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Nice effects though.

A Masterpiece!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

I can appreciate the creative way Monsters was made. After all, the filmmakers had practically no budget and the dialogue was mostly improvised. Nonetheless, the story just didn't work for me, despite the realistic tone. It feels too long for a movie where so little happens.

I know it's billed as a monster movie, hell it's even called Monsters, but for me it was a movie about a single emotion. I'm not even sure if I can say what that emotion was but, for me, it was near perfect. You feel like you're lost and drifting through a strange world you can't explain. It's a world of beauty mixed with a deep undercurrent of worries you can never understand. If you're after monsters or pure science then it's probably not for you but I came away wildly impressed.

Warning: mild spoilers.Let's list the pros: + Visuals are pretty good. Electric egg pods are fun to look at. Great scenic shots. Like visiting the Yucatan without leaving your couch. + At least Mystery Science Theatre has fresh new content. And that's about it. Now the cons: Characters completely unlikable. As in, they start off terrible: cold, cynical and reserved. At the end, they are interested in each other. But they've made no sacrifices. They've made no transformation. They survived and watched aliens get nookie. Predictable-as-hell story. "Oh, they didn't get on the boat?" "They will have to go by land?" "They will learn something about the aliens on the way?" "There will be danger?" "They will be surprised when they get to the wall?" "Is America not everything they thought it would be?"Paints Americans as s**t tourists. Because tourists like "Andrew" exist: assuming the entire world speaks English, and therefore starts every sentence in that language. But seriously, it's obnoxious to watch, and adds no meaningful value to the overall program.The scripting is terrible. Somebody should have taken the script and ran it through Grammarly.The romance is forced. I've seen two paperclips have deeper passion than these two. The aliens are unoriginal. Electric. Octopus. Sharks with Lasers would have at least been more fun to watch.Clearly, I was not a fan. Hard pass.

Repeating....jungles on Mexico's Northern Border? A border wall ten times the height of China's great wall? The octopus/squid/lava-light nemesis with a pupae/river/sea/land life cycle is a decent creation but with a title like "Monsters" I expected more interaction between earthlings and beasts from outer space than that.