Monsters, Inc.

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Summary: Great Movie. Buy the DVD before they discontinue it
Review: This is a fantastic movie. If you're considering purchasing it, you need to know this: Disney (which distributes this film) does not sell movies on DVD forever. Toy Story, Toy Story II, Little Mermaid, and Beauty & the Beast were all available on DVD at one time, but they aren't any longer. If you liked this movie, buy it NOW, because tomorrow it may not be around any longer.

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Summary: For the whole family
Review: Among other things, like being funny and incredibly animated, it deals with the fears every little child has: nightmares, monsters, and at the end I suppose that children feel relieved of them. No doubt that is a great movie for kids and parents.

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Summary: OMG Fantasticly thought out film
Review: Ok, I am watching Monsters Inc. on ABC right now on "over the air" digital television (DTV). I guess it is the world broadcast premier and presented by The Wonderful World of Disney. Unlike the DVD which is 480 aka SDTV, this broadcast is in 720p one of the two forms of HDTV, the other being 1080i.
This movie is amazingly funny, John Goodman steals the show. The writers are really dead on with their witty, insightful, humor. The animation is psychadelic-like, almost like bright colorful liquid. In terms of a movie that older people can identify with, this is better than Finding Nemo, also a great movie.
Wow. I'll probably buy the DVD.
I watch HDTV programing like ER, CSI, NFL Football, etc)and I have seen A Bugs Life broadcast in HDTV as well, and Monsters Inc. in HDTV is visually the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed, period. ABC and The Wonderful World of Disney have done an amazing job with this transfer into high definition (who knows the original movie might have been created in HDTV to begin with). I look forward to this being released on whatever high definition DVD format takes over in the near future. I mean, seriously amazing looking.

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Summary: A must have movie for every family
Review: Seldom do we find a movie as delightful and as insightful as Monsters Inc. On the delightful side, it is one good story, it dazzlingly us with amazing animation and a level of character development seldom seen in real movies. On the insightful side, it deals with the terror that all of us face, the terror of the unknown.

It would be a serious mistake to call this a childrens movie. Although my grandchildren have probably watched it a dozen times, it is a movie that us adults will truly enjoy. Monsters Inc. address adult issues, namely, our fear of the unknown. The monsters are just as fearful of the children as the children are of them. It is only through fear and intimidation of the children can the monsters do their job . . .supply scream-power for the power plants that supply energy to their monster world.

Although each world lives in fear of the other, they have more in common that the differences that seem so readily apparent. Each world desires to live in peace, each world wants love and acceptance, but it is only through the use of terror can the monster world survive, or so they think.

This is a movie about overcoming the prejudices that keep us apart as human beings. But thankfully, it did not degenerate to a kum-by-ya feel good movie with simplistic politically correct answers for what ails the human race; rather, it shows us that acceptance of our differences takes work and that no matter how good our intentions and motives are, there will always be some who succumb to hatred and prejudice. It is a complex world we live in.

This is a must have movie for every family