3. Monsters University Restores Pixar's Reputation
We've been so used to Pixar delivering masterpiece after masterpiece that their performance in the last two years has been extremely disappointing, what with the mediocre Cars 2, and then the disappointing - if decent - Brave. With the former, it felt as though Pixar only made the film for the sake of merchandising (Cars has made Pixar billions of dollars in toys), whereas the latter felt like something Disney would put out rather than Pixar (and ironically, it's Disney who made the year's best animated film, in Wreck-It Ralph). However, Monsters University so far looks fantastic, even if the announcement initially felt like an unnecessary prequel being forced upon us; mixing monster gags with campus tropes should make for another riotous Pixar classic, hopefully a masterpiece that lives up to the brilliance of the heartfelt original.