Mini-Review: STELLAAAAAAAA

Mini-Review: The previews really didn't do this movie justice. It was a lot funnier than I ever expected, and not just in an ironic stupid-funny way. There were also some fantastic and creative monster effects. You can tell they didn't use much CGI unless they really had to. In fact, I think it's only used for the small, crawly slug-monsters, because it would be hard to make them look real with practical effects. But most of the monster effects are done with real stuff, which is refreshing in this era.

Mini-Review: Half of me wanted to watch this because it's Tobe Hooper, and half of me wanted to watch it because I heard of some gratuitous nudity. The plot was nothing spectacular, though it does sometimes try to be smarter than it should. Dialogue can get pretty prosaic too. Some of the special effects were surprisingly good, which is probably one of the movie's greatest redeeming factors.

Mini-Review: Why can't Eddie Murphy be in more movies that are this good? It was consistently funny, and the dialogue was especially good. Sounded natural and realistic, and Eddie Murphy did a surprisingly good job.

Mini-Review: This is pretty much everything you could hope it to be. I don't know if it's less enjoyable for people who haven't seen the preceding movies, but I think it juggled the very many characters effectively, and put forth a good effort to give them all an equal share of screen time. The action scenes are creative, easy to follow, and don't stretch on to the point of boredom, like some other huge blockbuster action movies.