sophybliss

I honestly don't understand why this film has the glowing reviews it does. I personally like small, odd, quirky films, even bad films if they are interesting. Monsters is just dull. The male character is unlikeable, unattractive and frankly stupid. The female seems like some kind of Paris Hilton knock-off. Neither of the lead actors can act. Not very much happens in the movie other than a somewhat unbelievable romance between two people with zero chemistry. The extras are much more interesting, scenery is great considering the equipment they worked with, monsters are actually somewhat cool when you finally get a good look at them. A great premise done in by a boring, boring script.

Before I get flamed, let me say I love the Beatles' music and am a huge fan of British humor (I 'get' it and understand the accents). That being said this movie didn't do much for me. Yes, it's cool to see the young Beatles and get a glimpse of their personalities - however manufactured for the film they may be. It's neat to see '60's London, the fashions and dance styles of the time. The music is impeccable.

The rest of it is just kind of blah. The jokes aren't particularly funny, the grandfather bit is lame, the constant running/playing/mugging to the music gets old, as do the screaming, fainting 12 year old fans. It's okay as a time capsule but certainly no masterpiece. Apologies to everyone for whom it's an essential piece of their youth - guess I just missed it by a decade or so!

One of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. For some reason I tried to watch it twice, to see if maybe I was missing something, but it only got worse. Rifkin is a horrible actor and his 'jokes' are consistently puerile. Possibly of interest to horny, bored pubescent boys home sick for the day. Any good review this pile of trash receives obviously comes from someone involved with it. Any attempt to associate this with Woody Allen or even Mel Brooks is asinine!! How did this ever get made?? Obviously Busey, Carradine and Arnold were desperate for the cash.

I think this is the maddest I've ever been at wasting my time on a movie. Not even bad-good enough to rate as a cult classic! The shame is there's obviously talented, truly creative people out there who can't get a break because someone's throwing money at crap like this.