Saw 'Cars 2'....

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.......was personally a little disappointed.

I believe my expectations were a bit too lofty after having enjoyed PIXAR's "Toy Story" trilogy on several levels.

"Cars" doesn't attempt to have as much insight or nostalgia as "Toy Story," instead providing action and humor to good, but not IMO memorable, effect.

Different strokes: more explosive action and less expressive eloquence.

"Cars 2" is a good, slam bang, popcorn, summertime movie.

My grandsons (ages 3 & 5) were well-entertained and taking them was the only reason I went, anyway.

I didn't see the initial "Cars," myself, but they liked it also.

I thought "Kung Fu Panda 2," which we saw together just last week, offered superior enlightenment for kids and adults alike, but I was glad to accompany them to watch Pixar's automotive sequel.

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It's Larry the Cable Guy's show...

I'll let you decide if that is a good recipe for a good movie.
 
Thanks for your reply, YoLaDu.

I like Larry.

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His current show about interesting places in America gets it done as top notch, low brow entertainment.

I check out every episode.

"Cars 2" was good too and, as I said, I had no reason to expect more.

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I expected more. It's a Pixar animation, and that carries the connotations of a brilliant, thoughtful, and imaginative story. Their films transcend the CGI genre and get placed on the same rank as some of the greatest artistic achievements of modern cinema. It's how Pixar filmmakers consistently tell an equally poignant and graceful story to the older generations as much as to children, that separates them from virtually every current film studio.

Instead, "Cars 2" is a series of low-brow, excitable sequences pieced together for an hour and a half to leverage the merchandise sales. It is getting shredded critically, and justifiably so. Was Tyler Perry a creative consultant to Lassiter?
 
Lasseter has explained how he has a special place in his heart for the Cars franchise because of its values and the fact that he digs cars. You can't really say the same about Up and Ratatouille, which were excellent movies produced by him but directed by others.

Pixar was on the right track with Wall-E and Up, but now it looks like they're going with the "tried-and-true" theme (the Monsters, Inc. prequel comes out in 2013). Not that there was anything wrong with Monsters, Inc., but come on. If their next project is an Incredibles sequel, I think I might just skip it.

It's kind of like the Star Wars franchise. You can see George Lucas's fingerprints on everything, but the movies were so much better when others had a ton more input. I think Lasseter needs to go with the "hands off" approach a bit more.
 
My kids are just getting to the age where they want to go to movies. We saw Cars 2 this weekend.

Is there usually so much guns and shooting and scenes of torture in rated G Hollywood movies these days? We have Cars 1 on video, not a gun in sight.

Both my kids are not all that discernable, but both said they didn't like it as we were leaving the theater. Regardless of the violence, it was pretty hard to follow for kids. I don't think they had any idea what was actually going on. Basicallly just a lot of chasing and explosIons.

One good thing, the animation of Italy and London were pretty incredible. But overall, bleh. Money wasted.
 
If you have young kids, take them to see "Winnie the Pooh". Original animation style, paced just for them, movie is about 70 minutes long.
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