The big-eyed man Mike Waskey (voiced by Billy Crystal), who has longed for the career of a scare commissioner since childhood, finally got his wish into the Fright Academy of Monsters University, which has gone out of countless legends. For this little monster with a pleasing appearance and no horror aura, gnawing on a book seems to be the only way to realize his dream. In contrast, James Sullivan (voiced by John Goodman), a famous classmate who frightened his classmate, was born to be the focus of attention of the surrounding students. Unfortunately, these two completely disagreeable guys provoke the extremely strict Dean Dean Hades Kleber (Helen Mirren voiced by Helen Mirren), and they were struck out during the mid-term exam and expelled from the Fright Academy. The big-eyed boy who is unwilling to fail seizes the first opportunity and assembles his team to sign up for the scare game held by the Brotherhood. If he wins, he has a chance to return to the scare academy. And in the arena where the masters gather, the big-eyed boy and the fur monster are about to meet unprecedented challenges...
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"Cars 2" once made some people suspect that Pixar has lost the magic power it once possessed, and "Monsters University" is exactly The second chance that this studio desperately needs. The joyous story of Sullivan and Mike's meeting made all this suspicion disappear. ——
Although "Entertainment Weekly" is a bit too second-hand in the technicality of the story, the precise interaction between the vibrant soft tones and the almost photo-quality picture quality makes this film worthy of continuous savour. —— "Variety Show"
is a very fresh and lively way of dealing with the piles of monsters with eclectic shapes. The 3D effect is also quite good, but all of this is the same as the film itself, lack of freshness and unnecessary. ——The "Los Angeles Times"
film is somewhere between bad and uncreatively mediocre. Children under 5 may find it interesting, but I suspect that the parents who accompany them will constantly check their watches during the movie. ——"New York Post"
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Pixar's annual event is also its last two consecutive years after the decline in the reputation of "Cars 2" and "Brave". The film is not only the previous sequel to Pixar’s acclaimed work "Monster Company", it is also the first animated feature film directed by Dan Scanlon, the company's key training object. The film tells how Sullivan and Mike Sullivan, the cooperating partners of Monster Company, met and met. The official homepage of the film deliberately adopts the same style as the official website of the university. In fact, isn't Pixar itself a "monster university" where animation talents gather!
The first feature film director of the screenwriter of "Racing Story"
shooting the sequel of "Monsters Company" has been on the agenda since 2005. But back then, Disney’s CEO Michael Eisner did not reach an agreement with Pixar’s CEO Steve Jobs on the shooting matters, so the movie dragged on. It wasn't until Disney changed the CEO that work on this "sequel" made progress in 2011. After a consideration, Pixar arranged for the movie "Racing Story" screenwriter Dan Scanlon to direct the movie. He once directed the short film "Trail and Wraith".
In response to this, Dan Scanlon said: "We have been working hard on the story of this movie. We want to shoot a sequel, but the story has never been a breakthrough. In fact, every once in a while, we will remember The characters in this movie came. Later, we had a meeting. At that regular meeting, John Lasseter and the original director of the film were there. They came up with an idea about the development of friendship between the two protagonists. It is indeed a good idea to make a monster out of the university. We can see the story of these two characters when they were young, and have a deeper and fuller understanding of their friendship. This movie is my debut, and I am here. A lot of experience and time were spent on this film. People always say that as long as you keep working hard, there will always be gains. It is indeed the case, hard work, there will be results. This film is about a whole A story that the universe can understand will definitely resonate with many people." The
original voice actor returned
In a cartoon, the voice actor is a very key element, because the character and feeling of the character are all in the voice performance of the voice actor. Because of the excellent previous work, in this prequel movie, the director retrieved all the voice actors he could find. In addition, for those new roles, he also recruited many big-name actors to "voice". For example, Helen Mirren, who dubbed the principal, was an unexpected joy in the film. Dan Scanlon said: "Helen Mirren is an outstanding actor and a very talented voice actor. She just came to the crew and made several versions of the role dubbing, summing up and finding a The most suitable way of dubbing. Cooperating with her is very easy and simple. She is a very easy person. Even after our work is completed, she said that if you have any questions, you can contact me at any time. We can Do it all over again. I think there is nothing more important than the support of the crew."
John Goodman and Billy Christo were even more excited about the same roles they collaborated for the second time. Billy said: "The first day of work made people laugh. First, the last cooperation was very memorable, and secondly, when we saw our characters become younger, we all have a feeling of crossing. . This feeling is great. Although you need to make your voice younger, this is not a problem.” Goodman said: “Actually, there is no difficulty in dubbing young characters. I think our tone of voice seems to be the same. The accent of a child in the TV series "Our Miss Brooks". In fact, it is just such a little difference. We quickly became familiar with this way of speaking on the set, which is very interesting, because watching our image become younger, this It seems to be in a time machine."
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The original form of Dean Hao Kebo is a kind of centipede, whose scientific name is "Peruvian Giant Centipede." It is also called the "Amazon Giant Centipede". ·The mascot of Fear Polytechnic University "Scare the Pig Archie" was created based on the director Dan Scanlon's pet dog Carlo, who is a Japanese cruel.
· The address bar of Tang’s business card read: 1200 Dark Ave (1200 Dark Avenue), and the address of Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California is 1200 Park Ave (1200 Park Avenue).
· "Monsters University" has drawn a total of 100,856 storyboard artwork-this is the highest record for Pixar films. ·The library of Monsters University is called "Mint Building", which is named after the designer of this building-Pixar animator Nelson Mint.
·Monsters University also contains a classic little egg in its founding year-it was founded in 1313. The number "113" has appeared in almost every Pixar film, and several of Pixar's veterans-John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Peter Dougert-all Taught in classroom A113 of the California Institute of the Arts.
· Monster University has six colleges, they are: Fright College, Engineering College, Weird Arts College, Science College, Business College and Aquatic College.
The address of the OK Brotherhood is real, and that's where the director Dan Scanlon grew up when he was a child.
·This film is director Dan Scanlon's personal feature film directorial debut. He has served as the screenwriter of "Cars".
·This film is the first "prequel" work shot by Pixar.
·The director of the film was Doug Sweetland in the original plan. He once shot the short film "The Magician and the Rabbit" for Pixar. But later it was replaced by Dan Scanlon.
·The original plan in the film was to show Mike's parents, but in the final version, his parents did not appear. The purpose of the director's move is to make Mike look more pitiful.
·This film is the first "college-themed" movie to be graded G after "University Journey" filmed by Disney in 2008.
·A113 is a number that will appear in every Pixar film. In this film, it is the classroom number of the lecture by Professor Knight.
·The voice actors of the main roles of the film all return.
·According to Pixar tradition, every feature film released will be accompanied by a short film. The short film with "Monsters University" this time is "The Blue Umbrella" (The Blue Umbrella), which tells the story of the love between blue umbrella and red umbrella.
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