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Friday, 2 November 2001
Inky Monsters

Went to see Monsters, Inc. tonight with Karen. Excellent movie: great animation, excellent voice performances, wonderful script. Like the animated classics, it had humor on a number of levels, from slapstick comedy to cerebral allusions (for example, a restaurant named "Harryhausen's"). Definitely one to get on DVD, if only for the chance to pause the action and zoom in on the fleeting details.

Every aspect of it was well done: modelling, lighting, texturing, animation... the exceptionally photorealistic backgrounds were superb.

I was prepared for the noisy crowds of children, so I could tune them out. What I couldn't tune out was the annoying woman sitting next to me making exaggerated laughter and "oh no!" and "awwwww!" noises, apparently so that her sprog would know how to react. And, of course, reading every word on the screen out loud.

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