Monsters U

[metsmarathon]

and you thought your roommate freshman year was a monster!

little mike wazowski wants to be a scarer, but is he scary enough? and how did he get to be friends with sully? and why is randall such a jerk? all these answers and more.

[metsmarathon]

i can't quite say that this latest pixar installment will be one of their most enduring masterpieces, but it sure was a fun romp.

we were a little worried because this was minimm's first time in a movie theater, and we weren't quite sure how he'd handle the dark, the noise, the being quiet, the whole experience. but he was great, and it sure helped to have a good, well-paced movie on screen. he didn't get bored or distracted for a second. and neither did we.

they did a really fine job getting an entirely different story line out of the monsters universe in a very different kind of movie than monster's inc. the movie was all about mike and sully growing and learning together, and overcoming obstacles, moreso than it was about scaring. which was good, because we learned in the first movie that scaring is actually mean. but when it comes time to actually lay the scare down, mike and sully do a truly epic job.

for the grownups, they managed to capture the college experience fairly well. they did yeoman's work sanitizing the whole experience for the kiddies and leaving it still entirely relateable for the parents.

i was too busy watching and enjoying the movie to pick up on hte typical pixar easter eggs. clearly, i'll need to see it again.

[Edgy MD]

The movie seemed to be referencing this idealized mid-century era where ethinc working-class shubs lived in clean inner city brownstone neighborhoods, packed their lunchpails, got to work without having to hop on a freeway, did their jobs with pride, and had faith in being a small cog in a machine that made a safe livable city for all of them to raise their kids in.

It wouldn't have occurred to me that they'd be college boys. High-achieving technical school grads, maybe.

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: It wouldn't have occurred to me that they'd be college boys. High-achieving technical school grads, maybe.

Clearly you haven't seen the movie and/or don't know how it ends.

[Edgy MD]

Clearly.

[seawolf17]

Obviously.

My short review is very similar to marathon's, although I did think it got a little slow after the climactic "Scare Games" scene. LOVED all the little college-y things they threw in there.

[Edgy MD]

But I did see the original, and did appreciate that spirit.

[seawolf17]

I'm hoping you're taking this in the piss-taking jest with which I intend it. Damn you, internet and your lack of emotion.