Friday, March 27, 2009

Aliens Land Today, Monster Box Office, Kung Fu Quality?


DreamWorks Animation releases "Monsters Vs. Aliens" in theaters today and the big question isn't if the film will make a boat load of cash...

It will. The real question is if Jeffrey Katzenberg's company can replicate the awesomeness that was "Kung Fu Panda" and make it two in a row? DW has a long list of projects lined up on the production run way and many are wondering will MVA be a harginger of what's to come or will it fall back into the "Bee Movie" and tiring "Shrek" territory.

After today we may have the answer...

6 comments:

Justin said...

Two in a row? Does Madagascar 2 not count?

Justin said...

...and based on the reviews I've been reading, this ain't no Kung Fu Panda. Sounds more like a Madagascar 1.

GCWB said...

This is no Kung Fu Panda.

I saw it today...it has "meh" written all over it. The only thing this film has going for it is that all the mehs are shiny and in 3D.

Chubs said...

I saw it today as well. It's not a bad movie by any means, but it's not KFP either.

PixarFanatic said...

I agree with everybody. It's maybe a Flushed Away, but not a KFP. KFP is practically unlike Dreamworks.

Luke said...

Kung Fu Panda came as a really pleasant surprise to me. I actually like it a lot more than some of the Pixar films (although not Wall-E).

I agree with the above poster though, that KFP really seemed atypical for a Dreamworks movie. I think part of the reason I was so suprised was because, with few exceptions, I've come to expect upper-end mediocrity from them. Most of their films have been good, but very few have been great.