It may be the dead of winter, but you can look forward to the spring and some new animated movies from Pixar and Dreamworks.
First, Dreamworks’ Monsters vs. Aliens is a seemingly funny movie about alien forces attacking the planet, and the United States government using monsters to take them down. It contains voice talents from Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, and Keifer Sutherland. This movie proves to have some serious star power riding behind it, probably due to the fact that Pixar always manages to win awards with less star power and more art than anything else. However, after watching the trailer 6 or so times, this movie does look like it will be pretty hilarious, at least it better be.
Next is Pixar’s Up a story about a 78 year old man tying balloons to his house so he can travel the world. It has vocal talents from Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Paul Eiding, and Jordan Nagai. This movie has more elder statesmen than the previous and will rely on artsy design to reel in moviegoers. This film is directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, both of whom have worked on several Pixar pictures, and probably will feel like a mix of Wall-E and Finding Nemo.
You have to hand it to Pixar: they really know how to pull the punches and make a great piece of art for the masses. Dreamworks is always reliable for a funny piece to be lighthearted and filled with solid messages. Both of these groups rightfully have taken over the summer tradition of the Disney Summer Animated Movie. the question remains: which one will be your favorite? By the time we all thaw out, monsters beat aliens might be appealing after all.
Aliens vs. Balloons
by J Frazzetta January 13th, 2009 |Comedy, Family, Movie Commentary, Sci-Fi
It may be the dead of winter, but you can look forward to the spring and some new animated movies from Pixar and Dreamworks.
First, Dreamworks’ Monsters vs. Aliens is a seemingly funny movie about alien forces attacking the planet, and the United States government using monsters to take them down. It contains voice talents from Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, and Keifer Sutherland. This movie proves to have some serious star power riding behind it, probably due to the fact that Pixar always manages to win awards with less star power and more art than anything else. However, after watching the trailer 6 or so times, this movie does look like it will be pretty hilarious, at least it better be.
Next is Pixar’s Up a story about a 78 year old man tying balloons to his house so he can travel the world. It has vocal talents from Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Paul Eiding, and Jordan Nagai. This movie has more elder statesmen than the previous and will rely on artsy design to reel in moviegoers. This film is directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, both of whom have worked on several Pixar pictures, and probably will feel like a mix of Wall-E and Finding Nemo.
You have to hand it to Pixar: they really know how to pull the punches and make a great piece of art for the masses. Dreamworks is always reliable for a funny piece to be lighthearted and filled with solid messages. Both of these groups rightfully have taken over the summer tradition of the Disney Summer Animated Movie. the question remains: which one will be your favorite? By the time we all thaw out, monsters beat aliens might be appealing after all.