the awesome female second-in-command.
Pixar is all about the awesome female second-in-command.
Now that you point it out, yeah, they really are. Hmm.
I guess Mr. Incredible was technically the protagonist of that movie, but casting Holly Hunter opposite Craig Nelson was not conducive to me sympathizing with anyone besides Elastigirl.
But for grown-ups who like monsters and aliens and 3D animation and Stephen Colbert, I highly recommend it!
This is me! Thanks for the rec; I thought it looked good from the trailers.
Me, too! I've seen the trailer probably 4 times, and it makes me laugh every time. Definitely want to see it.
I'd consider Elastigirl an equal to Mr. Incredible in the plot and characterization, and wouldn't be surprised if they have an equal number of lines and screen time, FWIW.
Otherwise, as you said.
Saw Watchmen this afternoon. I completely cracked up when "The Sound of Silence" started playing, because that identified the one missing thing that would have made the movie a halfway decent one. Did Snyder grab one of the teenage fans off the sidewalk at a Stephenie Meyer book signing and put her in charge of the score?
I will admit that the opening credits were worth the price of admission, though.
Did Snyder grab one of the teenage fans off the sidewalk at a Stephenie Meyer book signing and put her in charge of the score?
The only soundtrack cliche they missed was using "For What It's Worth" for the sixties.
It was by far the stupidest soundtrack I've ever encountered. So thoughtless.