There's an old scary house in the neighborhood with a grump old man living in it, the kind that steals kids toys when they come into his (non-fenced) yard. DJ lives across the street and is obsessed with the house. When old man Nebbercracker gets hurt, the house literally starts attacking DJ and his two friends.
Monster House is up for Best Animated Feature, against Cars and Happy Feet. I liked the direction of this film the best of the three. Happy Feed seemed to have the camera on a roller coaster and I found Cars kinda slow and not as entertaining. This however has some really interesting camera angles, stuff that's normally only in a good live action film and the pacing and story are pretty good. I was also thinking that aside from the house (and some stunts at the end), this could have been a live action film. Can't say that for Cars or Happy Feet. I really enjoyed the beginning of this film but by the end my interest waned a bit. Still it was pretty good.
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Good review. I really liked Monster House too. Totally different than the more typical talking animals in most animations and kid movies. I was a little worried at first that it was too scary for kids (ages 7-9), but it wasn't. Cars and Happy Feet were good too.....lots of good animations and kids movies these days makes it easy and enjoyable to take the kids to the movies and have a good time yourself.
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