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The monsters in Monsters, Inc. are just so incredibly cute--and they know it. Whereas Woody, Buzz and pals in the Toy Story saga were filled with self-doubt about just how much the children in their lives would continue to love them, here our heroic monsters and their impossibly lovable human ward Boo have no such worries, at least when it comes to the cinema audience. And that's why Monsters, Inc., for all its wondrous computer-animated artistry, its smart humour and its family-friendly appeal, doesn't quite capture the naïve charm of its predecessors.
Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit--that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis--is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten.
The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. --Mark Walker
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Disc One:
Animated menus
Finding Nemo - an exclusive sneak peek of Disney/Pixar's next feature film release
Filmmaker's audio commentary
Sound effects only mix
Disc 2:
For The Birds - 2001 Academy Award-Winner for Best Animated Short Film
All-new animated short film, Mike's New Car (created exclusively for the video)
Outtakes
7 Easter Eggs
US Premiere
Trailers and TV Spots
Poster Gallery
Multi-language clip reel
MONSTER WORLD MENUS:
Monster TV Treats
Ponkickies 21 - all new animation created for Japanese television
Disney Storytime
"If I Didn't Have You" music video
Company Play Program - cast bios, photos and advertisement
On the Job with Mike and Sulley
Welcome to Monsters Inc. - introduction
Your first day - orientation for new employees at Monsters Inc.
History of the Monster World
Employee Handbook
Monster of the month
Scare Cards
HUMAN WORLD MENUS:
Pixar's fun factory - John Lasseter takes you on a tour of Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Air Show - Paper airplane contest with Pixar staff (easter egg)
Story is King featurette
Monsters are Real featurette
Original treatment
Deleted scenes
Original opening
Storyboard to film comparison
Cast of Characters
What makes a Great Monster?
Character Design
Monstropolis making of Featurette
Setting the scene
Colour Script
Master lighting
Location flyarounds
Monstropolis art gallery
Guide to "In" jokes
Animation process
Early tests
Opening title animation
Hard parts featurette
Shots department
Production demonstration
Monster Song - behind the scenes look at "If I Didn't Have You"
Sound design featurette
Biaural Recording
Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Come on! We've gotta find another door!",
By Jennifer Litchfield (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Monsters, Inc. is another triumph of computer animation from the wizards at Pixar. As with the Toy Story series, the plot is taken from a "what if?" scenario in a child's imagination. What if the monsters (whom everybody knows dwell in childrens' closets and under their beds) in fact live in a parallel world to ours? Monstropolis City is powered by energy garnered from children's screams, which are collected by the workers at Monsters Incorporated. James P. Sullivan and his sarcastic assistant Mike are Monster Inc.'s top scarers, but when Sulley inadvertently lets a small girl into the monster world things start to go awry. Monsters believe that human children are highly toxic, and in their efforts to put little Boo back where she came from, they uncover a fellow worker's sinister plan to revolutionise the scream-collection industry. One of the few down sides of the film is that at times it is just a little too cute, and Sulley definitely works best as a strong and straight-forward good-guy, as opposed to his attempts to be a moraliser and emotion-analyst. His computer-generated fur though is incredible. Over one million hairs have been animated to move realistically in response to anything from a light breeze to a Himalayan snowstorm. The concept of a factory that has an exact replica of every child's closet door, and that of monsters living in a world not all that dissimilar to ours is certainly clever; but it is also the little details - such as a "Grossery Store" and "odorant" (rather than deodorant) - which really make the movie. Although the ending is a trifle schmaltzy, this is a film that kids will love, and adults won't mind watching again and again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another bit of Pixar genius,
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This review is from: Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Pixar hits all the right notes, working at lots of levels to entertain all ages. Great movie.
The plot is excellent and makes sense. In fact, in my view, it makes a damn sight more sense than the Matrix. For the uninitiated, the premise here is that the monsters need to pass through special portals to scare children, as that is how they get their energy. The plot of Matrix is that all humans are keps in battery pods to extract energy, while our minds are sustained in an entirely artificial universe in order to keep them from getting too bored and switching off our bodies. Call me simple minded, but the Monsters Inc plot makes more sense to me. The scene in Monsters Inc where they are chasing through the door/ portal warehouse, and in and out of different points on the globe, is stunning.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, Charming--and those Amazing Graphics!,
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This review is from: Monsters Inc. [2002] [DVD] (DVD)
Just saw MONSTERS INC. for the first time, and although I wasn't looking forward to some of the cutsy schmaltz that sometimes overly pervades certain Disney films, the entrancing--and vivid--computer animation totally sucked me in, so much that I soon couldn't care less about whatever corny little story the screenwriters were trying to make me believe. However, a funny thing happened during my ongoing visual and aural animation: I actually started caring about the story, about the characters created only from photons and actors' voices--as well as from a screenplay that is completely inoffensive to little ears, yet also listenable to bigger ones. And the graphics--wow! At times I found myself forgetting that this wasn't live-action, especially during what I felt was the best scene, one that reminded me of a wicked inverted-rollercoaster ride. Well, there you have it: a film that everyone from five and up can enjoy, for different aspects of it. Aside from the wonderful visuals, of course we also get two of the best vocal acting performances in recent memory, from Billy Crystal and John Goodman. Yes, we also get some of those patented Disney/Pixar fake 'outtakes' during the closing credits (I know they're a bit corny by now, but they're still kind of cute). With all of the extras on the DVD, I'd say it's a good buy--whether you have a kid or not. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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