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#50Monsters University
Posted: 6/23/13 at 11:04pm
I went after 10pm and there was a family with a preschooler and baby. The baby cried through half the movie. Of course, the parents couldn't be bothered to remove the child from the theater. I was ready to report them to CPS by the end of it.
"Pixar I think have had there golden years sadly, the last few have left me underwhelmed. Even UP was lacking magic"
Really? Toy Story 3 was underwhelming? I don't think I've ever cried so much in a movie theater.
I liked it. Little Mike Wazowski in his braces was almost as cute as Boo. Sure, it wasn't on the same level as the Toy Storys, Finding Nemo or WALL-E, but neither was the original. I'd rank it somewhere in the middle around Brave and A Bug's Life.
My friend once said about Brave "It's OK for a Pixar movie. But OK for a Pixar movie is still a really good movie." This is practically Schindler's List compared to how Turbo and Planes look.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#51Monsters University
Posted: 6/23/13 at 11:16pm
We saw it in 3-D and neither of us could understand the fuss about
it. I'd seen a 3-D film about three years ago and thought it looked hardly more than good hi-def. MU wasn't even that. It really wasn't worth the increased price just to wear strange glasses that darkened the images on screen and did little else.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#52Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 12:25am
"I went after 10pm and there was a family with a preschooler and baby. The baby cried through half the movie."
There was a baby in my theater that made noise, but it was only during the scene where Mike and Sulley got kicked out off the scare program. As I mentioned times have definitely changed. Tommy Depola wrote a book, called '26 Fairmount Avenue', about his days as kid and in one chapter his mom took him to see 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and he was loud during one point and a lady told him to be quiet.
I always wondered if theaters started to let babies into movies beginning in 2011 because in this video this couple says they did not take their little ones to see 'The Princess and the Frog' in theaters and this video was filmed during March 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXm8BX1gJXE
I think parents should only take babies to movies if there is a special showing of something like 'Strawberry Shortcake', 'Sesame Street', 'The Wiggles' or something like that. Parents should also take toddlers to special showings of movies. There also needs to be more advertisements before movies saying, "if you're child becomes disruptive please step out". There use to be an effective one showing in AMC Theaters, but now it's been replaced by one with 'Despicable Me' characters saying how important it is to not use for phone and make noise. Children being loud is not one of things they mentioned.
ETA: In conclusion, movie theaters are not playgrounds.
Updated On: 6/24/13 at 12:25 AM
#53Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 2:35amThere was an baby in the theatre when I saw Princess and the Frog. She didn't pay one bit of attention to the movie - nor did he mother who texted.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#54Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 1:20pm
"This is practically Schindler's List compared to how Turbo and Planes look."
Exactly. Unfortunately it's supposed to be a comedy.
#55Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 4:21pm
I have seen it in 3-D and yes it was dark looking compared to the usual flat version.
Anyway, this movie, to me, is Pixar getting back to the quality that made them a very great animation studio. I loved the art style in places and unlike Brave, the story was kept together in one place. I actually loved the fact that there wasn't a real antagonist, and I kinda liked Johnny Worthington and that he wasn't the crazy calculative frat stereotype that A LOT of animated or live action films have a bad habit of writing for.
Mike and Sulley's relationship from rivalry to friendship never felt forced or contrived and it had a great ending with them working their way to the top from mailmen to the scare floor.
This movie certainly gives me more hope for them and I can't wait for The Good Dinosaur.
Updated On: 6/24/13 at 04:21 PM
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#56Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 4:26pm
"Also the last 30 minutes of it were some of the most fantastic last half hour of anything in a while."
Some of the most fantastic last half hour of anything in a while, huh?
You see how that sounds like not very much, right?
#57Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 4:37pm
Sorry Namo, I was excited after the film was done and what I meant to said was: "The last 30 minutes were done very well and I liked how it was set up".
Sorry about that. 
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#58Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 4:40pm
Except for the fact that they totally cheated. MINOR SPOILER
"I've read every book on scaring there is and all we have to do is get such loud screaming blah blah bleccccch..."
#59Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 6:41pm
Yeah that is a plot device but honestly, when I saw the film I didn't care about those things at first but hey, it is what it is.
I did love that scene where Mike and Sulley talk at the lake though.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#60Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:18pm
Re: the appropriateness for children---
My grandson is 5. We caught a matinee. He stayed with the film throughout but he didn't get many of the jokes. It has a "G" rating and I didn't think there was anything inappropriate for him in the movie.
He's running about shouting "Roar!" quite a bit, though.
#61Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 9:15pmWasn't a fan of Toy Story 3 really didn't care by the time it ended.
#62Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 9:32pm
Toy Story 2 is the best of the three. The third film feels a tad overrated to me.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#63Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 10:35pm
And yet you are cutting Monsters University three miles of bad slack.
Opinions are like a-holes I guess.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#64Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 11:14pm
Here's why some of us had some bad luck with noisy toddlers in the audience:
"Only 27% of the moviegoers who went to see “Monsters University,” the 14th film from the Disney-owned toon shop, were single adults, couples and teenagers. That’s a surprisingly modest share, especially since the film wound up grossing an impressive $82.4 million domestic opening, the second-highest debut for a Pixar film (behind “Toy Story 3?)."
Why ‘Monsters U’ Skewed Younger Than Previous Pixar Toons
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#65Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 11:16pmIt is a movie strictly for babies and the developmentally delayed.
#66Monsters University
Posted: 6/24/13 at 11:23pm
My grandson is 5. We caught a matinee. He stayed with the film throughout but he didn't get many of the jokes. It has a "G" rating and I didn't think there was anything inappropriate for him in the movie.
It's not that the film itself was inappropriate. It's a cartoon - of course it's appropriate. But anything that starts after 9pm is inappropriate for that age IMO
It is a movie strictly for babies and the developmentally delayed
My sister is developmentally delayed. But I'm not really sure why you had to point out that group specifically.
#67Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:11amSorry that you REALLY dislike Monsters University Namo, to each his own I guess.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#68Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:14amI didn't mean offense to the actually developmentally disabled or those who love them. I can't think of a more exact way to say people who are no longer children who sentimentally hang onto the totems of childhood and who wear Winnie the Pooh sweatshirts. Or something. I guess I meant people who won't grow the hell up.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#69Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:19amNamo, I understood what you meant by that statement.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#70Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:24amIt came out all wrong. I'm glad I was called on it so I could try to parse it more carefully.
#71Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:34am
I'm glad you didn't mean it that way. We've always gotten along and I wouldn't want that to change.
I also understand what you mean. I've worked at both Warner Brothers Store and Disney Store in my retail past. I've seen what you speak of. But it's possible to be able to hold something close to you without it becoming all consuming. I've stated in the past that I have an emotional bond to the story of Cinderella. Not just the Disney version but all versions. I have collectibles but mostly "nice" things like a Royal Dalton figurine. I don't consider myself unable to grow up. In fact, I was "grown up" long before my 18th birthday. I have a few tee shirts but it's not like I sleep under Disney bedding 
#72Monsters University
Posted: 6/25/13 at 11:45pmI really liked Monsters University. Bits of Animal House, bits of Harry Potter, and just generally likable. Found myself laughing a lot more than I thought I would in a film geared towards children. I don't watch a lot of Pixar movies (haven't seen once since Up), so not as knowledgable on the genre as many of the commenters on this thread seem to be... But I dug it. :)
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