Movie Review: "Monsters University"

Synopsis: You know the dynamic duo of Mike and Sulley from Monsters, Inc....but, do you know how they first met and became friends? All young Mike (Billy Crystal) has hoped for is to be a scarer at Monsters University...but, he gets upstaged by James P. Sullivan, a member of the legendary Sullivan family.  After getting kicked out of the scaring program due to lack of scariness, Mike issues the dean of the college a challenge: If he can win a competition, they must readmit him.  Unfortunately, Mike and his fraternity of misfits don't seem to be well-suited to the games.  Will they emerge victorious, and get readmitted?
A Pixar film.

The Good: Words can't describe how blown away I was by the animation; it was so detailed, I thought I was watching either a live-action film or stop-motion animation.  The lighting, the scenery, the character designs...all incredible.  It's also fun to see what happened before Mike and Sulley met Boo, and...well, you know that story.  The narrative of the film is inspiring, and the content is very clean.

The Bad: Like with the other film in this series, some moments could be scary for young children; for older fans of movies like this, though, it's no big deal.  That's really the only complaint I have.

Conclusion: It's been a while since I've seen it, due to us not having a DVD copy...but, Monsters, Inc. is my favorite Pixar film.  It's much funnier than Finding Nemo and easier to appreciate on a small screen than The Incredibles, not that those flicks weren't great in their own right.  I had my doubts on how Pixar could follow that film up...but, they did a bang-up job, especially with the animation.  If Pixar keeps making movies like this, they've got my support.

Score: 5/5