Producer John Lasseter is quoted on the official web site of "Monsters, Inc." saying, "Audiences love when they see something they've never seen before but yet has some aspect to which they can relate." "Monsters, Inc." lives up to this statement.
             Initially I was expecting a copy of the "Toy Story" duo or "A Bug's Life," since the movie is made by the same production company, PIXAR. I also initially deduced that this movie would be childish. I viewed the previous PIXAR films at a younger age and thus I felt as if I had grown out of the movie's demographic. Still, I decided to give the movie a chance, and it was a chance I was glad to take.
             The movie is set in "Monstropolis," which is much like a modern day industrial city where monsters thrive. Monsters, Inc., the biggest scream-processing factory in Monstropolis, is actually where the lead characters, James P. Sullivan (known as "Sully") and his best friend, roommate, and co-worker Mike Wazowski, both work. Sulley is a huge, menacing monster with blue fur, large purple spots and horns, yet he can be as harmless as a mouse. Mike is a lime green, opinionated, lively, one-eyed monster. Sulley (voiced by John Goodman) is an elite Scarer and Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) is his Scare assistant. Some of the other characters in the film include Monsters, Inc.'s crab-like, hard-nosed, and corrupt CEO, Henry J. Waternoose (voiced by James Coburn), a serpent-haired (much like Medusa) receptionist Celia (voiced by Jennifer Tilly) who is Mike's love interest, and the cynical chameleon monster Randall Boggs (voiced by Steve Buscemi), who tries to replace Sulley as the company's top Scarer.
             Human children's screams are what fuel Monstropolis, and Monsters Inc. is the place where the screams are collected. Scaring kids isn't easy though; monsters think the chi
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