-The first showing of the day sold out and had to turn people away.
-2nd showing of the day: HUGE line.
-3rd showing of the day: HUGE line.
-4th showing of the day: Medium line.
This theatre needs to add more screens for this. At least in my local theatre, it's selling out. I've been at the first day showings for Pixar movies at that theatre every year since 2006. This is the first time EVER that's there been a line like that to get into the theatre. For what it's worth.
Also, make sure you stay for after the credits. There is a scene there!
I still don't think a Monsters prequel was necessary. This was just okay, as far as Pixar follow-ups go. It does give an interesting perspective on the college experience.
The Blue Umbrella was good, though I'm pretty sure Disney already did it.
I watched Monsters University today. The film is loads of fun. It was wonderful seeing Sulley, Mike, and Randall and the monster world again. Since Mike and Sulley were going to be best friends someday, their tiffs made me want to chuckle. When they started caring about each other, I got warm fuzzies. ^_^
Semaj wrote:The Blue Umbrella was good, though I'm pretty sure Disney already did it.
I've loved the Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet short since I was a child and it was on my mind while watching TBU. The Blue Umbrella is pretty cute but not one of Pixar's best shorts.
Liked the prologue (kid Mile was adorable) and the cabin scene. The rest of the story was boring, tired and cliched.
Very disappointed in the character designs. Everybody except the returning characters and the headmistress looked like rubber dog toys or Dreamworks characters. I accepted this for background characters in Monsters, Inc. to save rendering time, but it just reeked of laziness and a lack of creativity to me this time.
Speaking of Dreamworks and laziness, the mom character felt like a Dreamworks character. She did not seem like a genuine character and seemed more like the writer just regurgitated every tired and cliched mom character he could remember seeing in bad movies.
This and Brave have been the only two Pixar films that had me checking my watch in the theatre and genuinely disappointed me.
Still, it will probably steal the Oscar from some other film like Brave did to ParaNorman. I enjoyed Cars 2 more than this.
ianwahlers wrote:Speaking of Dreamworks and laziness, the mom character felt like a Dreamworks character. She did not seem like a genuine character and seemed more like the writer just regurgitated every tired and cliched mom character he could remember seeing in bad movies.
I wish she was more interesting. She was flighty , didn't take a thing seriously, didn't give any helpful advice that would come in handy later in the film, and treated Mike and his team like they were little children. I liked her best when she was cheering Oozma Kappa and snapping their photo when the crowd of college students was speechless.
I wonder why they bothered giving Randall eyeglasses because after he and Mike introduced themselves and Mike pointed out to him the glasses gave him away when he became invisible, Randall stopped wearing them during the rest of the film. If he had worn them in class and while testing Mike with flash cards, I would have understood Randall needed glasses for reading.
Sky Syndrome wrote:I wonder why they bothered giving Randall eyeglasses because after he and Mike introduced themselves and Mike pointed out to him the glasses gave him away when he became invisible, Randall stopped wearing them during the rest of the film. If he had worn them in class and while testing Mike with flash cards, I would have understood Randall needed glasses for reading.
I guess it was to explain why he squints in Monsters, Inc. Personally, I thought the reasoning behind how Randall became evil was very weak. They honestly could have written the character out of Monsters University and he would not have been missed (and I think Randall was a terrific character in the first one, but he was given so little to do here and as I said, he had no character development).
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estefan wrote: Personally, I thought the reasoning behind how Randall became evil was very weak. They honestly could have written the character out of Monsters University and he would not have been missed (and I think Randall was a terrific character in the first one, but he was given so little to do here and as I said, he had no character development).
Unfortunately, that was my one complaint with this film. I guess the filmmakers thought it would slow the movie down. Hopefully if and any deleted scenes are on the DVD/Blu-ray, maybe we'll see more of his development.
As for his eye sight, I guess he decided to get contact lenses at some point during the first semester of college.
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I had little expectations, I have tried to not watch the trailers, or read much about it. I was fearful, cause the original was so good. I must say, I was PLEASANTLY surprised. I really enjoyed it. It was always fun, funny, thoughtful... it lacked a bit of heart (which translates to the very much missed "Boo"), but I would say this one is only a small notch below the original! So glad!
After the dreadful Cars 2, and the mediocre Brave... Im relieved that Pixar seems to be back on track...
As for the Blue Umbrella.... Fedora/Bluebonnet. People have already pointed that out.
Sky Syndrome wrote:I wonder why they bothered giving Randall eyeglasses because after he and Mike introduced themselves and Mike pointed out to him the glasses gave him away when he became invisible, Randall stopped wearing them during the rest of the film. If he had worn them in class and while testing Mike with flash cards, I would have understood Randall needed glasses for reading.
I guess it was to explain why he squints in Monsters, Inc. Personally, I thought the reasoning behind how Randall became evil was very weak. They honestly could have written the character out of Monsters University and he would not have been missed (and I think Randall was a terrific character in the first one, but he was given so little to do here and as I said, he had no character development).
Someone elsewhere raised a good point that since Sulley became top scarer even as a college drop-out, Randall probably would hold some extra spite towards him considering how he worked his ass off to get that degree.
I rather liked the movie, though the third act is definitely some of the strongest stuff. I think the way this movie developed the setting further and really cemented further the idea of how culturally important scaring was to the Monster World, now I'm interested in actually seeing an MI2, because now it doesn't even need to involve Boo. If you did a story about the impact laugh energy has on the Monster World and how many jobs are being lost or college degrees being sucked down the toilet, it could be pretty interesting.
I usually don't do reviews, but the hell with it. I'll do the review of Monsters University, and to be honest, I actually liked it as much as the first. I was really floored on how good it was, because my expectations were a little bit low, but I'm glad I saw it.
GOOD:
1. I love the animation. I never seen the humans look real in a PIXAR movie, since every human in the crime investigation scene looks like something you see in real life.
2. John Ratzenberg as the abominable snowman from the first makes a cameo. 'NUFF SAID!
3. The flashback at the beginning with Mike as a child in a tour in Monsters Inc. before years later when he's a college freshman is really heartwarming, as with the character parings in the film, speaking of...
4. Character parings such as Mike and Sully, the Dean and Sully, and the OK, Mike and Sully, are really damn good since they're like friend or enemy.
5. The Wilhelm scream when Mike gets the job in college as a floor cleaner. Yeah, I still look out for these.
BAD:
1. The story isn't too good since it felt like something off of a TV show, in other words, the story is episodic. I dunno, it seems like there was no villain, and it felt like Pixar's answer to Hotel Transylvania, where it's episodic, and there is no villain, although there is humor written all over and they're funny.
Overall, it's a very good movie. Sure wish the story could've been better, but otherwise, I still enjoyed it from start to finish, and is a whole lot better than Cars 2.
Also, I'm lazy to add in stuff in the review, so, my score is a 8/10.
“Monsters University” has a simple and quite predictable story, as we already know that Mike and Sully will end up as friends at the end. However, the journey is more important than the destination and along the way we tackle themes of defying expectation. While the story is predictable, the writers and directors manage to throw a little surprise here and there. From some interesting character moments to laugh out loud situations. It’s sort of light on heart, but the film is engaging enough and the movie gets better as it progresses.
The main characters, Mike and Sully, retain much of their charm in this prequel. Mike takes the lead in this recent outing. He’s sweet, optimistic, and crazily dedicated. Sully is laid back, a slacker, and a bit insecure. However, it’s great to see him develop into the master scarer he is in the original film. It’s really fun to see how their relationship develops. Their constant bantering and butting of heads is fun to watch and the sweeter moments are endearing. There are some newer characters in the film as well and they add a lot of charm and humor to the film. My personal favorites are Art, a purple hairy monster with long legs, and Squishy, a awkwardly round monster, who gets some of the best laughs in the movie.
Aside from story, Pixar’s greatest strength is animation and this film has some of their best. The colors are vibrant and the hair effects are fluid. The one down side are the character designs. The main cast is fine, but some of the background characters just aren’t unique and look similar to one another. Randy Newman’s score is effective for the movie, but lacks a memorable spark. The score is just filled with generic college music, but it still weaves in some interesting emotional bits.
Overall, “Monsters University” is a fun and enjoyable film. While it doesn’t reach any emotional highs and the beginning is rocky, it has some really great laughs. The animation is top class even though some of the character designs are “meh” and the score is effective, but leaves more to be desired. It’s a great way for Pixar to get back on track. I give it 3.5/5, great fun and an extremely enjoyable time.
I really had a great time with the film and it's good fun. I like it just as much as the original
I like how Sully comes clean about cheating and that Mike and Sully got kicked out because it shows you can get a great job without going to college. That's a message you don't hear a lot of. It's quite a refreshing change of pace and I applaud Pixar for that.
I did enjoy it just as much as I did the first one
Bravo Pixar Bravo
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I just got back from seeing Monsters University and thoroughly enjoyed it. Adorable script, great voicework. I was in a theater filled with young children who absolutely adored it.
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Just got back from it. There were some pacing issues, but other than that I enjoyed it quite a bit.
I went in managed to avoid a lot in the way of sneak peaks and such which is pretty rare for me. I normally dive head first into everything I can without spoiling any key moments, but this time I avoided everything but two clips. I'll just spoiler tag the rest of this, even though most of its pretty tame. Nathan Fillion had a larger role that I ever expected based on the nerdist exclusive clip that introduced the character. I assumed that scene was pretty much the extent of it.
One of the funnier moments for me was the whole "I'm not going to be your dad, think of me like a brother who's marrying your mom. Wait no, that's not right either...".
The way they handled the end was great. though for some reason I was confused briefly, because I thought they had both gotten in, when really they got expelled, so I was confused as to why they weren't celebrating. I think I got distracted too much to read that piece of paper they held up explaining that. But once I caught up to what happened its really a brilliant and realistic way to handle things.
Was it as good as the original, maybe not. But its hard to compare the two, because it was clearly trying to be a different genre. That backfired with cars 2 but it works here I think. There's a part of me that would have liked to see the rest of the story fully animated, the parts we only see pictures of. Almost seemed like it part of the movie early on then scrapped.
Has anyone caught any cameos? Was that a drawing of sid I saw on that training game? I think I saw a skull shirt but it was so fast I didn't get a loot at his face. And did they turn the pizza planet truck into a police vehicle? Then there's the drawing of the luxo ball, and of course John Ratzenberger, but that one hardly needs pointed out by anyone.
What else did I miss? There has to be more. I was looking for some hint of Dory or a dinosaur but never saw anything.
As for blue umbrella, not my cup o tea at all. Its only impressive on a technical level (the bokeh mainly), artistically I was bored. I don't think we should be striving for that photo real feel. And the animation style for the faces just felt tacked on as an afterthought.
