Monsters University

   I know I've been writing a lot about Disney/Pixar movies lately so I figured why stop now. Recently, I watched the prequel to one of my favorite childhood movies...Monsters Inc. I couldn't wait for this movie to come out but I never expected it to be as good as it was. I know most people would think you would outgrow some movies but I think this movie was here to stay. Not only was the movie good but I was fairly impressed on how creative the storyline was. I was amazed about how someone to come up with this incredible story that explains the story leading up to Monsters Inc. The movie answers questions about how Sully and Mike became friends and partners, how they came to work at Monsters Inc, and why Randall Boggs hates Sully. The set up for the story is totally different because the story is revolved around Mike, who as a kid was alienated by the other monsters because he wasn't scary. Although he wasn't scary he wished to shoot for every monster's dream job which is to become a "scarer". In order to become a scarer though, you must go to a college that is renowned for its scare school and no school is better in the monster world than Monster's University. Mike works his hardest to get into the scare program and succeeds. Once he gets into the school that is where the story starts to take place. The cool thing is that Randall Boggs and Mike were actually roommates and that Sully was actually his worst enemy because he was the naturally scarer monster that didn't try or care about anything. Mike and Sully go at each other in everything, but when the dean of the school kicks them out of the scaring program they wish to get back in. The school sponsors the annual scare games which is a challenge for fraternities and sororities to prove they are the scariest monsters on campus. Mike challenges the Dean making a deal that if his team wins that he and his whole team gets to go into the scare program but if they lose he would leave the school. However, his team needs one more player and out of all the monsters to step up its Sully. At first they do horrible in the games getting by the first round off of another team's disqualification; however, as the games go on they become the surprise of the games passing round by round. Mike is their leader who works harder than everybody to accomplish his goal and make his team the best they can be. He is the heart and the soul of the team. He uses their monsters differences to their advantage and once he comes to this realization him and Sully become great friends. In the end, they are in the finals with the top or "elite" fraternity on campus, Roar Omega Roar. Mike and Sully's "misfit" team ends up winning the games but Sully cheated by lowering the scare level of Mike's scare simulator. Infuriated Mike steals a card and goes into a door to the real world only to realize that he is not scary like everybody else. He would have been trapped there by himself if Sully didn't go in after them. They have a heart to heart and try to come back to the monster world but they realize that the door is turned off. Therefore, in order to get home they need to pull off the scare of a lifetime to power the door from the other side but the only problem is they have to scare adults!
    One thing that seems interesting about Monster's University is not only that its the prequel to Monsters Inc but the fact that Disney/Pixar waited this long to make it. I think that it was one of their ingenious plans to identify themselves with their former audience along with their new ones. I mean I was around 6 or 7 when I saw it and now I'm getting ready to go to college so a story about our favorite monsters going to college is the perfect way to say farewell to the kids around when Monsters Inc came out. This may not be true but I think its a cool parallel to see.