World Famous Comics: Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Bonnie Hunt Directed By: Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Disney/Pixar Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 17, 2002 Running Time: 93 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Product Description: From the Academy Award®-winning creators of TOY STORY comes the computer-animated film that captured the hearts of fans and critics everywhere. MONSTERS, INC., is "visually dazzling, action-packed, and hilarious" (Boston Herald), featuring groundbreaking animation, imaginative storytelling, and unforgettable voice talent. John Goodman stars as the lovable James P. Sullivan (Sulley) and Billy Crystal as his wisecracking best friend, Mike Wazowski. Top scarer Sulley and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children. Monsters believe children are dangerous and toxic, however, and they are scared silly when a little girl wanders into their world. Sulley and Mike do their best to return the girl home, but they face monstrous intrigue and some hilarious misadventures along the way. MONSTERS, INC., is "supremely clever -- fun for kids and adults alike" (CBS-TV). Treat yourself to the most entertaining movie of the year with all-new exclusive bonus features and animation for monster laughs and monster fun.
Amazon.com: The folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters, Inc., the studio's fourth feature film, which stretches the computer animation format in terms of both technical complexity and emotional impact. The giant, blue-furred James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (wonderfully voiced by John Goodman) is a scare-monster extraordinaire in the hidden world of Monstropolis, where the scaring of kids is an imperative in order to keep the entire city running. Beyond the competition to be the best at the business, Sullivan and his assistant, the one-eyed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. Director Pete Doctor and codirectors David Silverman and Lee Unkrich follow the Pixar (Toy Story) blueprint with an imaginative scenario, fun characters, and ace comic timing. By the last heart-tugging shot, kids may never look at monsters the same, nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians. --Doug Thomas
2 1/2 yr old Daugter loves it! We were hesitant because we didn't want the "Monsters" to be scary to her. It actually helped her overcome this fear and understand that monsters are nice and not scary! This is her favorite movie!
Hillarious. The movie is very entertaining and funny. Well put together and the DVD extras on the collector's addition are amazing.
Very Quirky Entry In the Pixar Canon Well, I've decided to review every Pixar movie that has been released, since they are good movies that feature creative storylines, great casts (instead of losers like Mike Meyers, Cameron Dias, John Travolta, and Miley Cyrus), top notch animation and details, pretty good messages for the adults, and What does this have to do with the actual review itself? Absolutely nothing.
Anyway, Monsters Inc. revolves around the fictional Monstropolis. Monstropolis, despite populated by somewhat grosteque, yet loveable, monsters, is a wholesome place, where monsters work, eat out, and have lives of their own. Monstropolis seems like a very great place where people have respect for everybody, and live as civilized as we do. Monstropolis also uses screams from children (who are considered poisioness) via state of the art technology to generate power from scaring them. Problem is, less and less kids are getting sensitive due to exposure and increased level of frightening monsters and imagery (a quite relative observation on our own society? Maybe), and power is harder to get thanks to the desensitivation to children. But when top scarer James P. Sullivan accidently let's loose a human child, he then learns more about humanity than he thought he ever would (okay, he realizes the kid isn't harmful at all. A few other things, but it's not that deep of a movie).
Filmmaking? Uh, hello? It's a friggin Pixar movie! Of course, the film-making has to be good, although Pixar is able to experiment with different styles (!). Heck, please tell me if the Incredibles and Wall-E look exactly the same. Well, I do like the whole look of the movie. The characters are creative, and are dynamic creatures who can be both scary and playful, the whole range. Monstropolos itself is very creative, with numerous, quirky in-jokes . I also love the cast, as it features such great names from adult moves like Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs! Fargo!) and John Goodman (The Big Lebowski!).
Sure, Pixar movies aren't exactly social commentaries, but Monsters Inc. has some pretty interesting messages in it. Sure, you could go with the basic, being some lame. It's a bit simple, but I compare the laughs and the screams. To me, it represents how laughter is better than screams, because while fright may go away because of prolonged exposure, laughs last forever and put more life in everybody than screams. Or something like that. Eh, whatever.
Really, the best thing that you can say about this movie is the fact that is combines both enjoyment for any age, which is pretty much the real beauty of any Pixar movie. This one is reccomended, along with pretty much every other Pixar movie.
B-
Love it!! Our previous copy of Monsters, Inc was so scratched that it kept skipping or just stopping when the kids tried watching it. I finally got a new copy and my kids plus the kids in my daycare can't get enough!!! We watch it on average 3 times a week...it gets quite a workout! I would highly recommend this movie to anyone.
Disney-Pixar ROCKS! It had been a while since I saw this movie in the theater. Glad I bought the DVD. I was delightfully charmed all over again. It's a keeper!
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