Monsters vs Aliens

C5 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:12:21 +0000

Before I had the opportunity to see the movie, Mosters vs Aliens, I’ve never seen the trailer. When the opportunity knocked, I opened the door. It turned out a great visitor!

I’m not much a fan of monsters nor aliens but since this is from Dreamworks, it must be good!

Watching a movie in a movie theater was almost like new to me since the last time I did was 15 years ago. It used to be that me and my ex-boyfriend watched 3 movies a week. When I got married and had kids, watching was limited to Betamax, VHS, VCD and now DVD.

As soon as I got my ticket, excitement grew.

Ticket front cover.

Ticket, inside, with pop-out images.
It was actually my first time to watch a 3D movie. I was seated at the far left but somewhat in the middle (vertically). It should have been better if I sat the farthest but I was with a group of other bloggers and where we sat was the place where we all ten could sit.

Despite my seat location, I was taking notice of the 3D technology. With 3D glasses on, images were popping out the screen to the middle of the theater! Artwork was very detailed and movement was close to human smoothness.

On the plot, here is what it says at the back of my ticket:

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, the President is persuaded to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

Before you enter the theater, you will have to deposit any mobile phone, camera or recorder. If you don’t want to deposit them, you might as well leave them at home or in your car. When you deposit, you will also give your ID and both the ID and the device will be placed in a sealable plastic and a number with a rubberband will secure it in place. Don’t lose your number so you can claim your device later. With the ID, though, I think you can claim it still since you can be identified. It is also a safety precaution for others claiming who might have just picked up a lost number. The number is just an easy way to identify the particular item but the ID will identify if you are the real depositor.

2 thumbs up for the movie, the technology, and the security! So if you are still undecided, I say go for it! If I, a mother, did enjoy and loved it, I’m very sure the kids would too, more than I did.

By the way, it was announced that all future animations by Dreamworks will be available in 3D. Yay!!!

Thanks to Azrael for giving me the ticket!

I wasn’t able to stay longer afterwards to meet with other bloggers and get to know them personally better. I was overcome by my timidity, I guess. I’m an introvert offline, believe it or not. But here’s my only pic I took while I was waiting for Az.

Jon Voight 24

C5 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:14:12 +0000

by Cecile Cinco

Last night we were watching Nicolas Cage’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Jon Voight’s role is Cage’s father. I’ve actually seen it twice and I find it still good to watch.

Jon Voight, father of Angelina Jolie, is really good. Very good. Now, after 40 years of being in a series role in Gunsmoke, he’s playing Jack’s (Keith Sutherland) nemesis in 24. As an actor, he can be both the good and bad guy.

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