In 2020 I've now seen 17 Pixar movies, and their fourth feature remains their funniest project yet. Twelve years after this movie, they made a prequel, and I've noticed how much more melancholy
Monsters University is over
Monsters, Inc. Pixar movies lean so hard into their sad side that I can cry in almost every one. One of the pleasures of the Illumination studio movies (
Sing, Despicable Me, Secret Life of Pets) is that they're much less sad.
Mike: Sulley, you're not supposed to name it. Once you name it, you start getting attached to it. Now put that thing back where it came from or so help me...[Mike pauses, realizing that they suddenly have the attention of the entire scare floor]
Mike: Oh, hey. We're rehearsing a... a scene for the upcoming company play called uh, Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me. It's a musical! [singing] "Put that thing back where it came from or so help me... so help me, so help me..." and... cut. We're still working on it, it's a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers? (November 4th and December 1st, Showcase Cinemas Randolph)
