It's all really basic, simple stuff that you've seen before, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with it and, really, you can even get into some of this. With the help of a schoolmate, Meredith, he runs from these people. But, of course, given that the oil company's goons are after them, then it's not all fun and games. Tripp finds that Creech likes to hide in the truck he's been working on and, basically, likes to drive around while inside it. Some contentiousness at the beginning, Tripp and Creech end up becoming fast friends, if you can call it that. Isn't it great to see such black and white villainy in films? The creature that escapes ends up in the junkyard Tripp works in. The oil company's goons are on the lookout for the third creature, since the discovery of a new ecosystem will put their drilling to a stop and, obviously, they'll lose out on a ton of money. The operation ends up releasing three sea creatures, two of which are caught and one of which escapes. In this case, it's an oil company who's drilling into a lake that's above the oil they want. Hell, the first season of Stranger Things is, basically, E.T as done by Stephen King. wants out of the picture for one reason or another. You know the type of films I mean, where a kid grows close to a.being that the government/corporation/organization/etc. The thing is that this follows rote narrative established popularized by E.T. I'm not saying that I love this movie, but I definitely, while not thinking it was good, had some fun watching this. Scott Pilgrim vs The World was a major flop, but I loved that movie and still do to this day. The fact that the movie flopped, however, shouldn't have any bearing on the quality of the film. So, no, this won't turn into a franchise, which is what, I'm assuming, Paramount and Nickelodeon were hoping for. That's barely half of what it cost and it lost Paramount $120 million. Yes, this movie was a major flop, making $64 million WORLDWIDE against $125 million budget. Though, having said everything that I have said, in terms of this being a stupid idea, would you believe me if I said that this actually ended up being a pretty decent little movie. It's like watching what a movie made by me would look like, but it's also put through a PG-13 filter, so with all the swearing, gore and sex cut out. Because I may talk about about how even I would not have come up with an idea this silly, but, let's be serious, I probably would. Look, I felt that I was destined to watch this movie. Yet they, somehow, keep coming back to Monster Trucks, because it's the only one they can somewhat do something with. They've gone through everything and nothing sticks. Like people just DESPERATE to come up with SOMETHING decent. It's like this is bottom of the barrel brainstorming. It's just something that you don't even think about serious because, I mean, nobody would be silly enough to fund a movie about a sea creature (or monster) that likes to hide in trucks and drive them and actually call it Monster Trucks. Anyway, the point is that I've had plenty of dumb ideas for movies (so dumb that I can't even remember them at this point), but I don't think I've ever come up with quite as dumb an idea as literal monster trucks. Of course, I'm no writer, so this is where the problems start to show up. I don't name names because, as extremely limited as my review reach is, I don't want anyone stealing a potentially really good idea from me. I've not named any names, though the clues are there if you know what to look for. Plus there's some interesting dynamics to explore with the person that he meets that's close to him, given their perception among some dumbasses who willfully ignore some of the unhealthier aspects of their relationship. It would certainly be a retcon of all the established lore surrounding the character, but I love the idea of a villain becoming a cult leader, after a particularly nasty beating by his arch nemesis, in order to recruit people to fight this person once again. There's one that I'm, actually, really proud of in that it features one of the biggest villains in all of media sort of becoming a religious cult leader (ala Jonestown), where, let's just say, he meets someone that he's very close to in the medium this villain originates in. Look, I've had some stupid ideas for movies in my life.
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