Enjoyable sequel that doesn't fulfil

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2013)

Recently Pixar has been choosing to forgo original stories in favour of sequels of past hits. Pixar I think needs to go back to original stories. Not that Monsters University was not great in its own right, but when Pixar makes such great films, sequels only seem to harm (see Cars 2).
As Monsters Inc. is my favourite Pixar movie I had to see to see it as soon as possible.
Monsters University is a prequel that shows us the bumpy road of Mike and Sully while at university where they met. They are both attending MU in the scare program to become scarers. Mike is the studious one without the raw talent, and Sully is the prodigy with raw talent but no work ethic.
MU is full of laughs enjoyable for children but lacked the edge of adult content that usually makes a great Pixar movie entertaining for all age groups. It is definitely one of Pixar's more childish movies and they choose to play it safe. Most of the laughs from me were from nostalgia. As a former leader in university a lot of the aspects about university life made me laugh including the over happy orientation helpers.
There was some heart as can be expected but I found both Mike and Sully unlikable in comparison to MI. The smug over confidence of both characters in different aspects was off putting.
In the end, the laughs were there and it is very enjoyable for kids and fans of Pixar The animation was great but nothing groundbreaking, the 3D was well used thankfully. I would recommend seeing it.