Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm happy that Gareth Edwards' MONSTERS is getting a lot of attention. It's a truly impressive accomplishment for the budget, but I will say when I saw the film last March at SXSW that it was a movie I thought was just okay until I heard he shot it for $15,000, then I hit the roof.
It's kind of a mumblecore alien invasion story. It's an incredibly inventive movie, but if the script was just a little more... um... in existence... I think this could have been a classic. Instead there's a heavy reliance on improv within every scene, so the details tend to be blurry and the character dialogue often repetitive.
But the movie truly hinges on two things: The love story, which I bought, and the glimpses at the invading giant aliens, which are incredibly impressive.
The story is simple: two people are trapped in Mexico, they need to make it to America after the first wave of an alien invasion (that's UFO alien, not Lou Dobbs alien) where the boarder between US & Mexico is a No Man's Land filled with these creatures.
I can't wait to see what Gareth Edwards does with more money and a good script.
Anyway, mini-review over! You want to see the Alternate Poster for the flick. The Vulture Blog has the premiere! Be sure to click the image below for their story and a higher res version of the poster!
-Quint
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