I went into it expecting a kid-friendly, cute, fun monster-mash and that was pretty much what I got.  I may have exaggerated when I wrote that I "loved" it.  I liked it a lot, but didn't think it was in any way a great piece of work.  But I did think it was fun and pretty much just what I expected.

I think my kids wanted real monster action (I also showed them the Universal classics) and were put off, perhaps even offended, by the juvenile approach.  Lots of kids don't want to be played down to and lots of kids hate child actors.  I know I did when I was a kid.  I think it felt like Saturday morning childishness to them and they felt they were beyond that.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.                                                                                     Dorothy Parker