Monster's Inc is a classic movie that does not disappoint. I have seen this movie before and I remember being a little too old to enjoy it from a child's perspective, but the movie was brilliant on its own anyway. Now, not much has changed.
It's rather a bizarre situation that the films begins with. The Monster's go into children's rooms to scare them, and yet they are actually much more scared of the children than the children are of them. It's interesting to think about why the monsters are convinced that children are extremely dangerous. It is certainly important to the plot, so its possible that it is merely a plot device. But thinking about it logically - the fact that it's a kids movie about fictional monsters aside - there must have been some reason for the rumour to have started.
On more careful examination, you will notice that the boss actually knew all along that children were harmless. When he finally meets the child, he doesn't flinch or react at all. This brings me to the conclusion that he knew all along that the children were harmless, but liked to spread the rumour. This way there isn't such a moral issue with scaring children, and the power plant can continue to make money. It's actually a deceptively clever concept.
A couple of things i remember slightly differently. At the moment when Mike jumps into a door that's lying on the floor and as soon as he goes through gravity shifts and he lands on his back. I always remembered him saying "well that was awkward". I even remember the exact inflection he used, but the actual quote is "that was weird." It's funny how memories work.
Another thing I remember was being incredibly impressed with the animation. I remember being able to see each individual hair in Sully's fur. In comparison to current animated technology, it is still actually still pretty good, which means it must have been incredibly ahead of its time.
Not much else to say, classic kids movie and definitely deserves it's spot in the top movies of all time.
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