Kid's version of Old School
I liked Monsters U, but I thought it would have been cool if they made it into a frat movie instead of showing the education process of the monsters.
shareGiven that fraternities are in place at colleges, and the primary purpose of a college IS to educate, it's kinda hard to separate the two. Even Animal House had professors and classrooms. MU showed both the educational aspect of college life AND the Greek/frat/sorority scene, so it was not just about the "education process of the monsters". College life is both about getting and education and having fun and forging new bonds, although Mike was only interested in the former.
pitbulllady
What I meant was I would have liked to see more partying and other types of things that would have happened in a movie like Old School, even though this is a kid's movie.
shareWell, it's not so much a "kids' movie" as an "all ages movie"; there were lots of references that would have gone right over the heads of little kids, for instance Sheri Squibbles and her "tunes", which the little kids did NOT get at all, or the beer pong reference. But, keep in mind that the focus of the movie was Mike. Mike didn't do the party thing, remember? Too busy studying to become the greatest Scarer the world has ever known. Didn't even want to go to one party with the ONE person on campus who actually thought Mike was pretty cool and admirable and all. The whole thing is basically Mike's POV, so anything that interfered with his plan was seen as a negative. Also, you're not going to hold an all-ages audience too well if the movie is about nothing but drinking and debauchery, nor are you going to have much of an actual PLOT, period. Pixar is known for character development, and plot. Take those two factors away, and you don't have much of a movie. It might entertain those who aren't into things like plot and character development, who don't need any emotions getting in the way of their laughs, but it's not going to cut it as a Pixar movie.
pitbulllady