Monster's University the prequel to the 2001 Disney Pixar hit Monster's Inc. shows us what Mike and Sulley did before they became friends and worked at Monsters Inc. Billy Crystal and John Goodman (who play Mike and Sulley) face pretty difficult challenges being 65 and 61 years old respectively and playing 18 year old college freshman versions of there characters. In the story both of our characters arrive to the illustrious Monsters University with dreams of becoming professional scarers. At the beginning of the film our characters are shown as mortal enemies and they are always trying to outdo each other in various aspects of the college lifestyle. After a mishap in class they are both thrown out of the scare program and other campus activities. With a chance to prove themselves in attempt to reenter the scare program, they enter the scare games with the main goal to scare mechanical children by using different scare tactics. For them to enter though they must band together with a group of outcasts in the fraternity Oozma Kappa.
The film also shows us how the Randall-Sulley feud started and it also brings back familiar characters like Roz and The Abominable Snowman, but the film does drag on for a little bit longer than it should. While the film does not rank with the Best Picture nominated Up and Toy Story 3, nor does stack up against the second level films of The Incredibles, A Bug's Life, WALL-E, Finding Nemo and its predecessor Monster's Inc, it does however fall into the third tier films of Cars and Ratatouille, and it far exceeds Cars 2 and Brave. With all of this being said I had a blast during the movie and I literally almost peed my pants during the first competition of the scare games. Its a fun movie for the whole family to see and everybody will get a kick of it, I give this film a 9 out of 10 and I predict an $65 million box office weekend in the US.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Monster's University, do you agree or disagree with my review, where would you rank the film in the list of Pixar films and what are your predictions for the box office. Let me know in the comments and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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