Nothing too amazing in this film, just an alright Point A to Point B movie with some muddled social commentary mixed in. I wish there were more scenes with the creatures to see what they are actually like, but I also understand that's not the main part of the movie.
Pretty boring and didn't handle the social commentary, monsters or romance well. Not terrible, but also not much of anything, despite (or likely, because of) trying to be so many things.
Like a film in a bottle, the movie gets lost in the sea of message (Who are the real monsters?) and romance, but it's high production value was a welcome surprise on my local streaming horror service so, all in all, I'm glad I found it.
Monsters is a creative take on monster genre, stripping it of its usual fantastical elements and replacing them with an understated look at what life could be in such circumstances. Some great visuals, clever pacing and flashes of social commentary shine while the protagonists are bland and bad CGI breaks immersion now and then.
You do have a monster in your monster movie don't you?
It was made on a extremely small budget and made the most of it. The scary part of it is more the fear of the "monster" than actual monsters. I enjoyed it but the ending was very abrupt.
The kiss at the last scene is perfect cinematically.
Whitney is the only thing goodabout this movie.
A simple tale of two people getting from A to B while falling for each other along the way...plus there's some stuff about aliens going on in the background too. It's a nice wee flick, worth your time if you've not seen it before.
What an absolute waste of time. No wonder Godzilla 2014 was such a disappointment. It feels like Gareth Edwards would rather make romance movies, but knowing those would probably fail, he drops kaijus in the background and markets them as monster movies instead. A complete fraud. The only thing good about this film was that it depicted an actual mexico border wall which was funny.
Faked me out. Had me thinking I was watching a horror/monster movie, instead it was just a love story. You tricky bastards.
Gareth Edward's first movie. Very impressive considering the shoestring budget. Not at all what you expect - much more character-driven than action packed. More romantic drama, than horror, though there are definitely scares to be had here. Very well shot, and keeps the suspense up by not showing the monsters until necessary. Recommended.
Had some potential, but ended very abruptly.
After an hour or so you start to think if you made a mistake watching this movie.
15 minutes later you are sure of it.
Boring as only a chess game with yourself can be.
Wow, I did not expect that. This is not really a monster or alien movie, even though it is set in the world of one, it's more of a character movie. Even if there is not a whole lot of plot going on, it somehow ends up being ... beautiful. The whole last scene was just perfect.
A disappointment, only look the actors walking, little monsters, boring, little budget
On s'ennuie du début à la fin.
It is not sci-fi movie, it is a rethorical apology of immigration and a condemn of US border administration. childish.
This is not the run of mill typical hollywood sci-fi!!!! People need to understand that. It's not a Michael Bay, with explosions and lens flair .. its not even "about monsters" its about people..
Very good movie, with a VERY small budget, that managed to get a kick in the groins of most hollywood productions.
Good plot but a little boring...
Thanks for the heads up beamr.
No unless you want to waste a couple of hours. Hardly any action/drama.
Been meaning to check this out.
Is it any good?
Been meaning to check this out.
Is it any good?
Didn't think much of this movie.
Only had a $15,000 budget, beat that Hollywood!
Shout by the_guy_with_the_hatBlockedParent2014-10-19T23:41:21Z
Hm, that i a typical 5/10-Movie. It doesn't make much wrong, but has to less ups. Also the ending is a little bit disappointing short.
In the end: 5/10 to make a not bad movie with very little budget