Monsters University

Happy Saturday to all! From my observations, summer seems to be the time where crappy movies are all released at the same time. Fortunately, there have been a few released recently that have broken my preconceived notions. One such movie is Monsters University.

Monsters University is a prequel to the 2001 Pixar film, Monsters, Inc. This film follows Mike Wazowski and his dream to become a professional scarer. Mike enrolls and Monsters University, and shortly after meeting James P. Sullivan (Sully,) they both get kicked out of the scarers program. Mike, Sully, and his new misfit friends compete in the school’s annual scaring competition to fight their way back into the program.  

I am not a fan of prequels or sequels, so I had low expectations going into this movie. Much to my surprise, I loved it. An appealing part of this film is that most of the original fans of Monsters, Inc. are in, or recently out, of college, so seeing the characters from the first film in a similar situation is enticing. Well played, Pixar. Well played. After seeing this movie, I am also 100 percent certain that if I went to Monsters University, Mike Wazowski would be my best friend. He is so gosh darn loveable.

Another highlight was the animated short at the beginning of the movie. (For anyone who doesn’t know, Pixar movies always have a short animated video preceding the actual film). This animated short was titled The Blue Umbrella. It was so good! The clip followed a blue umbrella through the streets of a busy city to find a red umbrella he is in love with. There was no speaking, and all of the characters were inanimate objects that came to life in the rain. I’m just flabbergasted by the fact that inanimate objects, incapable of speaking, can captivate an audience and make you feel emotion.

Overall, Monsters University was very entertaining. The movie was just plain fun to watch, and it was cool seeing how everyone from the first movie was in college. If you are a fan of Monsters, Inc., or even if you’re not, you should go see this movie. Fo’real. 

P.S. I linked the Monsters University website up above. It is like an actual college website, so you should check it out. Pretty cool stuff. 

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading :)