Movie Review: Monster Trucks 1-14-17
In Part 1 of Top 30 Worst CGI Movies of All Time, I stated that I hoped Chris Wedge would redeem himself with Monster Trucks. This film was co-produced with Nickelodeon, who had previous experience with live-action films like Harriet the Spy (1996), Snow Day (2000), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and Hotel for Dogs (2009). Is this film worth seeing? Let's find out.
In Part 1 of Top 30 Worst CGI Movies of All Time, I stated that I hoped Chris Wedge would redeem himself with Monster Trucks. This film was co-produced with Nickelodeon, who had previous experience with live-action films like Harriet the Spy (1996), Snow Day (2000), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and Hotel for Dogs (2009). Is this film worth seeing? Let's find out.
Monster
Trucks tells the story of a teenage boy named Tripp (Lucas Till) who works at a
local junk yard. One day, he finds a large cephalopod-like creature
with a whale-like head and an appetite for oil. Tripp names the creature
Creech, and Creech decides to live underneath Tripp's truck, taking the
place of the engine. With his friend Meredith (Jane Levy), Tripp discovers
that Creech is a species of primordial subterranean underwater creature,
and that two others of Creech's species are being held captive at the local oil refinery! Now Tripp, Creech, and Meredith must find a way to
rescue the captives and save Creech's kind.
Now
what do I think of Monster Trucks? To my surprise, I actually enjoyed
it! There have been quite a few tasteless live-action films with CG
characters, but few of them match the quality of Creech. He is almost as
seamless and fluid as Hank in Finding Dory!
Creech also, personality-wise, bares some resemblance to Toothless from DreamWotrks' How To Train Your Dragon.
If
I were to complain about one thing, I feel like the film drags a little
bit at times. However, it's still, to me at least, an enjoyable film
that I'd pick over Ice Age 5 any day of the week.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
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