Monsters University Movie Review

 

This weekend I watched the new Disney movie, Monsters University. This movie was surprisingly a great movie! I remember watching Monsters Inc. when I was a little kid thinking it was a really great movie, and now almost ten years later, I’m thinking that was almost as good as the first! Notice how I say almost as good, because pretty much with any set of movies, the first one is the best, and that is true about the Monsters Inc. movies.

Monsters University is about life before the two main characters, Mike Wazoski and James Sullivan (Sully), became friends. 

The movie takes place at Monsters University where monsters learn how to scare. In the beginning of the movie Mike and Sully are rivals and want to be the best at scarring. This determination to be the best, gets the best of them and eventually get them kicked out of the scarring program. The only way back into the scarring program is for the two of them to team up in the scare games and show that they are the best at scarring. Along the way Mike and Sully make new friends, stand up for themselves, and show the university the a group of misfits can win the scare games!

The whole movie is really about the scare games. The only way Sully and Mike can get back into the scare program is by finding a team who can lead them to victory. The problem is Mike’s team is terrible and everyone thinks that his team will be out first, but Mike is determined to win and get back into the scarring program.

The movie does a great job of tying back to the first movie and keeping everything the same as in Monsters Inc. A lot of the same characters come back and are shown again in the movie, which I thought was why it Monsters University was such a great movie.

Since this is a children’s movie there are many themes and lessons to be learned. One theme is not to give up on your friends, because they can get you through anything. I think this is a really great theme for the movie because it shows kids that you should leave your friends because of what other people say, you should stick by their side even in the worst of times. Another lesson that is present in Monsters University is determination. Mike and Sully have a lot of determination throughout the movie because they truly believe that they can get back into the scarring program, because it is there lifelong dream to work at scarring children.

Overall this is a great movie for all ages, although I would highly recommend it for children, especially for those who have seen Monster Inc.