*MY FAVOURITE PREQUEL!* Monsters University | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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What an awesome prequel!! It was so great to get more context into how scaring works and the "art" behind doing it. It was also great to see how Mike and Sully's friendship had a rocky start. Enjoy :)
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MY FAVOURITE PREQUEL! Monsters University | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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For those of us with disabilities, this movie was a refreshing breath of hopefulness. Usually movies go feel-good for abled people and show someone miraculously overcoming their obstacles. This movie shows something more practical, where you live with your obstacles and find a way to live as close as possible to your dream.
exactly, like someone whos totally confined to a wheel chair is never gonna be able to be a world class hurdles racer but there's still soooo many wheelchair accessable sports that mean you can still play and be a part of a team and they could still go to the paralympics and kick ass
Just don't be disabled, ez
@@shikitohno47 people don't choose to be disabled, that's extremely rude to say
Exactly why I love this movie so much.
@@Ley_klrrr it was a distasteful joke
I don’t know why so many people don’t like this movie. It’s a great break from, “you’ll always get your dreams if you work hard enough no matter what”
It's a combination of the insanely high expectations of PIxar fans, and how the first acts of this movie are just generic university movie tropes. It subverts these tropes at the end, and has a really great message and final act. It's overall a good movie, but it's just not that constant concentrated creativity and excitement all the way through, the type of movie pixar became famous for.
I imagine it's *because* of that message that they don't like it. These days, it's become unfashionable to imply that some people aren't meant for some things instead of that they deserve to get what they want simply because they want it
@@NovusIgnisno I think it was the whole trope of college stuff. I’m sure older critics were not into it because they have seen those tropes and stories dozens of times. Including underdog stories and school stories. When this came out I was about to hit collage and I was never into older collage movies but this I got really into. And yes I love the ending. It flips the script for “chase your dreams and they will come true”
I still enjoy it
i like it way more than the first one
"Enemies to lover- not lovers, best friends" that made my day
i meannnnn... was he really wrong? 😂 they're basically married besties
You can find it on ao3
They did have that kind of bromance 😂
happy pride month
@@MonAhgasInsomniAroELFNo, they are friends.
In the first task of the Scare Games, on the team that gets disqualified is George Sanderson. He is the monster that gets 23-19d in Monsters Inc. So he gets DQd for using a “childtouch prohibit gel” and then later gets into trouble again for child toys touching him. Nice touch
geez how did I never realise that was Georgie and make that connection.
Yes, that scene is supposed to explain that after using the gel, his fur became so sticky making anything stick to him, like socks.
"I'll just be here, listening to my tunes" and then the metal music blaring always gets me 😂
The mom is literally me 💀
I saw this in theaters. When the mom mentioned her tunes, I expected her to play Frank Sinatra or something similar. When the metal started playing, the entire theater busted out laughing and clapping.
Thats me with SOAD in 40 years.
I love the message of the movie and one we never really get, sometimes you are not good enough or you don't have enough natural talent, and that's okay; there are many other things you can do.
Money ball works with that same premise
I mean, Mike was talented. He was an awesome coach and was knowledgeable. He simply was chasing the wrong dream. To me, the message of this movie is more about: 1. Finding what you're really good at and working with your strengths, and 2. Persevering even when nobody else believes in you. And 3, I guess: there are other paths to reach your goal if you're humble and determined enough.
SAME. I love this premise. Achieving your dreams just isn't always realistic - but you'll find a way to feel fulfilled anyways. I'm tired of movies where the main character gets what they want at the end even when it's unbelievable and unrealistic. Sometimes I have no idea how the main character won. If the movie ended when Mike's team won the game, I wouldn't have liked this movie as much as I do.
This movie made things so interesting.
This movie is SOOO underrated out of Pixar’s catalog. I know a lot of people found the college themes not fun, but I did! And the message of the film is SOOO good. That sometimes you can chase after a dream and never be able to fulfill it due to being born different, but that it is okay.
And the character origins of all main characters is so good. Mike being a dreamer, sullen being a cocky jock, Randal being a nerd haha.
I also love how they make scaring like a science. It’s so interesting!
I love this movie and people really don’t give it enough credit.
People always look at me wierd when j say i loved this movie alot more then alot of pixar and disney properties
Man, you were kinda cooking with the “enemies to lovers” slip tho
Currently resisting every urge I have to find that fanfic now... 😅
i immediately ran to the comments to see if anyone else thought that lmao
Fun Fact - In the official dubs of Pixar movies, Pixar's animators often alter textures or the entire models, so that in different countries there could be readable text in a different language.
Randal's cupcakes were very tricky to translate, since there was only seven letters available, four of which needed to make out a word for a gag later on...
So to fix this issue, internationally the letters on the cupcakes were retextured to be smiley faces instead
Yess. This was always my favourite movie to watch on planes and in those versions it had the smileys on the cupcakes, but when I watched it anywhere else it was the letters and I always wondered why that was. Plus the scene where Mike flexes his exam results to the Roars, in the smiley cupcake version it shows a smiley face on his exam instead of an A+, and Sullie gets a frownie face lol
Unfortunately, it is not really true. In most of localisation they didn't change video at all, just overvoiced scenes with appropriate pun phrases.
@@yaroslavpanych2067 As someone who used to watch Pixar movies dubbed, Pixar was one of the few to have most of their movies be localized
I remember reading the Japanese dub of Inside Out has green peppers instead of broccoli for baby Riley as kids there generally LOVE broccoli apparently lol.
Mike and Sully did something that wa deemed impossible. Scare adults to the point of overloading the door and screams canisters. They literally put them inside a horror movie.
18:36 "I know that you're a princess and I'm just a stable boy..." is a, The Princess Bride movie reference because Billy Crystal (Mike Wazowski) played The Miracle Max in it!!!!!
A detail that I think makes the Randle vs Mike & Sully feud even more deep is that I am sure after the scare games when he Randle lost, his resentment towards the two started but, the thing that I think just added fuel to the fire was that he finished University and get a job at Monsters Incorporated, only to already see Mike & Sully already on the scare floor. He would be so confused on how the two monsters that were kicked out of Uni, got on the scare floor before him
There is such a great message that this movie portrays. You can do everything right, and still fail. But that's ok, because just because your not good at something, doesn't mean your not great at something else.
The mom relaxing to metal music in the car is such a mood XD very relatable, pff
As a metal head listening to mwtal music makes me very relaxed happy
22:22 I worked as a librarian when this movie came out, and sometimes you just gotta bring that energy with you
i LOVED your appreciation of this movie. A lot of people didnt know how to appreciate it in my social circle and i was so dissappointed cuz it was a great movie and deserved better recognition. As someone whos the BIGGEST fan of Monsters Inc, I can tell you I loved the prequel. It's just that people wanted to watch a lie and see Mike being scary, when that's not possible. Sometimes you have to accept reality, because everything is not meant for everybody. PD: Ive been watching your reactions all this month and I loved them all. You catch everything so quickly. You are a great spectator
i also kind of wish mike as an adult got to talk to the scarer that encouraged him to go to MU in the first place, just to tell him he really di inspire him and it in a way got him there in the end
" You'll never know what it's like to fail, because you were born a Sullivan!"
At the end he says he is fine being OK. I think it is not a coincidence that the fraternity they where in was the Oozma Kapas (OK)
I mean their chant is “we’re ok, we’re ok”
i watched this movie when i was around 10 for the first time, and it scared me because ive had a life long ambition to go to art college and become a famous artist, and everybody kind of knows me for how much ive always talked about it. but the older ive gotten, the more im asked to be practical, and i like that this movie can remind me that even if i dont make it, i can make it somewhere else. im going to college next year so i suppose i'll see D;
Good Luck! Famous can be relative, you could start with postings drawing vids on TikTok and go from there, don't have to be in college to do that for a head start
Literally my favorite Pixar movie from one of my new favorite TH-camrs!? I'm so excited!!
Also, when the Dean said "this particular child is afraid of snakes. So a roar wouldn’t make him scream, it would make him cry." That makes me think that Boo was afraid of snakes too because Randall was her monster (and he's snake-like) and she cried when Sully scared her.
Randal graduated from the top university for scaring, was a part of the scaring program, joined the scariest fraternity... and yet Sully and Mike got into the same company and even bested him. So I don't think his arc was not significant. I think it shows that it doesn't matter what school you graduated or how high your grades were, it's all about opportunity and hard work. You can start from the bottom, but you can reach the top like anyone else who had ladders
People are kinda misunderstanding what I said. It’s not that it’s not significant, in fact it’s really in depth and adds a lot to his character. What I said is that this version of Randall doesn’t necessarily enhance the original story. It changes a lot of things and makes it fresh, but the simplicity of the original motivation is just as effective. They’re just two different approaches.
Randall's poster in their dorm room says "Winds of Change" the saying he quotes in Monsters Inc. !!!
Sometimes things in life won't go the way you planned them. And that's okay.
A plot hole that I realized was that in the first movie Mike says him and Sully have been bestfriends since 4th grade 💀
Yeah I looked this up and their excuse was it was just an expression for they’ve been friends “for ages” 😆
@@thecocoacouch Can you please react to kung fu panda 4 Already what took you so long
They could have simply claimed that the education system in the monster universe is just structured differently. 🤔
I've heard they were planning to include Sully in the opening scene somehow, but they decided to scrap it
1st grade: elementary
2nd: middle school
3rd: highschool
4th: college
Lol
I will always be amazed of how good the world building is around monsters AND how much details can be learned from the dean character with the few scenes that she is in
41:28 that monster she i think was in the beginning showing when she was little, she said to the teacher that mike went passed the line
I really like the moral of this story, it was mature, a bit harsh but also truthful. That you can't actually become anything in the world; some things are just not meant for you. But there's always something you *can* excel at, and we all have talents of different kinds. And while I can't really relate to Mike's situation in school fully (I was more like the ROAR kids back then) I really respect his can-do attitude, even though back then for someone like him I would've, admittedly made fun of it. I think I am also one of the few who liked Dean Hardscrabble. She was tough, stern and elitist but only to promote excellence in a field which demands it, for the survival of their world. She did prove by the end to not have a stone heart.
Side note: I just noticed this on this reaction: Randall has a poster in his dorm with Mike, "winds of change", this is what he tells Mike in the first movie when he claims he's about to beat Sully's record: "shh shh shh did you hear that? It's the winds of change!"
I like that it’s a little harsh, and if I’m correct, this movie was not just meant to be for kids but also the audience that watched monsters inc as children when it first came out so they’d be adults by now, so the message is meant to give hope and direction to young adults who have experiences like Mike.
@@thecocoacouch That's correct yes. I believe those who watched the first as kids would've been college age by the time this came out so quite good timing.
This is my second biggest comfort movie after Big Hero 6. It hits so close to home and the messages behind it are so important, especially for young adults going through university. It's also just so much fun and so sweet and so funny. This movie holds such a special place for me. I just love it. I was so excited to see your reaction to Monsters Inc., mostly because I knew you'd probably be reacting to this one fairly soon after 😂😂😂
27:57 I CAN'T GO BACK TO JAIL! 😂
His Face when She landed behind Mike and Sully! 🤣🤣
I'm so scared of sequels that come out after years of the first one, they usually flop, but this one and The Incredibles 2, they are both decent successors of their parent movies 💕
Hard disagree about Incredibles 2. It was stylish and had some great Brad Bird dialogue moments but that's about all the good I can say about it
i thought finding dory was pretty good
@@kelsey1467 Oof, yeah.. It's a no for me 😅
I also love how much Sully matured. He became so down to earth, and soft natured.
25:42 bullies only do that when they are scared insecure paranoid jealous like they are definitely threatened cus why bullying them why targeting them, they didn't expect Mike's team to make it this far
"enemies to lover-- no, not lovers, best friends" no no no you were onto something there, happy pride month
My favorite scene when Mike and Sully plan to scary the police to get back
In what universe is a one eyed , big teethed , sharp clawed , gremlin not considered scary?
shouldve been a one eyed one horned flying purple eater instead lmfao
I saw this movie so many times in the theaters! I even saved every single movie ticket. I think that's saying something about how much I love this movie. That part where Mike and Sulley scare those adults, I swear it always felt like the entire building was shaking. It might just as well have been my imagination, but that feeling combined with Sulley jumping down and roaring was incredible! I guess it really made a lasting impression because it's something I still think about. I'm SO happy you also love and appreciate this movie just as much as I do. This is the perfect prequel. And Mike and Sulley really are just a perfect team.
“Enemies to love- no not lovers, best friends.” Lol
Monster's Inc. &Monster's University are two of my favorite Pixar movies. I thoroughly enjoyed this very much.... have seen this before but it was such a delight watching it in The Cocoa Couch channel. Thank you for this and hope you have a great evening
Lol, the "Abominable Snowman" is played by the same guy who is the mailman "Cliff" in Cheers... you should totally watch Cheers!
You should watch (not necesserily react to) Monsters at Work,which tells what happens between Waternoose's arrest and the final scene when Sulley and Mike managed to use laughs instead of screams. Aside from following on how they run the company on a new energy program, it also follows the newly gratiuated Tylor Tuskmon, who attempts to just from becoming a Scarer to being a Jokster while he works at MIFT (Monsters, Inc. Fixing Team, basically the repairing team of the company). The start of the first episode will have a reference to (and be set in) Monsters University with an apperance of Progessor Knight. There'll also be an episode of how The Abomible Snowman comes back to the human world and we see the REAL reason for his banisment unlike how it's implied at the end of this movie.
For a second, when I first saw your marshmallow in the background, I thought it was an Adipose from Doctor Who's episode Partners in Crime. LOL "The fat just walks away."
Omg yes it does look like that 😂
wait. you're telling me the principle DOESN'T turn into a villain in this movie? Good for you pixar!
*principal
39:57 love this part of the movie the horror creating
Enemies to Lovers you say 👀
I remember being skeptical when they announced this movie because the first one is just such a classic. very similar to when they announced finding dory. (you should watch finding nemo and finding dory btw) BUT this movie blew me away! i remember saying it may even be better than the first!!
44:07 I’m glad 🙂 he got a job at monsters inc.
26:29 One of the most WTF moments in Pixar history. Lol
Just discovered this guy, and im in love, the way u treat these reactions as life lessons as well as movies and entertainment, is just refreshing, u dont talk to much other the important bits, u treat these reactions like where watching with u in the same room, and its just so much fun seeung u have fun to, well done dude, also aussie accent is my fav
I love your reactions! You're raw emotion, I like the authenticity
theres also a show called monsters at work, its not very popular but I like it! it just came out with a second season
Size shouldn't matter and shouldn't judge based on looks. Like sully definitely doesn't look scary until he does his thing.
Honestly small ones usually tend to be scarier.
Mike wisowski is smart and can be athletic like what he did to catch the mascot animal 10:08 , and you can learn to scare a lot of things you got to learn it can't just do it with everything
It’s balance. The movie is trying to tell the audience that looks 100% matter when scaring, that’s why Mike fails in the end, but technique and utilising what you have also 100% matters. One doesn’t work without the other, Mike and Sully represent both of those aspects, without each other they’d both fail. But looks 100% matter, it’s just that it doesn’t do all the work.
I love to see your reactions to colorful and bright movies! Have you ever seen High School Musical? I'd love to see you react to it!
I KNEW you'd react to it! It's one of my favorite movies, so I'm glad you love it!
I first watched this movie in the summer of my second year in college, kinda relevant to me as a college student so I absolutely love it, it is a great feeling and memory, i will recall it every time I rewatch the movie ❤
16:40 "This is how life long friendships' happen" or.. paraphrased.. and I agree.
Here we go! Other than a few inaccuracies this movie is amazing! Love to hear your thoughts about it 😊
Third, actually
@@thefitnessgrampacertest5732 Lol, the comments didn't load for me 😂
Inaccuracies?
22:13 "Oh Goodness Meeee" 😂
Yeeees, you watched it! Such a good movie and with such good message!
If you end up on a prequel mood, maybe the HP ones too?
I'm so glad I found your channel. You were born for the camera 😂 so wholesome and a great, warm smile. Can't wait to see more from you! 💜
me forgetting charlie day is in this movie as the purple guy
You should take a look at the Monsters at Work series as well it does a good job of towing in the themes of both monsters university and monsters Inc.
In Monsters Inc, it's mentioned that Mike and Sully have known each other since the 4th grade. But in this movie they meet for the first time at University. 🤔😂
It’s mikes way of saying they’ve been friends for a very long time
YESSSSSS IVE BEEN WAITING SINCE YOU REACTED TO THE FIRST MOVIE YAY ❤❤❤❤
I appreciate that this is Mikes movie, like yeah Sully gets his moments too just like Mike did in the first one, but this is the story of Mike and Sully, not Sully and Mike, y'know?
Introducing the first monster in the franchise who actually looks somewhat scary, Dean Hardscrabble. I've always wondered how Sully could be such a successful scarer, he doesn't look scary at all, Boo calls him "kitty" in Monsters, INC. for crying out loud. He looks big and cuddly, the fact that he has horns doesn't do much to make him look scary. He comes across as a bit arrogant when he's first introduced, a big contrast to the nice guy we know him to be in Monsters, INC. I like the little twist at the end, where Mike and Sully are in the human world, and it starts to feel like a horror movie, and the kids are the ones who are scaring Mike and Sully. And I love the scene where they open up to eachother. Great movies, especially Monsters, INC. And remember, scary monsters don't have plaque.
Actually Mike has a look that makes him scary, he's like the Blue Ringed Octopus in appearance and his roar & family history people know adds to it.
The thing about Mike “not being scary” is that that’s the perspective from this universe.
WE may think his design can seem scary, but if the humans / monsters in this series don’t find his particular design scary, then they don’t find it scary.
It’s like that we may find certain foods that the monsters eat gross, but to THEM it’s delicious. Same goes for things being funny to certain people, but not to others.
It’s more so about perspective.
The thing is she knows that his college bros are scary so that counts the puff ball Monster in the Scare Floor and yet she saw Mike as not scary which says alot and she's like the top scariest Monster in their universe especially with Demeanor and you can see that Mike doesn't give vibes especially deceitful ones, he's just plain cute.
Another way to look at the deceit is the cuteness feeling like it's hiding something, Mike while I respect his ambition and do support his dream, is not giving vibes there's something there hiding. Also the scare test adds to any conclusion she can come up with it and you see Mike doesnt hit those things despite his impressive yell.
Not only do I love this because it gives us the origin of Mike and Sully‘s relationship, but teaches a great lesson about finding your place. I really recommend that you check out the series Monsters At Work! It’s that hilarious and I love how it continues the stories from new and old characters’ point of view. 💙💜💛💚👁👹🚪
Pretty sure Mike's dream was about The Princess Bride, in which Billy Crystal played a hilarious role.
I love this movie and it makes a great training film for companies to show the value of teamwork. Your commentary and insight are spot on, and after watching a few of your videos, I am subscribing! Well done and keep up the good work!
It was really interesting, I did not see those movies before. But I liked this prequel because it speaks about something important that in their team and friendship, they simply learned to use what made them them, their qualities and abilities, and like you said at the end Oscar , its really something important to know
I love this movie because its message isn't what people want to hear, but what they need to. You can want it more than anybody, work harder than anybody, go farther than anybody, but even so there are still things you won't be able to do. However, that doesn't make you useless or even a failure, and there is likely something else out there that you _can_ do better than anyone.
Marshmallows 😂 I haven't seen this one before I've only seen the Original Monster's Inc. movie. This looks good them being children is adorable and funny. It's hilarious when he's in college The mother had me laughing 😂
Starting watching you from the friends reactions, but keep these great animated movies coming! It’s like showing them to a mate for the first time. If I could recommend one it would be Flushed Away
This is honestly the best prequel ever.
Great reaction! If you ever have the time another great Pixar movie to check out is the incredibles. Such a fantastic movie, highly recommend it
Best prequel ever. Really enjoyed your reaction.
This movie gave me flashbacks to theatre school 😅
this movie has such a good climax! love the scaring of the adult police officers!
All good people can approve of _that_
18:31 😂😂😂😂😂 that would so be me in that situation
So excited that you watched this one so soon after Monsters Inc. 🎉 My favorite frat rat in the OK house is Art!...😊
YAY!!!! YOU WATCHED!!!! 🤩
I enjoyed this one much more than the original monsters inc. The original movie is so dark and depressing to me. Borderline weird. This one feels refreshing. We've all seen the "Get your dreams if you work hard" and the "Be who you are." But this shows that being who you are can help others achieve their dreams as well. That sometimes you at your best also helps someone else be their best and that's OK to be who you are and to be Good at what you're good at and you don't have to be envious of others just because you don't have talents they do, it's very likely you have talents they wish they had as well that they don't.
I love this show called Gravity Falls, there's a character in it named Robbie and the "unnatached, undeclared" gray monster has the same voice actor. I think you'd really enjoy Gravity Falls, and I would thoroughly enjoy watching you react to it! ^w^
I can never quite decide if I prefer Inc. Or U. as films. They're both so damn good.
Completely Off topic BUT if you like all Disney channel movies and music. There is a Bop To The Top Tour. I think they are going international so if you are interested, to prepare you should watch Hannah Montana, High School Musical, Lemonade Mouth, Cheetah Girls at least. I’m going to the one in Denver CO which so excited for bc I am having concert withdrawals. Heehee 😂
13:04 that expression is priceless 😂
This movie honestly makes me feel sorry and sad for Randel, especially since he gets banished later on.
monsters university is SOOO underrated
I’m so excited!!!
Thanks, Oscar! 👹 Kudos to writer/director Dan Scanlon.
when you called Charlie Day's character the wild card 😂 Always Sunny fans everywhere shouting "WILD CARD, BABY!"
You should definitely check out "Party Central", it's a short from 2014 with them. Quite funny. ;)
Can't stop laughing at your reaction 😂 made my day 🎊🎉
If you love this universe. I think the monsters inc series is a great addition to the story. You see old characters and learn more about what happens after scary power is no longer a reliable power source
Amazing choice
This is one of my comfort movies 😊
Yay finally and I turn on my Notifications and I had a fantastic 30th birthday last Saturday on the 8th of june. And I just went back 2 big hero 6 but now watching a show called heartland on Netflix its really good and on season 16. But I love your videos Oscar keep up the good work.
I was gonna say you should react to Inside out since part 2 is out now but then I looked through your videos and realized you did it already 😅😅