Nice and amusing prequel! 7,1.

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2013)

I love most animated movies from Disney. I also like the ones from other companies. I even like some cartoon TV-series like "Johny Bravo", "Scooby-Doo", "Tom and Jerry", etc. I must recognize my favorite cartoon movies are the ones I first saw as a child: "Aladdin", "Peter Pan", "Pocahontas", "Finding Nemo", "Atlantis"... Most of the ones that are released are worse than the ones released years ago, but there are still good ones. "Monster university" is in my opinion a bit worse than "Monster, Inc", but it is pretty good anyway. It is a prequel, so it begins telling the university life of the two main characters. The director could have done a better job with the pace and duration, but I think they are right enough. What I missed is some particular songs typical in this type of movies. The visuals are beautiful and so is the design of every character. They are very funny and children surely enjoy them. The voices are good because they come from good actors, like John Goodman, Helen Mirren and Steve Buscemi. This is a relevant element in every movie, specially in cartoons. The dialogues and the script as a whole are very correct and full of gags that will make both children and parents laugh and have a good time. There is some message, but not as profound as in other animated movies. It is nice to notice the difficulty of Wachowski to scare and the relationship between the two main characters and how Wachowski want to be a very scary monster. In conclusion, this is another rather watchable movie (specially for the little ones, but also for adults). The strenghtes are the visuals, voices and design of the characters while the weaknesses are the soundtrack and the lack of innovation and a deeper message. I recommend this to all those who like cartoon movies and liked the other in the saga. 7,1.