Don't Believe the Hype

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

My favorite short movie! It's so funny and matches from characters and situations from the feature film. I do not get tired or bored of that short film. I hope they make another short film for Monsters University. I like how they put funny things in Mike's New Car. It released the year after Monsters, Inc., so it was not in the theaters. I would definitely recommend this short film to anyone who hasn't watched it. It would seem crazy that some people haven't seen it, but not everyone sees a movie regardless of popularity. It's the best short film I have ever seen! It's definitely not something to try because of the accidents that really could happen. They need to make more short films like this one!

Mike's New Car (2002) *** (out of 4) Fun Pixar short has Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) from MONSTER, INC. doing more damage. Mike gets a new car and decides to take Sulley for a drive but he doesn't know how all the controls work yet, which leads to a lot of trouble for the duo. I actually haven't seen the full length film that the characters are from but after seeing this I'm certainly going to try and make a stronger effort in getting it on. I thought the film showed a lot of imagination considering how little time they had to tell the story. The idea of various instruments going wrong could have made for a simple film but the nice imagination takes the idea and really runs with it. I loved the sequence where Mike gets sucked up in the engine and his only way out is by making a phone call to Sulley who's still sitting in the car. I was a little surprised to see that this was nominated for an Oscar but either way it's an enjoyable little film.

This is a quick comment about new cars and all the buttons on them. The "message" being sometimes it was a lot better with a basic simple machines of the past."Mike" (Billy Crystal) has a new car he wants to show off to "Sully" so he invites him to take a ride. They never get to the ride because "Sully" (John Goodman) either hits a wrong button or does something to stall things, driving Mike nuts. Poor Mike takes a beating. The cartoon also is a comment on the sometimes-annoying noise the car will make if your seat belts aren't secured.This animated short came with The "Monsters, Inc." DVD and is a fun four minutes. Mike and Sully, of course, were the stars of the feature film.P.S. The car is very cool.

This one, from the boys over at Pixar, is a continuation of the "Monster's Inc" storyline with Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) showing Sulley (voice of John Goodman) his new car. Hillariety erupts. The animation is typical pixar, the voice talent is game. This is a funny, creative effort that flies by fairly quickly. An enjoyable little film. GRADE: A-