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Absolutely Dreadful.

posted 10 years ago by scabab
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I just watched Cars and Cars 2 back to back. The original Cars is weak compared to the other Pixar films but compared to other animated films it is still a good film.

Cars 2 though, I can't believe I'd ever say it about a Pixar film but it was complete garbage. Mater is quite possibly the worst character Pixar have come up with and some idiots over at Pixar thought it was a good idea to make him the main character of the movie.

He's not funny, I didn't feel sorry for him, his voice his annoying, hillbillies are annoying and he should never have had such a large role. McQueen was not that significant in the movie, Sally was hardly in the movie.

The story was a poor generic dated spy story with cliché characters. Poor music, poor villain and it was not funny.

The movie was a commercial to sell toys. There was no heart or soul in this movie.

This movies has a 6.4 because it's a Pixar film, I'd love to know what the score would have been had it come from someone else.

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[–] sackofwhine 10 years ago

Yeah, it was aweeessum, for a 10 year old like you

[–] Blackace 10 years ago

I hated both "Cars" films. I still don't know why they made a sequel. The first Cars was too long and boring as hell. I fell asleep twice watching it. The 2nd film was even worse. Thankfully they are making an Incredibles 2 and Nemo 2 (Finding Dory) film now. Unfortunately Pixar is still going to make a Cars 3. Why?!?! Cars 2 was a complete bomb. It cost them $200 million to make and they only made $193 million. Why waste more money on that dead franchise? Give me a "Ratatouille 2" or even "A Bug's Life 2". I wouldn't mind visiting these franchises again. No more CARS. No more "Monsters Inc". I want more original films. "UP" was fantastic. Waiting patiently for Pete Doctor's next film "Inside Out".

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[–] Furrerd 10 years ago

Cars 2 made $560,000,000 worldwide. That's $360 million profit before DVD/BluRay and toy sales...

It out earned Cars and Wall-E by about $25 million an $20 million but fell behind Ratatoulie massive $480 million and Toy Story 3's $800 million (gross $1.04 billion world wide).

The US market can be as low as only 33% of ticket sales now and you'll be seeing that make a difference in film design. Like Buzz Lightyear's Spanish mode button.

"That year I got a vibrator from Santa... it was really from Santa?"

[–] scabab 10 years ago

Studio's only get half the money so their profit was more like $80 million. It's box office wasn't so great really I'm sure they expected a lot more for it.

[–] dmrob058 9 years ago

I'm sure they completely didn't care after the absolutely massive amount of money they made from merchandise....why do you
think they made a cars 2 in the first place?? Because merchandise for this franchise is such a hot seller that it's rather irrelevant how much the film makes.

[–] freddykrr 9 years ago

The targeted audience for this animated movie is children or "10 year olds" (as you phrase it as an insult to someone just because they liked the movie), so what is your point, you idjot?

Anyways apart from the venting, my 2 year old loves this one a lot, watches at least 2 times a day. Kinda memorized the script because of him. I believe Pixar did smth right and we can't wait for the 3rd movie..

[–] sackofwhine 9 years ago

I said it is awsome to a 10 year old. And thats true isn't it? Also, animated movies should appeal to young and old, why make movies dumb on purpose? Because 10 year olds will understand it easier?

That's why cars 2 didn't work and is so hated

[–] sackofwhine 9 years ago

But sure, I'M THE "idjot" lol

[–] Furrerd 10 years ago

Mater stole the show in the first Cars movie. He was more popular than any of the other characters. Kids loved him.

Their marketing team came back with these results and the decision was made to focus on Mater.

Mater was much more interesting than Owen Wilson's character in the first film. I can't stand Owen Wilson in live action and his voice is too bland for animation.

[–] Mississippi20 9 years ago

The 'Cars' movies by themselves are polarizing in their very nature - many adults see the very premise of talking cars (in a world inexplicably populated only be automotive vehicles) to be juvenile and, as such, beneath them. The first 'Cars' movie was the worst reviewed Pixar movie at that time (in 2006). But the movie had "heart" and was still generally well-received.

If the first movie was already polarizing, a sequel was bound to be even more polarizing. In my opinion, if you are a "car" person like John Lasseter is, you will probably get a lot more enjoyment out of the movie.......the 2nd film has cameos from Jeff Gordon, Darrell Waltrip, David Hobbs, and Lewis Hamilton and features some really cool race cars from around the world. The Italian track in the movie is obviously inspired by Monaco, perhaps the most famous F1 track on the circuit. The racing scenes are really cool. One, because it's Pixar and their animation is amazing. And two, you can tell they actually took it seriously and didn't just disregard it as a "kid's movie".

I think the spy cars and the action scenes are very entertaining - Finn McMissile and Professor Z are fantastic additions. And so is Francesco - he is hilarious. Again, perhaps some car knowledge makes a few of the jokes funnier, like the F1 car having no fenders and nothing to hide. 'Cars 2' still manages to have some heart, but all in all, I find it to be even more entertaining than the first.