This weekend was, unfortunately, one of slim pickings.

I didn't actually want to see a movie — I was forced to choose between Twilight: New Moon, The Blind Side, and Planet 51, none of which looked like they might be half decent.

From the start, the first choice was out of the question. I'd honestly rather watch George Clooney's last five movies on repeat for the rest of my life than see some vapid braindead teen angst over pansy vampires that look like Barbie princesses when they step into the sun. Did you guys know that Twilight: New Moon made more in box office opening weekend than The Dark Knight? Pathetic.

Having narrowed the list down, I was forced to choose between a football film and a children's movie. In the end, I chose to see the children's movie, Planet 51, but only because sports films bore me to death.

The premise of Planet 51 didn't look too bad. A bunch of aliens that don't look but act exactly like humans stuck in the 1950s are frightened and panic when a human astronaut lands on their planet. The mildly amusing plot looked like it could have potential.

Let me talk about the parts of the movie that were good right away. The animation was solid throughout. The images were very high quality, the characters were well designed, and its consistency helped boost the rest of the movie. The story development wasn't half bad for a kid's movie either. It had a simple, logical flow and applied neatly on to the premise.

Here is where it went bad. Planet 51 has just about one of the worst scripts I have ever seen in a movie. The premise was cute, but the script was written so lazily — so carelessly, that it ended up sounding like a bunch of recycled garbage. The writers were obviously either not into the plot of the movie, trying to get fired, or completely incompetent. It was completely uninspired and was painful to listen to.

Here's a memo, guys: kids movies don't have to be bad. They don't have to make teens and adults want to pull their hair out. Wall-E wasn't all that bad. Coraline wasn't all that bad. Even Monsters vs. Aliens wasn't the worst movie. So why did the writers for Planet 51 care so little about this movie?

The second thing that went wrong with Planet 51 was that it was incredibly boring after the first 20 minutes. This is where the movie failed everyone, even the children. This movie became a pain to sit through and made me wonder whether I should have gone to see The Blind Side.

It really was too bad. The movie's premise definitely could have delivered if the writers had bothered to write a script that wasn't just plain bad. From the poor selection of movies released this week however, it was still the best choice. Especially over that Twilight.