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Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Bob Peterson, Frank Oz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Monsters, Inc. |
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Take a peek into life in the Monstropolis, a city which runs on power generated by screams of human children. And then get introduced to the A-List - at the top of which are James P. Sullivan (voice of John Goodman) - the champion "scarer" of his times and Michael Wazowski(voice of Billy Crystal), his wily, smooth talking friend and manager. "Sulley" and many other of his lesser peers work for a business tycoon named Henry J. Waternoose. Inside his company, Monsters Incorporated, there are "doors" through which these monsters have to enter the human world and bring back screams by scaring children out of their wits. At the same time they are paranoid of being contaminated by the human kind and must avoid being touched, at all cost.
So when a little human girl is seen in a restaurant, the whole city gets thrown into panic. Unknown to everyone except Wazowski, this girl had actually come out of a door by clinging to Sullivan's back. The gentle giant that Sulley is, he gets attached to the girl and decides to put her back into her door. But while trying to do so, he discovers that Waternoose and the wicked monster Randall are running a covert operation to kidnap children and torture them with a newly designed scream machine. With Wazowski in tow, Sulley takes up the fight to expose Waternoose and get the little girl back home safely.
--Biswa, Resident Scholar
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In the world of Monstropolis, children's screams power everything. No company produces more screams than Monsters Inc. "We scare because we care". Also, children are supposed to be toxic. When top scarer James P. Sullavin, aka Sully (Goodman)finds a child (Biggs), he and his best friend Mike Wazowski (Crystal) must find a way to get the child back to her own world before the Child Detection Agency and the CEO Waternoose (Coburn) find them. Also, Sully's scare rival Randall Boggs (Buscemi) is clearly up to somthing. It was his working after hours (which is considered cheating) that got the kid into the monster world in the first place. Sully has also taken a liking to the Kid, who he calls Boo. She calls the big galoot "Kitty". Sully and Mike have to take care of Boo and stop whatever scheme Randall is working on. Hilarious with amazing computer animation
--Adam D. Bram, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 60%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
If a cartoon...
- animated cartoon
Parody movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- male alien
Profession/status:
- business executive
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- super strength
- is very quick
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- other weird color
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male Alien
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- bald (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male Alien
Profession/status:
- business executive
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- super strength
- Invisibility
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- other weird color
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
In virtual reality?
Yes
Misc settings
- bar/restaurant
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exotic aliens
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