Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
When the previews started for Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc., the young kids in the audience during the showing I attended were in a fit of giggles; The Lego Movie, Despicable Me 2, Turbo, and other future animated releases kept the young ones engaged. Of course trailers are designed to be snappy. As the Featured Film progressed, the kids attention didn't seem to stay focused. The problem, really, is that Monsters University is an animated teen/adult movie. Just like the very last chapter in A. A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, there are some stories you just can't appreciate until you've lived a little.
Personally I loved the movie, but then I was in the target audience. Mike Wazowski, that cute, highly enthusiastic single eyed monster, has dreamed of becoming a scarer at Monsters University. He's prepared and worked hard, studying, giving it his all his entire life just to be accepted as a Scaring Major. It's there that we meet some familiar faces from the first film, watching how characters interact and grow. At University we see how Mike and Sulley became such good friends.
The movie made me wonderfully nostalgic. I started longing to go back to school! But then I'm a bit of a nerd. Though none of the schools I attended had sororities or fraternities, it was amusing watching the houses compete. And along the way we meet some more fun characters in the Oozma Kappa fraternity.
The story was fun, but the first movie was much stronger in this regard, having a stronger plot. Monsters Inc will always be a delightful classic.
Pixar's animation was stunning! They just get better and better. The exterior/environmental shots were breathtaking. So beautiful.
Overall Monsters University was a fun movie that I rather enjoyed.
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