The 3D, while not used as effectively as it was in Coraline, is still one of the more impressive showcasings that I've seen, and that's largely due to the film's incredible action sequences. Even Reese Witherspoon helps you feel some sympathy for her character near the beginning of the film, and Stephen Colbert does a surprisingly solid job as President Hathaway. Cockroach, and most of the laughs are generated by Seth Rogen's performance as B.O.B. Hugh Laurie does a fantastic job as the voice of the sophisticated (though mildly insane) Dr.
As expected, I was also very impressed by the voice cast in this movie. I was smiling through virtually the entire film, and had about 5 or 6 hard laugh-out-loud moments throughout. The pop culture references are still present, but I found them to be more clever and funny this time around, and in much smaller amounts. Aliens such an enjoyable film is how it works as a comedy. There isn't a whole lot in the way of story and character development, but suffice it to say, it serves its purpose. Now, having seen the film, I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised.
Even so, I was still fairly skeptical about how it would finally turn out. Aliens did get me interested, though, and the voice cast seemed pretty impressive. Usually consisting of nothing more than unfunny pop culture gags, I think the majority of their films are mediocre at best, with the only ones that I really enjoyed being the first Shrek and Kung Fu Panda. Let's get this out of the way first: I'm not a huge fan of DreamWorks Animation.