モンスターズ・インク

Always a pleasure to revisit this. <em>'Monsters, Inc.'</em> is one of my favourite Disney animated films.

The cast and characters are what sets this above the majority of the studio's other work, with so many memorable ones involved. John Goodman (Sully) and Billy Crystal (Mike) make for an outstanding duo in the lead roles, they are truly perfect for their respective roles.

Elsewhere, you have the excellent Steve Buscemi portraying Randall to terrific effect. There are also memorable roles for James Coburn (Waternoose), Jennifer Tilly (Celia) and Bob Peterson (Roz). You, of course, also have Boo (Mary Gibbs) who is simply adorable.

Everything else from the plot to the animation is fantastic, too - I have no faults with this film. Funny, wholesome, entertaining and touching. I see they're creating a television series, <em>'Monsters at Work'</em>, which could be good given it will have the same cast.

A must-watch!

Talk about renewable energy! An entire city can be powered by the racket make by children when they scream... To that end an whole industry exists providing scary monsters to get the youngsters to bellow. A security breach sees their factory overrun by toddlers and boss "Waternoose" is terrified it will ruin the business. They all have to be rounded up by the pest controllers and returned home. Well, of course one "Boo" manages to avoid capture and she is soon befriended by the big wooly "Sully". His roar is terrifying, but his bark is certainly worse than his bite and together with his green cyclops pal "Mike" they have loads of fun adventures trying to keep the child safe from the hands of the nasty "Randall" and get her back to her own bed! This is a very simple story and it works really well. The animation is enjoyable to watch, the writing is quickly-paced and quite wittily observational at times and the characters - especially "Sully", are creatively personified and engaging. Luckily, the yelling brats are kept to a minimum and what we end up with is a sort of, well, love story. It has all the usual Pixar/Disney messages of loyalty and teamwork - only this is depicted with much more playfulness and we've even got a yeti with a never-ending supply of snow-cones!

「モンスターズ・インク」のおもしろいポイントはたくさんありますが、まず一つはユニークな設定です。モンスターたちが住むモンスター・シティや、子どもたちの悲鳴をエネルギー源として利用するという斬新なアイデアが面白いです。人間界とモンスター界の交流や共存が描かれる点も興味深いでしょう。

また、主人公のマイクとサリーのコンビネーションも魅力的です。マイクの小さな体と大きな自信、サリーの明るい性格と行動力が絶妙にマッチしていて、お互いを引き立てあう関係が楽しいです。

さらに、作品全体に散りばめられたユーモアも見逃せません。モンスターたちの個性的な外見や行動、ダジャレやギャグが満載で、子どもから大人まで笑いと感動を楽しめる要素が豊富に詰め込まれています。

最後に、物語の展開も見逃せません。思わぬ展開や感動的なシーン、意外な結末など、見どころが満載です。子どもたちの悲鳴を巡る事件がどう解決されるのか、モンスターたちの成長や友情がどう描かれるのか、目が離せない展開が続きます。

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