What movie did you just watch?

[Koopaul]

Nobody watches movies anymore?

Sorry for the bump but I just watch The Monster Squad. Let me tell you, it was a disappointment.

A movie featuring Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Wolfman, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Mummy... you'd expect it to be an awesome monsterfest right? Wrong, those monsters are barely doing anything in that movie besides stumble around and get easily shot down by a fat kid!

Monsters need to kill people and be all... monster-like! On top of that we barely get to know our heroes, a group of Goonie wannabes who specialize in their monster knowledge. I don't remember any of those kids names.

I think I know what the problem is with this. Too much story. It focused too much on the MacGuffen and explaining what they needed to do and whatever, and we never got to see the characters or monsters shine!

Let's take a look at The Avengers that just came out. The story took a back seat in that movie and let the superheroes interact with each other and kick ass. That's how this movie should've been handled. It should have been a character movie.