found this review this morning...looks like another winner from Pixar
The monster magic of the Disney-Pixar computer animated film Monsters, Inc. worked wonderfully at the theatres last year. Now it's even more fun on DVD.
I'm talking about the two-disc Collector's Edition DVD which Buena Vista Home Entertainment is releasing tomorrow, along with the scaled-down VHS version of the Oscar-nominated hit flick about the lovable monsters who sneak into kids' bedrooms to harness their screams as a power source.
If you already have the two Toy Story movies from Pixar, you know how much effort the creative folks at Pixar put into their DVD releases. Not surprisingly, Monsters, Inc. is no exception. First of all, the movie transfer from the digital source material is first-rate, providing viewers with excellent picture and sound. Secondly, we get the choice between the full-screen version (yawn!) and the widescreen version (hurrah!), which has been enhanced for 16:9 ration TVs.
Next, for cinephiles, there is a feature-length commentary. It features director Peter Docter, co-director Lee Unkrich, executive producer John Lasseter and executive-producer/writer Andrew Stanton. This kind of group chat often gets silly or confusing, but these guys are insightful and coherent.
That takes care of disc one. On disc two, Pixar heaps on the extras, most of which are unique to the DVD set. On VHS, you get the movie plus two shorts, a Finding Nemo sneak peek, goofy "outtakes" and The Monsters, Inc. Company Play.
On DVD, in addition to all that, there are fun games, tours of Pixar, deleted scenes, an art gallery, an animated music video, a guide to in-jokes the animators always layer in and lots more. The producers cleverly divided the materials into two categories, the Monster World and the Human World.
The two shorts are brilliant. For The Birds, a sly comic commentary about ethnic diversity, is the Oscar-winning short that played with Monsters, Inc. in theatres. Added is the fresh Mike's New Car, an hilarious look at the disastrous day that lime-green Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) shows off his new car to fuzzy blue-green pal Sulley Sullivan (John Goodman).
If there is any criticism at all, it is that Disney (and now Pixar) has an annoying habit of forcing us to watch, or at least actively skip over, blatant advertising for other releases once the DVD is popped in. Self-promos should be by choice only.
That said, I still choose Monsters, Inc
The monster magic of the Disney-Pixar computer animated film Monsters, Inc. worked wonderfully at the theatres last year. Now it's even more fun on DVD.
I'm talking about the two-disc Collector's Edition DVD which Buena Vista Home Entertainment is releasing tomorrow, along with the scaled-down VHS version of the Oscar-nominated hit flick about the lovable monsters who sneak into kids' bedrooms to harness their screams as a power source.
If you already have the two Toy Story movies from Pixar, you know how much effort the creative folks at Pixar put into their DVD releases. Not surprisingly, Monsters, Inc. is no exception. First of all, the movie transfer from the digital source material is first-rate, providing viewers with excellent picture and sound. Secondly, we get the choice between the full-screen version (yawn!) and the widescreen version (hurrah!), which has been enhanced for 16:9 ration TVs.
Next, for cinephiles, there is a feature-length commentary. It features director Peter Docter, co-director Lee Unkrich, executive producer John Lasseter and executive-producer/writer Andrew Stanton. This kind of group chat often gets silly or confusing, but these guys are insightful and coherent.
That takes care of disc one. On disc two, Pixar heaps on the extras, most of which are unique to the DVD set. On VHS, you get the movie plus two shorts, a Finding Nemo sneak peek, goofy "outtakes" and The Monsters, Inc. Company Play.
On DVD, in addition to all that, there are fun games, tours of Pixar, deleted scenes, an art gallery, an animated music video, a guide to in-jokes the animators always layer in and lots more. The producers cleverly divided the materials into two categories, the Monster World and the Human World.
The two shorts are brilliant. For The Birds, a sly comic commentary about ethnic diversity, is the Oscar-winning short that played with Monsters, Inc. in theatres. Added is the fresh Mike's New Car, an hilarious look at the disastrous day that lime-green Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) shows off his new car to fuzzy blue-green pal Sulley Sullivan (John Goodman).
If there is any criticism at all, it is that Disney (and now Pixar) has an annoying habit of forcing us to watch, or at least actively skip over, blatant advertising for other releases once the DVD is popped in. Self-promos should be by choice only.
That said, I still choose Monsters, Inc
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