Monster U s biggest mistake is to make its chief conflict a monster on monster one the annual running of the university s intramural Scare Games in which the pitiful Oozma Kappa team must take on the sneering jocks of Roar Omega Roar. Monsters Inc. focused instead on the relationship between Sulley and the little girl he accidentally brought across the threshold into the monster world. The notion of children as tiny toxic beings capable of making even the most imposing monster don a hazmat suit has an understandable Bizarro World appeal for children (and a different kind of appeal for adults who may on occasion experience kids as precisely that alien and frightening). Monsters University doesn t truck in that kind of rich fairy tale like symbolic meaning in essence it s a sports movie a simple inspirational story of monster friendship teamwork and pluck. I m not sure I needed to revisit Mike and Sulley s world 12 years later (or looked at from their point of view earlier). But once you find yourself whisked over the threshold it s a colorful funny charming place to spend an afternoon.
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