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It's probably been a couple years since I laughed as hard as I did at the
in this movie. There have been plenty of good jokes i've liked in podcasts and other things (This is the End) recently, but I cracked up big time at that moment. It was one of those could not stop moments which just caused more laughter with my friend next to me. Trying to stop just made it worse.
mother listening to metal moment
Stormwatch
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I'm really surprised that wasn't on the soundtrack! I ended up downloading it and adding it to the soundtrack on my iTunes library. Thanks for posting it!
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Had I not seen paper man it would strongly agree
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Jon Brion beats Paper
This.
Blue Umbrella was amazing, the music even more so. I wish I could find it online
Keylime
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I actually figured out that Sully was going to putz around with the difficulty setting for Mike before it happened. I didn't figure out that he'd do it while he was in the room doing his scare, but they did seem to linger on the scare simulation difficulty control box a bit more than I thought made sense. No revelation sharing here, just patting myself on the back for some expert-ass sleuthing.
Overall, I thought the movie was very good. Not Toy Story or Ratatouille or The Incredibles good, but like Toy Story 3 or Up good.
Seeing elementary school Mike was probably my favorite part of the whole thing, visually. They just so nailed the look and feel of Mike, that you could easily feel like that is exactly how he would have been as a kid.
The
part where they are at the camp doing the super-scare was great, and actually my favorite part of that whole bit was when the Dean was standing in horror in front of the door as it was powering on from the other side, with all the scream cans filling up everywhere.
Definitely a good entry into the middle of the pack of Pixar movies.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm still so amused and impressed by that little bit of animation when Remy's Brother lassos Sully at the party.
It's kind of mind boggling how Pixar can be so good at the technology of making these movies, and building surprising stories, and still also have the most incredibly subtle animators on the planet.
It's kind of mind boggling how Pixar can be so good at the technology of making these movies, and building surprising stories, and still also have the most incredibly subtle animators on the planet.
methane47
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Watched it last night
I never saw Monstor's Inc.. and I really enjoyed it.
Loved the Crab from ROR, he was great.
The University actually resembled FSU a bit so that was a plus.
Ms scratchywatever was pretty cool, generic stoic headmaster type, but still liked her entrances
In fact all the characters were pretty well done. Loved the pipe monster, he reminds me of Animal from the muppets.
All in all good movie, Should I watch Monster's Inc now?
I never saw Monstor's Inc.. and I really enjoyed it.
Loved the Crab from ROR, he was great.
The University actually resembled FSU a bit so that was a plus.
Ms scratchywatever was pretty cool, generic stoic headmaster type, but still liked her entrances
In fact all the characters were pretty well done. Loved the pipe monster, he reminds me of Animal from the muppets.
I was SOoo disappointed in the scare competition final when Mike did his scream i was like.. wow ok this is children's show as it wasn't even that scarey, then was pleasantly surprised with the twist.
And really liked the super scare at the end. The whole time i was thinking, wow if I was there i would be peeing my pants right now.
All in all good movie, Should I watch Monster's Inc now?
Yup, a lot of people started laughing at that, including myself. It was a nice, unexpected cameo.
Yeah, you should. Monsters University had a couple references to Inc (Including one that might actually be a spoiler, but whatever). Monsters Inc was really good.
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Jotamide
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Fuck the haters. I loved the movie, a thousand times better than shitty Brave.
Keylime
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I don't know...
The main protagonist wanted nothing more than to be a Scarer. If it'd ended with him achieving that goal and winning the Scare Games by being a super awesome scarer (like it initially looked like it was going to do) than it would have been really cliche.
Instead we have the main character get kicked out of school, never realize him dream, but makes a friend and finds a new direction in life.
We're talking about a Disney movie where a dude is kicked out of school and fails at achieving his dreams, works in a mail-room and works his way up to scare floor coach. Cliche seems about as far from the mark as you can get with this movie.
Instead we have the main character get kicked out of school, never realize him dream, but makes a friend and finds a new direction in life.
We're talking about a Disney movie where a dude is kicked out of school and fails at achieving his dreams, works in a mail-room and works his way up to scare floor coach. Cliche seems about as far from the mark as you can get with this movie.
I get that the middle of the movie followed the standard cliches, but the bookends worked really nice here.
I just need to drop in and state that the lighting in Monsters University was insane. I know they did some new stuff or something with the lighting from an article posted here earlier but wow. Same goes for the short. Absolutely gorgeous. Thought it was going to be fairly cliche but I ended up pleasantly surprised.
I accompanied my sister and niece to watch this. Wasn't really interested cause lol prequels.
It turns out it's actually good? Basically revenge of the nerds with monsters? I liked a lot of the monsters designs, particularly Dean Hardscrabble was pure genius, and all the trials they go through are very funny.
I may even like it more than the original one, even more so because they don't go with the lame
ending.
It turns out it's actually good? Basically revenge of the nerds with monsters? I liked a lot of the monsters designs, particularly Dean Hardscrabble was pure genius, and all the trials they go through are very funny.
I may even like it more than the original one, even more so because they don't go with the lame
"scaring is not as productive as laughter"
TheKaeptain
Banned
YES!!! I thought the same thing.
edotherocket
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For those of you who enjoyed The Blue Umbrella, you can see the source of inspiration in this 1954 Disney short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3lAztMhIWI
Personally, I loved Monsters University. It wasn't particularly innovative but it was charming and full of character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3lAztMhIWI
Personally, I loved Monsters University. It wasn't particularly innovative but it was charming and full of character.
After Finding Dory all that's scheduled is original stories.
I watched MU tonight. I was surprised by how fresh the story and jokes felt. Pretty good, not their best but far from their worst.
Watched it, it got better towards the end. Still feel mostly cliched and that I've seen most the same plot. It got really much better towards the end though, so it was still worth watching. Jokes were well executed.
Didn't care much for Blue Umbrella though, felt too close to Paperman which I thought was brilliant.
Didn't care much for Blue Umbrella though, felt too close to Paperman which I thought was brilliant.
I just saw Monsters Inc again and don't they contradict themselves when Mike says something about knowing Sully since fourth grade?
And regarding the Danish premiere - it seems like they're not going to use the original voices. It seems like 3d with all its different ticket options has killed English voices. Does this happen in other countries (who use dubbing) too?
And regarding the Danish premiere - it seems like they're not going to use the original voices. It seems like 3d with all its different ticket options has killed English voices. Does this happen in other countries (who use dubbing) too?
Just saw the movie, thought it was pretty good. As usual with Pixar films, the dramatic emotional moments didn't do much for me. Upon reflection, I don't think Mike and Sulley's relationship or Sulley's character were all that well fleshed out. Entertaining throughout though, which is enough.
Yeah, I guess they thought that they didn't want their premise and story hamstrung by a minor continuity issue.
Yeah, I guess they thought that they didn't want their premise and story hamstrung by a minor continuity issue.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
To fix that why not have silky with him as kid...? How would that have hurt the story?
At least in Chile we had 4 options for this movie, 2D/3D, sub/dub. Same with Man of Steel.
Dunno how well each fared, tho, and the growing presence of dub options here is worrying me too.
I loved this plot point to be honest.
Just saw this earlier today, and I really, really enjoyed it. Possibly my favorite from then since TS3, and I haven't decided if it was better than that one yet. MUCH better than the piece of shit that was Cars 2, and I've yet to see Brave and I don't really want to. Not as good as Inc, but I never expected it to be as good. Though I'd say it's definitely a mid-high tier Pixar movie for me.
Blue Umbrella looked amazing but that was all there was to it. Meh.
Blue Umbrella looked amazing but that was all there was to it. Meh.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah, I definitely don't want another masterpiece like Monsters University or Toy Story 3...
Sometimes it's bizarre to me how high people's standards are. I'll say it again, it's just a movie company. They cannot be perfect and release "masterpieces" for 20 years straight. Things change, people leave the company, other people join. Are people really that delusional to believe that a company can consistently release "perfect" movies for such a long time?
Besides Cars, I don't really see the argument. I think it just might be that, people are too wrapped up in the past/nostalgia, they are too attached to the company maybe? I can't even think of a logical reason to be mad at Pixar at all for anything besides Cars.
Besides Cars, I don't really see the argument. I think it just might be that, people are too wrapped up in the past/nostalgia, they are too attached to the company maybe? I can't even think of a logical reason to be mad at Pixar at all for anything besides Cars.
Monsters University was amazing, really brought back my love for Pixar. All the twists in the plot (especially the ending) are absolutely perfect, and something you would not see from any other animation studio, which is what makes Pixar great.
Why Cars? Cars's story was also pretty unique when it came to animated movies (most notably the ones surrounding Doc Hudson's and Radiator Springs); having themes that you still don't see much of in the medium.
Why Cars? Cars's story was also pretty unique when it came to animated movies (most notably the ones surrounding Doc Hudson's and Radiator Springs); having themes that you still don't see much of in the medium.
Their reasoning was they tried a lot of things to acknowledge it but it felt like you missed out on a large chunk of their relationship because of the timeskips which took audiences out of the film a little bit.
MU's director Dan Scanlon brought it up with Lasseter and I think MI's director (there was a second person but i cant remember who) and they were basically like "Its admirable you wanna stick to all the small details, but if theyre getting in the way of your story dont worry about them"
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Understandable but even having a scene with sully in the kids group or even him I dunno knocking the hat off kid Mike would have solved it...
Small details but still I dunno how they tried every scenario...
Small details but still I dunno how they tried every scenario...
DrForester
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Yeah, I don't' see how the story would have really changed at all if they had had Sully in that field trip group. Show him skating through grade school on his name, while Mike works his ass off during the credits montage. Would not change their relationship in college at all.
DataStream
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After Brave my expectations have been lowered substantially for any Pixar film. This ended up being better than I expected, was an enjoyable movie.
It also helped I was at a 21+ showing and 2 drinks down.
It also helped I was at a 21+ showing and 2 drinks down.
Here are the locations of A113, the Pizza Planet Truck, and the Luxo Ball.
Only one I caught during the movie was the ball.
Only one I caught during the movie was the ball.
thecouncil
Banned
a great moment: seeing sully
scrambling out of the cabin window as the cops turned their flashlights towards it.
StrikerObi
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Sup fellow 'Nole?
I thought the same thing about it sorta looking like FSU. Though to be fair, MU looks like A LOT of schools, which is obviously quite on purpose.
The animation during the
super scare scene was incredible. The environments looked photo-realistic
Art was my favorite. That guy rules.
I agree with everything here. I was really taken back with how many "easy" predictions I got wrong.
Orbis Tabula
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Just saw it the other night and it was amazing. In Pixar I Trust.
Loved it, so much better than I was expecting. I'm on iPad so just quick thoughts.
Really agree with BenjaminBirdie's post about the plot. It set up an arc, and I thought I knew where it would go, but it then undermined those expectations at every turn. One example:
And that poster on Randall's room was a great touch.
Really agree with BenjaminBirdie's post about the plot. It set up an arc, and I thought I knew where it would go, but it then undermined those expectations at every turn. One example:
they totally set up the the dean to be the bad guy, but she wasn't. She was thoroughly decent, and honored her agreements. In fact there was no bad guy, just college rivalries..
And that poster on Randall's room was a great touch.
DrForester
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Yeah, I liked the Dean.
She was realistic. It wasn't anything personal against Mike, just the cold hard Truth.
What was on the poster? I don't think I remember that
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