Monsters, Inc.
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Features
• Animated
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC
In Theaters : 2001
Video Release : 17 September, 2002 |
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Monsters, Inc. Customer Reviews
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We have met the Monsters, and they are us.
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Like the other Pixar offerings, everything about this film is beautifully constructed, including the characters, the voices, the backgrounds, the music (which won Randy Newman his first Oscar), and not least of all the story. Pixar spends a lot of time and energy developing deep, textured stories that work on many levels. Look just beneath the surface, and there might be a message lurking:
Although they're a weird looking bunch, the monsters all have oddly ordinary names, like Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan ("Sully"). They live in houses, go to work each day, and worry about romantic relationships and energy shortages. Except for outward appearances, they're a lot like us.
To deal with the energy problem, they invade the private territory of small, dark-haired people who don't speak the language (human children), popping out of their closets, intimidating and scaring the "energy" out of them in the form of screams. The monsters are taught that children are toxic, and any contact must be avoided at all costs. Even a child's sock brought back into the Monster world is enough to trigger a full-scale governmental SWAT team decontamination.
Impatient with the low efficiency of the scare technology, Sully's evil arch-rival, Randall, builds a machine to forcibly suck the scream-energy right from the unwilling mouths of the children. In searching for test subjects, he inadvertently lets the human child, Boo, into the Monster world.
Sully's gradual change of heart towards Boo forms the emotional hook of the story, underscored by Randy Newman's remarkable music. Sully pays a high price for learning to care about Boo. His friendship with Mike is tested. He is banished from his own land.
It doesn't take an advanced degree in geo-politics to draw some obvious inferences about what's going on here, but politics never gets in the way of the story. The chemistry between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) is a big part of the success of the movie, but the imaginative design and spectacular animation doesn't hurt, either. The final action sequence is amazing.
The DVDs are full of amusing and informative behind-the-scenes footage. Both wide-screen and full-screen versions of the film are included in the package.
All of Pixar's films are top-notch, but I think this one is at the top of the heap, bringing together a terrific story, great characters, and spectacular animation. Five stars doesn't do it justice. |
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