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I wonder how many of those teenagers and young adults were motivated to see Monsters by the Star Wars trailer, but then decided that the movie looked good enought to stay for.

I wouldnt be suprised, however, if they did choose the movie for the movie alone, as I have three roommates who wanted to see it even before there was mention of a Star Wars trailer.

Also, I only got one call today asking if the trailer was playing with all five prints, so who knows?

By the way, one of the shows I walked in on had people cheering for the E.T., Return to Neverland, and Star Wars trailers.
I wonder how many people will be cheering for E.T. when they find out the guns were removed.
All the people I've mentioned that too had "Well, thats retarded" looks on their faces when I told them.
I wonder how much of the general public will care?

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If I remember correctly, Toy Story 2 didn't have any outtakes originally, but were added for Christmas.

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of course it was....duh!

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I really liked the movie. Being a computer scientist, I appreciate the work that went into making it. The movie seemed aimed more toward kids, but it was still a very enjoyable movie, and I look forward to seeing again, because it's one of those movies where there are so many details to look for.

I'd recommend going to a later showing (9:00 or after) to maximize the enjoyment of this movie. There are a lot of kids seeing this movie. There were a bunch of restless young kids and crying babies in the showing I attended, which totally ruined some scenes. When the "For the Birds" short was playing, people were still coming in and walking in front of me, making it difficult to enjoy it. I'll definitely give the movie another viewing in a 9:00 or later showing on a much less crowded weeknight.

The presentation quality was excellent. For a normal audience, the sound level would probably have been OK, but with all those kids in there, it needed to be louder. I guess they were afraid running it up more would have made kids cry and act up more. I was sitting 30 feet from a 30-foot screen (in flat mode) and I had to struggle to hear some parts.

I highly recommend this movie, especially if you're primarily a grown-up kid like I am.

There is also another one, but I won't mention it now.

One of the best rules I have ever heard of what makes a picture successful is something I heard many years from Siskel and Ebert...way back in the PBS days. They proposed that for a movie to be successful, you must care about the characters.

I saw THE ONE on Saturday. I didn't really care about anyone. I fell asleep.

I really cared for Sully and Mike in this movie. I liked them, and I wanted them to succeed and be happy.

Lots of "wow" in the animation. Some amazing detail on the main characters...I caught some very subtle movements on Mike's eyelid that really gave him life.

Hard to rate this. Not as good as TOY STORY II, but better than BUG'S LIFE. About on par with TOY STORY.

I liked it MUCH better than SHREK...SHREK felt, to me, like it was written by a committee (OK...we'll have a joke here, a touching moment here...how about a song here.) It felt a bit too corporate.

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Oh, just wait till Christmas, Im sure well get our outtakes then. If I remember correctly, Toy Story 2 didn't have any outtakes originally, but were added for Christmas.

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Not quite right...the original movie did have outtakes, then a "new" reel of outtakes were substituted a few weeks in.

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Actually, James is correct. A quick check with the IMDB confirms my memory on this. "Toy Story 2" came out originally with no outtakes, and then they were added on December 25th.

"A Bug's Life" had outtakes from the start, and a new set were released December 18th.

If Pixar follows this pattern, I expect to see outtakes on "Monsters, Inc." in a month or so. It's almost a trademark thing now.

I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned the great mix. I heard it in SR in a THX house and thought it sounded terrific. I assume it would be even better in digital with EX (comments from those who have heard it in that format?).

There are some nice bits of subtle humor here, too. Did anyone else notice the monster who was carrying both a watermelon and a sledgehammer? (What's the name of the guy who does that comedy routine, anyway?) There are a few other bits that I don't remember right now, too.