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Is it me, or have Pixar’s movies been a little less than stellar of late, short of Toy Story 3, of course? Anyway, that looks like it’s going to change. The Monsters are back, and if this awesome Monsters University trailer is anything to go by, it’s going to just as great as the classic, Monsters Inc.
Included in the mix is the wonderful Helen Mirren, who’s playing the Dean of the college. Obviously Mirren’s pretty stoked, as she said this of being cast in the voice-only roll:
“What a liberation! As an actor, you have two important tools to your trade: your voice and your body. It has been easy over the years to find good roles for my voice, but it has not been so easy to squash my many legs and my wings into the various costumes I have been forced to uncomfortably wear, disguising my true form. Finally I can make good use of both voice and body in a role that seems tailor-made for me – one could say monster-made. At last, the audience can experience the real Helen Mirren.”
Brilliant. I can’t wait to see this. I don’t think we’ll even need to borrow a nephew or niece to make it not weird we’re seeing a kids film, as Pixar’s aiming this one a little higher by the looks of it. Monsters Inc was just so good, I really hope Disney’s on the ball for this one. [YouTube via TotalFilm]
Thanks Wil!
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Got to love that comment from Helen Mirren- actors take themselves WAYYYYYY to seriously, and she has done the stellar work previously that would justify such a serious attitude.
Indeed. To me at least, she is like a female version of Patrick Stewart.
Or is he a male version of Helen Mirren?
O.o
Agreed, but it’s Sir Patrick first and foremost.
Indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGEymAXD7s
“great at the classic” i think ya’ll need an edit button too
I think I need more coffee if I’m honest
it’s okay, you’re forgiven
“Is it me, or have Pixar’s movies been a little less than stellar of late, short of Toy Story 3, of course?”
Wall-E, Up! and Toy Story3 in the last 5 years. And Ratatouille in ’07 was damn good too. I’d say they’re doing just fine.
Yeh compared to the garbage Dreamworks have been putting out I reckon Pixar still know what they’re doing.
Exactly, aside from Cars 2 and, if it’s not your thing, Cars, their other films have been brilliant. Brave was really good too, if not everyone’s cup of tea.
And the fact they got a Pizza Planet truck into that film is nothing short of impressive.
I’m struggling to see the plot/story in this movie.
I love Monsters Inc. and that had a great plot/story.
This ones seems just to hint at a bit of “scare” rivalry between Sully and Wachowski…
No arch-nemesis, nobody in any real danger, no scheming…
Where’s the pathos…you can’t have a Pixar flick without the pathos!