Seeing Monsters University puts me in the strange situation of seeing a
sequel (or prequel in this case) before the original movie. Like a lot of
people I’m a huge Pixar fan but 2001’s Monsters.
Inc is one of two Pixar features which I haven’t got around to seeing yet.
The central characters Mike and Sully are so well known though that I didn’t
think my ignorance of the first movie would hamper my enjoyment of this one.
Thankfully it didn’t. Pixar managed to hamper it all by themselves.
Monsters University
takes us back to our central character’s college days where they first meet on
the campus of the University of the movie’s title. The ambitious and book smart
Mike (Billy Crystal) initially doesn’t get along with the confident and naturally
scary Sully (John Goodman) and their falling out leads to their expulsion from
Scare 101. The pair discovers that their only way back onto the course is to
enter and win the University’s Scare Games. To do this they must join a
fraternity but the only one that will accept them is a group of no-hopers. Will
they be able to shape themselves and their team into first class scarers or
will their dream of turning professional be lost?
