Entertainment To Me!

1. Mike Wazowski/ Billy Crystal
There are so many reasons to love this movie, and Billy Crystal’s Mike Wazowski is just one of them. The little green, one-eyed monster, with his short, sarcastic wit, makes for some of the greatest lines and moments in the film! One of my favorite scenes is where Mike is trying to disinfect his & Sulley’s home from “Boo”–the little human child–and she sneezes, so he freaks out, and sprays disinfectant on his eye. It’s a great scene, animated with great comedic timing.

2. James P. “Sulley” Sullivan/ John Goodman
Funny, kind, gentle-giant type. Perfect casting. When I first saw the previews for this movie, I can remember thinking I didn’t know what to think of a purple and teal-ish monster…but Sulley is a great character. You really feel in touch with him, and his position in the Monsters, Inc. world. And he plays opposite Mike/Billy Crystal perfectly.
Greatest scene? When he thinks Boo has gone through the trash compacter, hehe, and comes out as a little square…the face he makes behind the glass before he falls down (several times), alwaze makes me laugh like crazy!

3.Randall/Steve Buscemi
Is there anything Steve B. is in that I don’t love? I don’t think so, heh. But his character in this movie is a great one. The facial expressions fit the voice so well, and he is so shrewd and sneaky and greedy. Plus, I love his “chameleon” feature, which allows him to blend in to whatever background he’s against–nifty! One of those bad guys you love, most def. Classic pairing of actor to character.

4.Boo
Boo is one of the greatest features in the film, actually, I think. She’s also one of the most adorable cartoon/computer animated film kids I’ve ever seen, if not the. The googling sounds she makes, and the adorable expressions the animators gave her, added to her appeal. It just makes you feel so much more for the movie. I mean, when she sees Sulley practicing his scare, and freaks out, I really just want to hug her and tell her it’s ok!

5.”Put-That-Thing-Back-Where-It-Came-From-Or-So-Help-Me!”
Ok, I have to add this joke/scene as a personal fave. I mean, when they’re almost caught (Mike and Sulley), and they have to explain what they’re doing, and they come up with “a musical”, then Mike starts up sort-of singing this line, with Sulley going “bum bum bum” in the background, I alwaze crack up! It’s such a little part of the movie, but it’s such a grand part. Some people immediately remember that joke. Classic ridiculously funny!

6.Sulley’s fur, Mike’s expressions, graphics in general–
Overall, the movie has amazing ability to grab you, tell a story, use great color and graphics, and have you feeling, deeply, by the end. Very few regular movies can do that, let alone a computer animated cartoon type. So many things about Monsters, Inc. are amazing. The expressions they make the characters have, the amazing attention to detail; Sulley’s fur was a marvel of it’s time, the signs and colors of background and scene, etc. –all of these things and more make Monsters, Inc. one of my favorite movies!

Over Thanxgiving holiday, lots of family and lots of food abounded. And lots of movie watching. Oldest sis and hubby came down to PA from Long Island, and as usual, at holiday time, we all–with our respective others/friends–went to see a movie in our local Cinemark theatre.

BOLT–Everyone else went to see the new comedy, “Four Christmases,”, while my husband and myself opted to see “Bolt,” the new computer animated movie starring the voice talents of John Travolta and singer/actress Miley Cyrus. Movie started at 5:35pm, and after credits, and all was said and done–was ended at about  7:25pm. Of course there were about 4 previews (all for computer animated coming attractions), and so on and so forth, but the movie was still long for a computer animated one. But all the time was used wonderfully!

I loved “Bolt”, and would most definitely see it again! In fact, it was one of the best, if not the, computer cartoon I’ve ever seen! I loved it!! While it wasn’t totally as funny as say, “Finding Nemo”–Disney did a great job with this one. John Travolta plays the little white dog who thinks he has superpowers, perfectly. And Miley Cyrus, while she’s not an outstanding character in the movie, added to its memorability with her addition of the ending song (which she and John T. sing together).

The secondary characters–the cat named Mittens and a fat hampster named Rhino–are great. The hampster made my husband laugh like crazy, and me too. Bolt is a beautiful dog, and the hampster is adorable as comedic relief. Mittens is really thin and odd looking, but she’s a cool cat, so it’s all good.

“Bolt” is beautiful, the animation is amazing, the characters are FUNNY (especially the first set of NY pigeons!!LOL), the backrounds are well done, and it is overall a great adventure for family, friends, and everyone of any age. Highly recommended!

HANCOCK–Will Smith is great, really and truly. I usually enjoy watching him. Even “I Am Legend”–which wasn’t the greatest movie, was made better by him. But when I finally sat down to watch “Hancock” this holiday season, on DVD, I was glad I hadn’t paid money to see it in the theatre. The preview people had seen a zillion times tells nothing of Charlize Theron’s pointless sister-superhero-type-character, or of the fact that the movie isn’t funny at all, it’s merely a drama about a drunk, and a guy who tries to be a good man in a crappy world. It was an alright movie, if you have time, and don’t bore easily. Don’t get me wrong, Will is still a great actor, but this movie wasn’t really worth the time. It had nothing extra special. And they took a great super hero theme and screwed it up pretty bad, making a drama. Oy vey.

TROPIC THUNDER (unrated version)–Ok, this movie, starring Jack Black, Ben Stiller, and Robert Downy Jr., was extremely funny. Made so by Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise sub-characters, especially! Tom Cruise has a scene where he is just swearing like crazy, and everyone is looking at him like he’s crazy, which his character is–and it’s worth cracking up over.

Jack Black isn’t as funny or prominent, but Ben Stiller and Robert Downy Jr. are great hysterics, and the character R.D. Jr. plays is impressive.

We watched the unrated version, which has tonz of cursing, and lots of perverted humor, which I could’ve done without, but other than that stuff, it would’ve been a GREAT comedy. So it’s good, but be careful if you’ve got kids around. It was fun to watch with the guys and hubby.