The shortest review in the history of reviews...
Monsters University is exactly what you would expect it to be. In fact, if you haven't seen it, you could probably guess what is going to happen just by the name and what happened in Monsters Inc....
But that doesn't mean it isn't good. It just isn't as good as the original. There's a lot of laughs, a few tears, the requisite 'oh GODS, will everything be OK' moment and then the 'OK, not perfect...but at least they're friends' ending. Nathan Fillion is himself, and it's definitely worth a few giggles to picture him doing the voice acting for this. And if you went to college...well, you'll see what I mean.
Should you see it? Yeah, but only if you're a real Disney/Pixar fan and seeing Sully and Mike on the screen is enough for you.
AND ONE MORE.
I much preferred Despicable Me 2. This might be because I love the minions far too much to be healthy, and they seemed to realize that everyone else did, too. DM2 is a far more minion-heavy story, so...yay! Also, though I've heard the complaint that this was far too kiddy to be enjoyable, I must say that this was such an adorably cute movie. There were quite a few jokes that only adults would get (a chicken popping out of Gru's shirt Alien-style and the minions singing 'I'll Be There' by Boyz 2 Men being a couple of examples), and all the things that made the first movie so endearing are there in spades.
Is this a kids' movie? Oh hell yes. But it's cute, funny, and silly, and it doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is. And that makes is fine by me.
Honestly? See this movie if you are a fan of kids stuff. If you aren't...don't see it.
And Stuart going "bee-doh bee-doh bee-doh" is one of the cutest things ever. So there.
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