Initial Conditions

I went to see this last week, largely because I could do so for free and my flatmate and I wanted to see a 3-D film.

I don’t see many kid’s films in the cinema, because I am neither child (in the age sense- of course everybody is somebody’s child!) nor parent (in any sense. unless you count ideas.) and as such, it was difficult for me to make any kind of judgement as to the quality of it.

I did laugh a few teams, largely because the blue blob character was quite funny (and reminded me somewhat of a much nicer Horrible Gelatinous Blob from Futurama), but the plot (Monsters are put in hiding in order to not scare the public but are freed so they can fight the invading aliens, with various sub-plots) was paper-thin and it was really obvious what was going to happen. But then kid’s films aren’t known for their complex plots or twists.

There were a couple of unnecesary political messages too (unnecessary for a kid’s film), but really, there’s nothing really memorable about it. However the kids in the cinema seemed to like it, so you probably can’t go wrong if you’re looking to spend a couple of hours in relative quiet. But if you see two twenty-something guys there together, please don’t give them funny looks…