Monsters University Nitpicks

So just for fun, I'm going to add all my nitpicks of the movie Monsters University, after seeing it twice.

1. Teacher counts 20 students, but Mike is still left without a partner. Did the kids hate him so much they formed a group of three?

2. 6 year old Mike talks exactly like adult Mike.

3. Number of times Professor Hardscabble appears out of nowhere to spout exposition: at least 3.

4. Orientation worker pretty much says Scaring is the only major worth anything on campus.

5. Character wears glasses for no other reason than to remove them and look cooler. Look! A pair of contacts floating in midair!

6. There is no way Mike could have perfectly timed that trashcan fall to trap the pig.

7. Sorority only admits identical clones.

8. Pointless Lord of the Rings reference with the name "Brandywine."

9.  Sully's family--supposedly a huge influence on his character--is never shown and mentioned only in passing.

10. Mike isn't scary. But honestly neither are the other members of Ouzma Kappa.

11. Mike overlooks obviously scary talents.

12. University students never attend classes. Studies?? For losers. What matters is how well you do in some artificial game!

13. A few weeks of training turns losers into professionals. (But Mike still sucks.)

14. Randall apparently passes his exam with flying colors, actually earns his way into social prestige, and makes new friends after Mike cuts him. And he's a bad guy?

15. No one explains how a machine can be programmed with the complex human emotions to detect a concept like "scariness."

16. Sleeping children are always shown in the same position.

17. A branch weak enough for Mike to bend can still support Sully's weight.

18. Forced romantic subplot between characters who barely interact.

19. The only  scary moment in a movie about monsters comes during a tender moment of friendship. WAZOWSKI!!

20. The reason Mike fails to be scary is not because he's undersized and goofy but because he lacks any personal creativity. The entire movie he's always copying either Sully or that monster we saw in the beginning who's name I've forgotten. Why doesn't he roll into the room as a giant eyeball and suddenly sprout limbs? That would be pretty freaky. Why doesn't he ever use the advice he gives other monsters on himself?

21. Oh, and the hiding places chosen by HSS are at least as good as the ones chosen by OK.

And to be fair, Lessons Learned from This Movie:

1. Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

2. In real life, no one cares about your degree.