Movie of the Week: Monsters vs Aliens
Silke and I had to go to London to watch our first movie in 3D. Ever since I wanted to see a CGI movie in 3D as the stereoscopic effects worked much better for computer generated images. When I found out that the Vue in Cambridge can now show 3D movies as well I was eager to see Monsters vs Aliens because I liked the trailer even without 3D effects.
The movie itself is a lovely animated film. It has a lot of humour and action mixed with a little bit of sentimentality. It turns out of course that the Monsters are lovely people, while some of the humans are the real monsters. And at the end of an entertaining picture you get your happy ending.
Except for one scene at the beginning the movie doesn’t toy with the 3D effects fortunately. But they definitely enhance the visual impressions a lot. If the camera moves through an asteroid belt it looks like you are really in space. And a car chase in 3D has that extra edge. I’m really looking forward to see what other filmmakers will do with this exciting technology.