Critics are calling it a fun, but "uninventive" and partly "formulaic" effort. Considering it is Pixar and a prequel to Monster Inc., this is not very good ......
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The company that married state of the art computer animation with striking, creative storytelling has transformed, sadly, into something else: a production house that bangs out kids' films
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It should be remedial school, not an institution of higher learning, for Monsters University, an alarmingly lame effort from Pixar, the Oxbridge of animation studios.
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Monsters University is a solidly average Pixar effort, one that brings laughs to the kegger, but you'll be hard-pressed to remember it at the reunion in 10 years.
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One of the funnier films the studio has ever produced. Once upon a time, however, Pixar could also be relied upon for drawing a tear or two...[and] this is basically an animated spoof of Animal House.
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Pixar's emphasis on character and story made (and could make again) worlds that we fell in love with. Monsters University - a fun, disposable watch - has taken one of these worlds and repeated it to formula.
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The latest Pixar offering charms in an excessively familiar way that illustrates a troublesome eventuality: Pixar has lost its edge.
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Wait, Didn't We See All This in 'The Internship'? At least Pixar’s talent for gags and visual styling will get adult audiences through this very familiar prequel.
Thoughts? Although, you can already tell for trailers, which are full of college genre cliche. It is just not magical when mosters go to college is just like the way human goes to college.
Monsters Inc. was not the most sophisticate effort from Pixar for sure, but it still got plenty of layers in the storylines and characterizations, and definitely nowhere near formulaic disposable.
Why are they making sequels with limited storyline options (Monsters & Dory) and ignoring The Incredibles 2 The possibilites for a super hero film are endless.
why don't you like it?
