SUMMARY
At a young age, Flint Lockwood has always wanted to invent something
interesting; however, his inventions malfunctioned, such as the Remote Control
Television, Hair Un-Balder, The Flying Car, Rat-bird hybrids, and a Spray-On
formula (labeled "Spray-On Shoes") that have permanently trapped his
feet in a solid sealant. He grew up misunderstood by his father, Tim (James Caan). His mother, Fran (Lauren Graham), always believed he could
succeed, however, she died almost 10 years before the story, leaving Flint with
his father. They live in Swallow Falls, a town located on an island under the
"A" in "Atlantic" as printed on a map. Since the Baby Brent
Sardine cannery closed down, the economy fell and left Swallow Falls with
sardines as their one and only source of food.
About a decade later, Flint (Bill Hader), along with the assistance of
his pet monkey, Steve (Neil Patrick Harris),
who speaks through a thought translator (the Monkey Thought Translator),
invents a machine that uses microwave radiation to mutate water into food,
called the FLDSMDFR. The machine requires a lot of electricity to work, so
Flint sneaks out of his father's fishing tackle shop while he is watching Mayor
Shelbourne (Bruce Campbell) and
"Baby" Brent McHale (Andy Samberg) unveiling a new tourist attraction,
Sardine Land. Flint is stopped by police officer Earl Devereaux (Mr. T), but gets away. Flint then goes to the power plant and
hooks up the machine. The machine absorbs millions of megawatts of electricity
and ends up rocketing through town and shooting up into the stratosphere, destroying Sardine Land.
Flint, a failure, runs away and goes under one of the docks. While recuperating
from his failure, he meets Samantha "Sam" Sparks (Anna Faris), a weather intern for the
Weather News Network in New York whose big break was foiled by Flint's actions
while reporting the events about Sardine Land. The two witness violet clouds
shaped like cheeseburgers floating over the town that rain cheeseburgers, much
to everyone's surprise and joy.
Realizing his achievement, Flint invents a communication device to send
orders to the FLDSMDFR which is resting in the stratosphere. He starts working
for Mayor Shelbourne, and Sam broadcasts Swallow Falls (now renamed
Chewandswallow) attracting tourists. He also did an ice-cream snow day for the
birthday of Earl's only son, Calvin "Cal" Devereaux (Bobb'e J. Thompson).
Everyone is going well until Tim fails to show appreciation for his son, and
worst of all, more and more people (including the Mayor) start greedily
requesting food for Flint to rain. The more food that is ordered will require
more clouds for the machine to collect and make the food. Flint notices that
the food is beginning to rain in massive quantities, but the Mayor (now morbidly obese) sees it as a better outcome for him and the
city, and Flint is forced to agree. He orders spaghetti and meatballs at the
mayor's direction for the grand re-opening ceremony.
The next day, citizens and worldly tourists crowd Chewandswallow and cheer
on Flint who cuts the ribbon. Suddenly, a large destructive tornado formed of
spaghetti and meatballs threatens the town. Flint rushes to the lab to turn the
FLDSMDFR off, but finds the Mayor ordering dinner. Flint attempts to send a
'kill code' to stop the machine. However, the Mayor accidentally destroys the
communication device while trying to stop Flint from turning off the machine.
Flint asks the Mayor what he exactly ordered, and the Mayor timidly replies to
Flint that he ordered a Vegas-style all-you-can-eat buffet.
A massive food storm threatens the world and Flint loses hope. However, his
father encourages him to fix the mess and hands him his lab coat that he lost
in the recent disaster. Flint gains confidence and places the kill code in a USB flash drive and invents the Flying Car 2, but is
then met by the angry townspeople, who, told by the Mayor, want to get back at
him for dooming their world. Fortunately, Earl comes to the rescue, stating
that the townspeople themselves are to blame since they have been pushing Flint
into making so many orders in the first place. Realizing this, the townspeople
agree and spare Flint, allowing him, Sam, her cameraman, Manny (Benjamin Bratt), Steve, and Brent to set
out to destroy the FLDSMDFR and save the world while they work together with
the remaining tourists to escape Chewandswallow. Entering the stratosphere,
they find that the machine is the sole core of a giant meatball — ameateroid
— and that it is aware of the heroes so it sends sentient food to attack them
(starting with a pizza). In the chaos, Flint loses the kill code when the flash
drive flies out of the Flying Car 2. Flint calls his father who instructs him
to enter his lab and send the kill code to his cell phone. Flint, Sam, and
Brent enter the meateroid but Flint is forced to carry on to the machine solo
since Brent must fight off sentient roast chicken while inside one and Sam cuts
herself on peanut brittle, to which she is allergic and therefore must get
access to an epi-pen.
Meanwhile in Chewandswallow, the citizens and tourists, with the help of
Earl, escape on boats made of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches under Earl's
orders, while the Mayor escapes on the first one (and soon begins to eat it).
Mt. Leftovers collapses, causing an avalanche of food — a foodalanche — to destroy
Chewandswallow. The foodalanche covers Flint's Lab with Tim still trying to
send Flint the kill code. However he survives and he successfully clicks send.
Flint encounters the machine and jams the phone into the USB port. However, Tim
had sent him the wrong document, but Flint destroys the machine by using his
Spray-On formula into the food extraction hole. Sam and Brent escape the
meateroid before it explodes. They return to the aftermath of Chewandswallow.
Flint returns safe and alive carried by his Ratbirds. Tim finally shows his
appreciation for Flint and Flint and Sam celebrate and they kiss.
MORAL VALUE
1. we must not give up
2. we should be proud of our parent
3. do not be a arrogant people
4. do not be a greedy
5. do not forget our parent
6. kepp on dreaming
7. keep working
8. remain humble
9. we should be confident
10. dont look the book from the cover
