bnorthup
11-05-2001, 11:26 PM
Monsters or Teddy Bears?
Monsters, Inc. (PG-13)
At the Gaslight
*** (Three Stars)
Movie review by Kat Northup
Freshman, Helena High
“Monsters, Inc” was a fun movie about finding friendship and overcoming barriers between worlds. Personally, I thought this adorable movie just confirmed what kids already think is true - that monsters do exist under our beds and in our closets.
“Sully” and “Mike” are going for the all-time “scare record” in the factory. There’s a contest going on between co-workers to see who can get the most scares and screams out of children. Screams are the source of energy to the monster world. Sully is the top contender to break the scare record.
Scaring kids seems pretty routine until Sully is horrified to discover a stowaway on his back – a little girl named “Boo.”
Now, in the monster world, children are supposedly toxic and can kill you if they touch you. The little girl, being only about three years old, thinks Sully is a cute “kitty” and wants to play. Sully has no idea what to do, and runs off to get help from friends.
In a nutshell, the movie is about how the Monsters try to get Boo back to her room and foil an evil monster’s plot to kidnap children and extract their screams by force.
I liked the way that monster Sully fell in love with Boo and wanted to keep her safe. That was so sweet. It just goes to show that no one’s all bad and you can’t judge someone by what they do or what they look like. You have to see the other side of things before you can judge.
Little kids tend to have more courage because they don’t know to be afraid. Because of this, they tend to see people for who they are more than older people who have grown to believe stereotypes.
Normally I don’t like computer-animated things because they fail horribly trying to make animated characters seem real. But in this story made the animation seemed very appropriate.
I would recommend “Monsters, Inc” to kids and grown-ups of all ages. This is a very fun film, and the sort of thing that I would go back to see.
We all need to remember to have fun with the things in life that are meant for fun. Monsters, Inc. is one of those things.
Monsters, Inc. (PG-13)
At the Gaslight
*** (Three Stars)
Movie review by Kat Northup
Freshman, Helena High
“Monsters, Inc” was a fun movie about finding friendship and overcoming barriers between worlds. Personally, I thought this adorable movie just confirmed what kids already think is true - that monsters do exist under our beds and in our closets.
“Sully” and “Mike” are going for the all-time “scare record” in the factory. There’s a contest going on between co-workers to see who can get the most scares and screams out of children. Screams are the source of energy to the monster world. Sully is the top contender to break the scare record.
Scaring kids seems pretty routine until Sully is horrified to discover a stowaway on his back – a little girl named “Boo.”
Now, in the monster world, children are supposedly toxic and can kill you if they touch you. The little girl, being only about three years old, thinks Sully is a cute “kitty” and wants to play. Sully has no idea what to do, and runs off to get help from friends.
In a nutshell, the movie is about how the Monsters try to get Boo back to her room and foil an evil monster’s plot to kidnap children and extract their screams by force.
I liked the way that monster Sully fell in love with Boo and wanted to keep her safe. That was so sweet. It just goes to show that no one’s all bad and you can’t judge someone by what they do or what they look like. You have to see the other side of things before you can judge.
Little kids tend to have more courage because they don’t know to be afraid. Because of this, they tend to see people for who they are more than older people who have grown to believe stereotypes.
Normally I don’t like computer-animated things because they fail horribly trying to make animated characters seem real. But in this story made the animation seemed very appropriate.
I would recommend “Monsters, Inc” to kids and grown-ups of all ages. This is a very fun film, and the sort of thing that I would go back to see.
We all need to remember to have fun with the things in life that are meant for fun. Monsters, Inc. is one of those things.