Monsters
I left feeling really let down by this low budget giant monster flix. I really didn't except much, and the movie kind of failed to deliver that. I knew it was low budget, I knew it only stared two people, I knew they didn't spend a ton of money on high end effects. But in the end the movie was more of a road movie love story then a horror movie. And I guess I was hoping for a bit more on the Horror side. I don't think this movie can be classified as a horror movie. The horror aspect of the movie is mostly misdirection.
10 Plot
I get the pseudo-documentary style of following around just two characters. I get learning more about the infection zone as they learn, and the audience is learning about the characters at the same time. I get the story is about the journey. But damn nothing really happens in the infection zone, for being portrayed as so dangerous it wasn't. Maybe that was the point the movie was making, and I just hated the point.
15 Acting
I give the two actors credit they did a good job, they had chemistry together. Getting locals to play the extra gave it a pseudo-documentary style. Also they do pull a fast one that the rich girl was more down to Earth and responsible then the news photographer.
15 Directing
Some nice cinematography, great location shooting, but nothing truly stunning.
5 X-Factor
The title Monsters were cool looking, and you do get some nice shots of them. But over all you don't see them enough, and they really only seemed threatening in one scene. Also all most all tension building scenes were defused and were pretty much misdirection. Lastly you saw that the larval monsters were attached to the trees, and the giant version walking around, nothing in between. There were some tentacles in the water, but that was brief. Also these creatures seemed to be around for a few years and no one seems to realize they are attracted to lights? The audience figured it out, but no one in the movie seemed too?
45 Total
10 Plot
I get the pseudo-documentary style of following around just two characters. I get learning more about the infection zone as they learn, and the audience is learning about the characters at the same time. I get the story is about the journey. But damn nothing really happens in the infection zone, for being portrayed as so dangerous it wasn't. Maybe that was the point the movie was making, and I just hated the point.
15 Acting
I give the two actors credit they did a good job, they had chemistry together. Getting locals to play the extra gave it a pseudo-documentary style. Also they do pull a fast one that the rich girl was more down to Earth and responsible then the news photographer.
15 Directing
Some nice cinematography, great location shooting, but nothing truly stunning.
5 X-Factor
The title Monsters were cool looking, and you do get some nice shots of them. But over all you don't see them enough, and they really only seemed threatening in one scene. Also all most all tension building scenes were defused and were pretty much misdirection. Lastly you saw that the larval monsters were attached to the trees, and the giant version walking around, nothing in between. There were some tentacles in the water, but that was brief. Also these creatures seemed to be around for a few years and no one seems to realize they are attracted to lights? The audience figured it out, but no one in the movie seemed too?
45 Total