G -- IMDB -- 104 min.
Being a pretty big fan of Disney, I was expecting Pixar's newest to be awesome. I loved the original story of Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sulley were funny and had a cool friendship. I was hoping for something better and unexpected. That didn't really happen. The movie isn't terrible like Disney's straight-to-store movies, but it wasn't Toy Story 2 or Toy Story 3 material.
Of course the animation is something to be marveled at. Everything feels like you can reach out and feel the textures of the buildings and the fur. It's amazing to look back at the original movie and then this one. Computer graphics have advanced so much. (That's especially true in the short before this movie.) It was pretty to watch.
The story wasn't all that bad either, it just wasn't perfect. The plot is weak and the ending isn't all that satisfying. There are plenty of funny moments and some interesting points in the story. It just feels like there is something missing. And any movie that needs two montages is overkilling it. I get why there were two, but it makes the movie feel like it wasn't comepletely thought through.
There are other things I wish they addressed in the movie. In the first movie, Mike makes a comment about Sulley being jealous of his good looks since the fourth grade. I figure it might have just been a joke, but it would have been nice to have this issue addressed. I also wish there was more of Randall Boggs. I wished that he had a sader story. This didn't feel that sad. The Abominable Snowman also makes an appearance but in the first movie it seems that Mike and Sulley had just met him. Apparently that isn't the case and this isn't addressed either.
To be honest, I wouldn't go see this in theaters. It's a movie to rent and show the family. There is something after the credits so wait for that.
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