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Scares that make you laugh
It's nighttime. Your mom gives you a good night kiss and closes the door. Quietly you try to sleep when suddenly you feel a creak in the door. The closet opens and a monster comes out to steal you a scream
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For you it's a nightmare. To the monster it's a way to produce some energy. And that's the premise of Monsters Inc.

The Monster City is located at the other side of the closet. Diverse and weird creatures wander on the streets in their daily routines, most of them without interacting with the humans. A particular company, Monsters Inc., transforms children's nighttime screams in energetic resources to keep the city working properly.

Monsters Inc staff is trained to scare, and no one is better than James Sullivan "Sully" (John Goodman), who alongside Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal, a riot) is the best team of energy collectors in the company

Monsters must avoid contact with the children, because they think children are contagious (genius premise); neither can allow them to go to the monster world, since they can't predict what horrible consequences would follow.

And exactly that's what happens. A little girl goes through the door and sends Mike and Sully in an unprecedented adventure.

Filled with honest laughs, warm and funny, Monsters is a charming movie with a story as original as their predecessor, Toy Story and A Bug's Life.

In this adventure, Pixar once again pushes the excellence level in animated movies, using 2.5 million render marks, compared with the 1.1 used in Toy Story. Such accomplishments are obvious and admirable, especially in sequences where you can see clearly the blue skin of Sully in movement with the air, Boo's hair or the wonderful facial expressions of Mike.

This is a happy movie, full of joy and a good lesson. Fear creates power, but a negative one, which inhibits people (and monsters). But, as our character discovers, there are other kinds of power, much stronger, like a good laugh, to deal with our "inner demons" and come out winners in life.

Now about the DVD, I have to say that comes with great extras and bonus.


Opens the door to the wonderful world of animation
"Monsters Inc" is an incredibly refreshing and halarious animated film which blends original plotlines, beautiful colours, a haralious screenplay and important messages together. Personally, "Monsters Inc" is my favourite Pixar movie yet, simply because of its wittyness and ability to engrip the audience into the world behind the bedroom closet.

Monstropolis is the city of Monsters, concealed from the human world by the cupboards of children's bedrooms. Their way of life is dependant on the use of children's screams, to which provides electricity and power. The corperation, Monsters Incorperated is responsible for gathering these screams from these "highly toxic" children - "a single touch from a human child could kill you!" - by scaring them wittless. It is here where we meet Sully (voice of John Goodman), a teddy-bear like monster who is the most successful "scarer" in the company. Ironically, when a human girl crawls into his world, he develops an attatchment to her. Sully, along with his halarious one-eyed pal Mike (voice of Billy Crystal), embark on a race against time to return "Boo" (as she is nicknamed) back to her rightful human world before the evil monsters get her instead.

It is a truly delightful film. Here, Pixar has moulded their Monsters of all different shapes, colours, skin types, and sizes to have human-like qualities; imagine the human world and its ways of working, except the humans are played by monsters! It is this irony that gives "Monsters Inc" its originality.

The famous 3D animation of Pixar is always absolutely brilliant. Each monster is unique, and the settings are simply devine. A particular mind-boggling scene is when the main characters Sully, Mike and Boo are on a roller-coaster like journey in the place where all the children's doors of the world are stored. It is an absolutely riveting scene! How the animators managed it is beyond me! The animation of Boo is also delightful, in that she is represented to convey the utmost innoncence and cuteness of a 2-year-old toddler.

The screenplay, in typical Pixar fashion is halarious and enjoyable, offering puns for both its childhood and adult demographs. Almost every scene has a joke and adds extra strength to the overall film. Billy Crystal's character Mike is a wonderful, funny character, who lights up every scene. A film that can appeal equally to all ages is an excellent one, and "Monsters Inc" certainly successes here.

And finally, as well as being undeniably funny, it also has, as all children's films should, powerful messages which are portrayed subtly in the film. The film teaches us to look beyond appearances and see the inner beauty of something. You shouldn't follow what other people say, because more than likely it's not true. And finally, and more importantly, it teaches us not to bully people, because it's going to come back to haunt you. Live life positively, seeing the quality in the poeple around you, and yourself.

So in conclusion, "Monsters Inc" is my favourite Pixar animation because it is such a wonderful breath of fresh air. By mixing exquisite animation, appealing comedy for all ages and possessing important messages, this is a simply stunning film. It opens to the door to a new centurt of animation.

Sustos que dan risa
Es de noche. Mamá te da un beso de buenas noches y cierra la puerta a su salida. En silencio, tratas de dormirte cuando de pronto sientes el crujir de una puerta. El armario se abre. Y de pronto un monstruo sale para robarte un grito.

Para ti es una pesadilla. Para el monstruo, sólo una manera de producir energía.

Esa es la original premisa de la nueva cinta animada de Disney/Pixar, titulada Monsters Inc.

Monstrópolis es una ciudad ubicada "al otro lado del closet". Criaturas diversas y extrañas deambulan por las calles en sus rutinas diarias, la mayoría sin interactuar con humanos. Una compañía en particular, Monsters Inc., transforma los gritos nocturnos de los niños en recursos energéticos para mantener el funcionamiento correcto de esta urbe particular.

Los empleados de Monsters Inc. están entrenados para asustar, y ninguno de ellos lo hace mejor que James P. Sullivan, alias "Sully", quien junto a su compañero Mike Wazoswki son los máximos recolectores de gritos que tiene la empresa. Empleando puertas que los llevan al mundo humanos, los asustadores recolectan su cuota de energía.

Los monstruos deben evitar a toda costa el contacto con los niños, pues creen que son contaminantes; tampoco pueden permitir que los pequeños vayan al mundo de los monstruos, pues no se sabe qué terribles consecuencias acarrearía.

Y exactamente eso es lo que sucede. Una pequeña atraviesa la puerta y envía a Mike y Sully en una aventura si precedentes.

Llena de momentos de franca risa, cálida y divertida, Monsters Inc. es una película encantadora con una historia tan original como sus predecesoras, Toy Story y Bichos.

En esta mágica aventura, Pixar elevó nuevamente el nivel de excelencia en lo que se refiere a tecnología de animación, utilizando 2.5 millones de rendermarks, comparados con los 1.1 millones que se usaron en Toy Story 2. Tales logros son evidentes y admirables en secuencias donde se ve la piel azul que recubre a Sully en pleno movimiento con el aire, el cabello de Boo, o las expresiones faciales de Mike Wazoswki.

Monsters Inc. es una cinta alegre, llena de energía y una bonita moraleja (sello clásico de Disney). El miedo crea poder, pero es un tipo de poder negativo, que inhibe. Y como descubren los personajes de esta cinta, existen fuentes de poder mucho más fuertes, como el de una risa franca, para enfrentar monstruos (reales o imaginarios) y salir triunfadores de la batalla.

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