{"id":5266,"date":"2013-02-11T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T06:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5266"},"modified":"2021-06-01T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:02:10","slug":"review-monstersinc-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/02\/review-monstersinc-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Monsters, Inc.<\/i><\/b> is a great film that the entire family can enjoy. The story is cute and the voice talent Pixar puts together is once again done to perfection.<\/p>\n

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\nMonsters, Inc. – Ultimate Collector’s Edition (2001)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Animation, Comedy
\nDisney | G \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $49.99 | February 19, 2013<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Pete Docter
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Pete Docter & Jill Culton & Jeff Pidgeon & Ralph Eggleston (story), Andrew Stanton & Daniel Gerson (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>November 2, 2001<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Commentary, Featurettes, Outtakes, Animated Shorts, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>5<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby TrueHD 7.1), English (Dolby Digital EX 5.1), French (Dolby Digital EX 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital EX 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>38.4 GB (2D), 41.9 GB (3D)
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cMonsters, Inc.: We Scare Because We Care\u201d<\/p>\n

Monsters, Inc.<\/i><\/b> isn\u2019t my favorite film in the Disney\/Pixar line of mega-hits \u2013 that will remain with Toy Story 1 and 2<\/i> \u2013 but it is one of the most endearing animated movies with lots of fun that kids will love and one the adults will be thoroughly enjoy, meaning it\u2019s not so kid-friendly that anyone over 13 will still laugh.<\/p>\n

Plot:<\/b> In the city of Monstropolis, the power is generated at \u2018Monsters, Inc.\u2019 where monsters would enter kid\u2019s rooms and scare the living daylights and make them scream. These screams are then captured in containers which are used to power the city. The monsters, however, are more scared of the kids and they must avoid them from entering their realm due to contamination.<\/p>\n

The movie centers on best friends and work partners Sulley (JOHN GOODMAN) and Mike (BILLY CRYSTAL). Mike handles the logistics like getting the doors, turning in proper paperwork (when he remembers) while Sulley is the \u201ctalent\u201d and gets the screams. His main competition is Randall (STEVE BUSCEMI), a weasel-like monster who is very competitive. When Sulley went back to the warehouse to retrieve some paperwork for Mike, he discovers a door that did not get placed back. After investigating the situation, somehow a little girl he later names Boo managed to escape, but not before the door, put there by Randall, is sent back.<\/p>\n

Now Sulley and Mike have a problem. In a city that takes contamination of even the littlest thing seriously, how can they get Boo back to where she belongs? And what exactly was Randall up to? They soon uncover an unscrupulous plan while also trying to keep themselves out of trouble.<\/p>\n

A staple for most Pixar movies is the perfect voice casting: Toy Story<\/i> has Tom Hanks and Tim Allen; Cars<\/i> with the late Paul Newman and Owen Wilson; Up<\/i> featuring Edward Asner and Christopher Plummer; and the list goes on. They know how to cast and rather than just throwing in some A-list talent wherever they can, they cast actors who fulfill the role. Monsters, Inc.<\/i><\/b> is one of my favorites in the voice category with John Goodman as the loveable big blue monster and Billy Crystal as the one-eye… thing. The movie also includes Jennifer Tilly as Mike\u2019s girlfriend, James Coburn as the Monsters Inc president, Bonnie Hunt in a very small role and the venerable John Ratzenberger providing his unique voice talents.<\/p>\n

The biggest highlight for the film is the animation. You\u2019ve got Sulley\u2019s fur or Mike\u2019s green skin tone \u2013 along with all the other monsters in that world \u2013, it all looks fantastic which I would expect nothing less from Pixar. I know animating that at the time was quite difficult, who knows it might still be, and for it to come out the way it did is amazing.<\/p>\n

Monsters, Inc.<\/i><\/b> is a funny movie, even for someone like myself who isn\u2019t exactly an animation fanatic and tend to find kid-friendly films to sometimes be tedious. But the writer\u2019s know how to create a story that kids will adore and the adults will actually want to sit there and enjoy it with them.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release, like other Disney\/Pixar 3D Blu-rays, comes housed in a thick Blu-ray case with a lenticular slip cover. Inside are 5-discs with the last two comprised of the standard DVD Copy<\/span><\/b> and the other for Digital Copy<\/span><\/b>. The features on each disc, save for the Toy Story Tune, have been ported over from the original 4-disc Blu-ray release.<\/p>\n

Disc 1:
\nAudio Commentary<\/span><\/b> features Co-Writer\/Director Pete Docter, (Additional) Co-Director Lee Unkrich, Co-Writer\/Executive Producer Andrew Stanton and Executive Producer John Lesseter.<\/p>\n

Filmmakers\u2019 Roundtable (21:35)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 Docter, Unkrich, Producer Darla K. Anderson and Story Supervisor Bob Peterson sit down at \u201cHidden City Caf\u00e9\u201d and reminisce about the old days of making the film and take on various topics\u00a0 from the story to going to work on 9\/11 with the film set for release 60 days after.<\/p>\n

There are three Pixar shorts: For the Birds (3:21)<\/span><\/b>, the hilarious Mikes New Car (3:46)<\/span><\/b> short, which includes a commentary from the filmmakers\u2019 kids and Toy Story<\/span><\/i> Tunes: Partysaurus Rex (6:31)<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Previews<\/b> \u2013 Monsters University<\/i>, The Little Mermaid<\/i> (3D Blu-ray), Wreck-It-Ralph<\/i><\/p>\n

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Disc 2:
\nRoz\u2019s 100 Door Challenge<\/span><\/b> is an interactive game where you answer (easy) questions and based on the answers, you are placed in certain departments within the company.<\/p>\n

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