Aidan the Aspie Critic: Monsters University

Welcome to another movie review! Today I will be reviewing Monsters University. It is 2013's PIXAR movie, and it is a prequel to Monsters Inc, as I said in my review of Brave. I'm a little late on getting around to this one, this was supposed to come out in 2013, but I'm a busy, busy man!

This movie is set a few years prior to Monsters Inc. And, where Monsters Inc. was focusing mainly on Sulley, Monsters U is focusing mainly on Mike. (Voiced by Billy Crystal.) Now Mike never really fit in at school when he was a kid. He thought there was no hope for a Monster like him, until his class went on a field trip to the Scare Factory, where all of Monstropolis' power comes from children's screams. Mike had a dream to become a scarer, so, when he was an adult, he enrolled in Monsters University to learn about scaring. There, he meets a friend, a dork named Randy Boggs, (Randy is short for Randall! Wait a minute, wasn't Randall the bad guy in Monsters Inc?...) and a jerk named Jimmy Sullivan. (Sulley for short. Voiced by John Goodman.) Everybody just assumes that he's a better scarer just because his father is Bill Sullivan, the world famous scarer. Mike is determined to beat Sulley, after all, all Mike does is study and all Sulley does is party. Finally, the day of the scaring finals arrived. Both Sulley and Mike end up getting kicked out of the scaring program  by Dean Hartscrabble for being too rambunctious and not scary. However, Mike and Sulley join a fraternity, Oozma Kappa, to compete in the Scare Games to get back into the scaring program. Only one problem, the Oozma Kappa monsters aren't really scary, so can they win the scare games and get into the scaring program? Watch Monsters University to find out!

As always from PIXAR, this movie was great! It is essentially a parody of '80s college films, but the story still is original! I do admit that the first 2 acts are a little bit predictable, but the 3rd act completely makes up for that! There were a few missed opportunities, like Randy's transition from good to bad, but that's only a small problem. I think there should be a short that could go more in-depth about him, because Randy is a pretty interesting character! The animation did get an upgrade from the original, and that's saying a lot! PIXAR always has great animation, even in their worst movie! *cough* Cars 2! *cough* This is a great movie. Although, coming from PIXAR, I think we've all come to expect that. If you are going to see it, watch Monsters Inc. first, it will help you understand a lot in this movie. I'd give it a 4 out if 5 stars! Going back to school has never been this good!

Have you seen Monsters University? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!