"In my experience the beginning of a movie is important. It gives you a little bit of tone for what you're in for, it gives you all of the spices or ingredients. When I showed the first cut, I think some kids were too scared. We had a little slogan in the cutting room: 'Too Scawy.' There were oil men flying through the air and tentacles whipping around, and people weren't sure that they were in the right theater."
A filmmaker walks a fine line when he or she makes a monster movie that caters to the whole family. On the one hand, they must endeavor to make sure that the creature looks exotic, otherworldly and weird. On the other hand, a filmmaker also needs to make sure that the horror aspects of a particular monster's initial scenes are not overwhelming for the younger members of the audience. As Chris Wedge explains, the opening scene of Monster Trucks' first cut initially set the horror bar a little bit too high, and it proved jarring for test audiences. Wedge and his team went back to the editing room and used the phrase "too scawy" as their mantra for whether or not a sequence would work for kids.
That's a major step in the process. After all, can you imagine how scary E.T. would've been if the titular alien wasn't cute? That premise would scare adults.
Of course, that was an issue for the opening scene of the movie, but it wasn't an issue that plagued every frame of Monster Trucks. Chris Wedge went on to liken the tone and feel of the film to a child playing with toys, meaning the project was basically always designed to cater to family audiences. Wedge told CinemaBlend:
"But that was just a little bit of editorial because the main point of the movie was to make this truck into a character and to have fun watching it move around kind of like kids imagine their toys moving around when they're playing with their little trucks and cars on the kitchen table or on the arms of the sofa."
So while the beginning may have been somewhat problematic at times, the overall movie didn't necessarily share that issue.
Monster Trucks follows the adventures of Tripp (Lucas Till) and Kreach, a truck that's different from the rest. Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend!
Melding cutting edge visual effects and state-of-the-art CGI, Monster Trucks is an action filled adventure for the whole family that will keep you on the edge of your seat and ultimately touch your heart.
Monster Trucks stars Lucas Till as Tripp, Jane Levy as Meredith, Barry Pepper as Sheriff Rick, Amy Ryan as Cindy, Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) as Reece Tenneson, Danny Glover as Mr. Weathers, Thomas Lennon as Jim Dowd, and Holt McCallany as Burke. The movie is directed by Chris Wedge.
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