{"id":24073,"date":"2019-05-23T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=24073"},"modified":"2019-05-22T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T02:45:23","slug":"pixar-palooza-iv-monsters-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/05\/23\/pixar-palooza-iv-monsters-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Palooza IV: Monsters Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After achieving critical and financial success with \u201cToy Story 2,\u201d Pixar\u2019s momentum only continued with their next big hit, \u201cMonsters Inc.\u201d Upon initial release, Pixar\u2019s fourth motion picture was met with near-universal praise by audiences and critics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The promotional poster for “Monsters Inc.” (listingslab \/ Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\tDespite not owning it on DVD or video for the majority of my childhood, this is a movie that I grew up with. It was commonly streamed on Disney Channel and my family and I always enjoyed watching whenever it was on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMonsters Inc.\u201d remains one of my favorite films in the Pixar library, but does that mean it\u2019s on par with its Pixar counterparts like \u201cToy Story\u201d or \u201cFinding Nemo?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our story centers around two monsters named Sully<\/a> (John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski<\/a> (Billy Crystal). They live in a colorful world completely populated by monsters and work for an energy company called Monsters Incorporated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As it turns out, the main source of power in the monster world is the scream of a human child. So the Monsters at Monsters Inc. must collect children\u2019s screams by coming out of their closets at night and scaring them, thus putting a clever spin on the childhood fear of monsters in the closet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the catch is the monsters are instructed not to make any physical contact with a human child, believing them to be toxic and that a single touch could kill them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James P. “Sully” Sullivan (voiced by John Goodman)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So naturally, the factory, as well as the whole city of Monstropolis, is sent into disarray when a little girl<\/a> accidentally wanders through her closet and into the monster world. The girl is discovered by Sully who attempts to rid himself of her, fearing for his life and job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a chaotic incident at a Chinese restaurant, Mike and Sully find themselves attempting to rid the monster world of the \u201cdangerous\u201d child in secret rather than alerting the authorities looking for her, (cause in a world where monsters are banished from the monster universe for small-time offenses, I guess that makes sense). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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