Monster, Inc. movie.
This movie was one of the best I’ve seen all year. It had incredible animation, a wonderful cast, and as far as I could tell, was totally clean. Despite the general concept, we see scaring of children only in the test lab on a model and by the bad guys a few times. Several scenes dealing with a machine that extracts screams from a victim are mildly scary but short (the machine is also destroyed before the end of the movie). There are minor acts of violence, including a fight between Mike and Randall. The crowning glory of the film is that laughter creates a stronger energy than the screams; we know “the joy of the Lord is our strength.” Overall, this is a wholesome and harmless children’s movie that deserves support.
The boss monster was a little scary for very young
children (a cross between a crab and a scorpion with lots of eyes). Scully the
blue monster falls in love with a child, finds a force stronger than screams,
his best friend does something truly wonderful for him, and it makes parents
think about what they look like when they yell at their kids.
I think that this issue was resolved wonderfully. I
wish there were a greater adverse group portrayed in the monster world that
believed scaring children was cruel. This would have taught the importance of
differing beliefs regarding power resources to the audience and the possibility
of finding a better source that benefits all parties involved. If I were in
this situation, I would have devoted more resources to research and development
to search for a more sustainable alternative.
This movie was one of the best I’ve seen all year. It had incredible animation, a wonderful cast, and as far as I could tell, was totally clean. Despite the general concept, we see scaring of children only in the test lab on a model and by the bad guys a few times. Several scenes dealing with a machine that extracts screams from a victim are mildly scary but short (the machine is also destroyed before the end of the movie). There are minor acts of violence, including a fight between Mike and Randall. The crowning glory of the film is that laughter creates a stronger energy than the screams; we know “the joy of the Lord is our strength.” Overall, this is a wholesome and harmless children’s movie that deserves support.
The boss monster was a little scary for very young
children (a cross between a crab and a scorpion with lots of eyes). Scully the
blue monster falls in love with a child, finds a force stronger than screams,
his best friend does something truly wonderful for him, and it makes parents
think about what they look like when they yell at their kids.
BUSINESS ETHICAL or unethical
Example:
The first business ethical problem portrayed
concerns the energy created at Monsters, Inc. Monsters enjoy the wonderful
activities available from the creation of power just as much as humans. The
monsters enjoy driving to work and using electricity in their houses to power
lights and televisions. The comparison continues with the generation of power.
In the human world, coal mining and deforestation has shocking effects on
natural species calling those areas home. In the monster world, scaring a child enough to create a scream causes
upsetting emotional effects in the scared children. Are the lasting effects of
scared children worth the power generated?
This issue was resolved with the
discovery that laughter generates ten times more power than a scream. This
discovery was made when Boo, a human
child, slips though the door opened by Sully, the monster. Sully brings Boo
home so he doesn’t get into trouble with the employer, as children are thought
to be extremely toxic. While Boo is in Sully’s home, she
laughs gently and creates an extremely powerful surge of electricity throughout
Sully’s large apartment complex. At first, Sully is unaware of the power generating properties of
laughter but at the end of the film, Sully brings the company into a new
generation of “laughter creating employees” rather than “scare creating employees.” The
company’s old motto: “We scare because we care” is abandoned.
I think that this issue was resolved wonderfully. I
wish there were a greater adverse group portrayed in the monster world that
believed scaring children was cruel. This would have taught the importance of
differing beliefs regarding power resources to the audience and the possibility
of finding a better source that benefits all parties involved. If I were in
this situation, I would have devoted more resources to research and development
to search for a more sustainable alternative.
Consensus
Overall, I learned that cartoons
targeting children such as Monsters, Inc., are very entertaining as well as
educational. This film not only helps children overcome fears such as monsters
in the closet by following Boo’s journey, but
also creates interest in the business environment. Children have no idea of the
concepts and challenges in the business environment but when presented in films
such as Monsters, Inc., this may get a child thinking. In addition, I was
amazed at the ease of how the ethical dilemmas presented in this film were
resolved. How wonderful it would be if every misguided boss could be caught in
the act and whisked away by the authorities. In future films I watch, I hope to
look for business ethical issues presented and think about the resolution of
those issues and how accurate and possible those resolutions are in the real
world.
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