Monsters Inc Review Celebrating 25 Years.

 

Monsters INC Review

Celebrating 25 Years.

Monsters, Inc. is one of my favorite Pixar films; growing up, it was funny and one of Pixar's best films before they lost their touch. Monsters, Inc. follows Sulley and Mike, voiced by John Goodman and Billy Crystal, best friends who work at Monsters, Inc. to scare kids because their screams give them power in their city; they scare because they care. Everything changes when a door to a kid's room is left open on the Scare Floor, and Sulley meets Boo.

Monsters are actually scared of human kids; they fear getting sick, and everyone is told not to let a child into their world, or they will face banishment like Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and the Abominable Snowman. So now Sully and Mikey need to get Boo back to her door.

The film has a lot of great characters, like Celia, voiced by Jennifer Tilly; Randall, the main villain; Mr. Waternoose, voiced by Steve Buscemi; and the late James Boburn, whose voice work was his last film. Ross was also funny in this film and was voiced by Bob Peterson, who wrote Finding Nemo and Up. 

Now I've got to say I love the villain Randall because he starts as an ego villain who wants to be number one. Until we learn he was Boo's monster, and he wants to kidnap children, as he built a secret machine that will drain all the oxygen out of a child to get energy, but it also means the kid dies too. So Randall's goal is to kidnap children and steal their oxygen, which is very messed up. I also find it funny how Randall gets defeated.

"She's not scared of you anymore."

“He’s out of here!”

This film had a lot of funny moments with Mikey, and I love how he tells everyone he's writing a musical called Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, or so help me, which is funny because in the bloopers we do see the musical.  

Mike was one of the best characters in the film, as was Sulley; both characters are so likeable, and you root for them. This film has some sad, heartfelt moments, like when Sulley scares Boo because Mr. Waternoose wants him to show an example of how to scare a child.

I find this scene funny, to be honest, just because of how the robot screams in horror, but later it's sad: Boo is scared of Sulley and hurts him because Boo is scared of him now. We feel bad for Sulley because he didn’t want to do it, but his boss told him to, and we all know what happened next. 

This was a good twist no one saw coming; it seemed like Waternoose was a good guy, and Sulley looked up to him. It was a good twist no one saw coming, but hey, Pixar has done this before and after this film, like Toy Story 2, Up, Toy Story 3, and Coco.

"Welcome to the Himalayas."

We, of course, meet the Abominable Snowman, voiced by John Ratzenberger, who doesn't love hearing him in every Pixar film. 

Sulley returns to Monsters INC after learning of a village with kids down the mountain, uses a door to save Boo, destroys Randall’s machine, and Mike returns to help Sully after their fight.

Later, Mike finally explains to Celia what happened as Boo scares her, and she loves him again and helps him and Sully. 

Now, of course, the film's climax is great. When I was a kid, I saw this scene and thought, "This would be a fun ride at Disney World," and I think they are building it. The search for Boo's door was one of my favorite scenes in the film, and like I wrote before, when Boo gets the courage to stop Randall and Randall gets banished, in the end Sulley and Mike expose Waternoose's plans to the CDA, and we learn Ross is number one of the CDA and was a spy for the CDA.

Sulley and Mike return Boo to her home, and we get an emotional goodbye between Sulley and Boo.

This scene was heartbreaking because after this, Sulley could never see Boo again. I remember my mom crying during this scene, and it is sad, especially when Sulley says, "Kitty has to go now." Then they hug, Sulley leaves, and Boo's door gets shredded. After this, many monsters worry about what will happen to Monsters, Inc. after Waternoose's arrest until Sulley takes over and turns it into a laugh factory.

It's a big success; everyone is having a great time, and then Mike tells Sulley he rebuilt the door, and Sulley and Boo reunite.

"Kitty." 

It's a great ending to a great film, and I can see why John Lasseter didn't want to make a sequel because the ending was so heartwarming. As well the bloopers are great and the musical number was great too. I wish Pixar would bring back bloopers in their films they were so funny.  

There were plans for a sequel called Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise, and it would follow Sully and Mike in the human world as they try to find Boo after learning she moved away. Still, in a dark and sad twist, the old lady in Boo's room is actually Boo, as time moves slower in the Monster world but faster in the human it's sort of like a Narnia thing. 

However, that was one of many drafts; in one draft, Sully and Mike help banished monsters get back, and even Randall gets a redemption arc. The villain would be another monster named Simon. Sully and Mike would find Boo in the end and meet her brother, and Sully accepts that Boo will grow up and forget him someday, but I like to think Boo wouldn’t forget Sulley, as I can see her always keeping that drawing she made of him and her.

Also Mike and Celia are getting married too and Mike is racing against time to get his wedding.

 However, they decided not to do a sequel, so they made a prequel called Monsters University, which was good but not as good as the first film, and they made a sequel as a TV show called Monsters at Work.

Monsters, Inc. is still one of my favorite Pixar films, and they don't make them like they used to. I hope one day Pixar will go back to what it once was. The animation in this film is great and still holds up 25 years later; the monster designs are great too; the characters are great; and the film is funny, heartwarming, and a feel-good movie. 

"We Scare Because We Care."

I give this film a 10 out of 10. Watch it and show it to your kids.