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Will Cars 2 be PIXAR'S first flop? Will you see the movie?

Will you see Cars 2?

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Hm.

Guns, gangsters, spies, violence and torture - sounds fun.

All about Mater... Fuck that shit. Sounds worse than the first one.
 
I don't actually see Pixar films that dependably in the theatres. It's pretty much just if one looks sufficiently interesting / I know someone else who wants to see it.

The first Cars didn't fit that bill (and I never did get around to seeing it), it only stands to reason this would also apply to the sequel.

Are they kids films? Inarguably, but so was Azur et Asmar, which I remember seeing in theatres for some stupid reason. I probably had nothing better to do on the weekend.

Naturally, some of the better ones work on two levels: In The Incredibles, Mrs. Incredible finding a stray hair of clothing on her husband's suit or overhearing him to talk to an unknown voice is, to the kids, signs she's learning about his secret superheroics, and to their parents it's hinting at adultery.

And hell, Pixar schmixar. Bring on that non-Pixar movie what by that Wall-E guy, John Carter of Mars. I'll be waiting...
 
with the pixar movies I usually wait till they come out on dvd I don't like spending up to 3 hours in a theater full kids. I'd snap. but I'll pick it up for my collection. as for the worst pixar movie that is a bug's life that was bad.
 
I've not seen this movie yet but likely will this week on my own or with my niece, anyway it seems like the bigger complaint I've seen here and in reviews is in making Mater the main character which strikes me as a bit dumb as I think his type of character is best as a second fiddle and, obviously, when they made him the main character they had to crank up his oddities which just means more chances for Larry the Cable Guy to pretty much do the entire Red-neck Community a huge diservice in popular culture as if they needed more damage done to them.

As for the "dark" aspects mentioned here I fail to see how that's too big a deal, don't pretty much all of the classic Disney movies feature a main character who lost his father in some tragic manner? Are some red-shirt cars getting blown up in explosions really that much worse than Bambi's mom getting shot at by hunters/killed in a forest fire or Simba's father being killed by Scar pretty much through Simba's own actions?

It can't all be teddy bears and sunshine the world is a dark place and kids need to learn that instead of being protected by the evils and realities of the world by Mommy and Daddy who don't want Kiddy Precious to not know about reality.
 
Trekker4747 said:
I've not seen this movie yet but likely will this week on my own or with my niece, anyway it seems like the bigger complaint I've seen here and in reviews is in making Mater the main character which strikes me as a bit dumb as I think his type of character is best as a second fiddle and, obviously, when they made him the main character they had to crank up his oddities which just means more chances for Larry the Cable Guy to pretty much do the entire Red-neck Community a huge diservice in popular culture as if they needed more damage done to them.

As for the "dark" aspects mentioned here I fail to see how that's too big a deal, don't pretty much all of the classic Disney movies feature a main character who lost his father in some tragic manner? Are some red-shirt cars getting blown up in explosions really that much worse than Bambi's mom getting shot at by hunters/killed in a forest fire or Simba's father being killed by Scar pretty much through Simba's own actions?

It can't all be teddy bears and sunshine the world is a dark place and kids need to learn that instead of being protected by the evils and realities of the world by Mommy and Daddy who don't want Kiddy Precious to not know about reality.
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This. Disney films have always been about life, death and overcoming stuff(meaning the stuff live hands you.). :mallory:
 
Loved the first Cars, which was not at all what I was expecting when I watched it with my son.

Cars 2? Completely soulless disaster. I particularly like how one of the major lessons in the film was ugly people are evil. The plot was a complicated mess, most of the characters that were in the first one weren't in the second, Mater is entertaining when used properly but wasn't used properly in this one, and the metaplot was about preaching about the evils of Big Oil, probably because the producers were horrified that the original movie had a positive character as an oil tycoon. Too complicated for kids, too stupid for adults, preachy, with none of the heart of the first one. Not even a rental.
 
Not a fan, but I figure if it helps foot the bill for the movies I can enjoy, then I can live with Pixar slumming it from time to time.

As long as they don't devolve into Dreamworks.

Jetfire said:
Love it or hate it...seems like alot of people wanted to see this. ;)
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Well, probably more like 'alot of kids wouldn't stop nagging their parents until they took them to the damn thing.'
 
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I loved the first one. I'll probably love the second. I'll go with either my niece or my cousin. I tend to look for the references in movies made with kids in mind. So Big Oil is evil in this one. Big froopin' deal.
 
Gaith said:
Well, shoot, cowgirl, don't just tease a gent like that, tell us more... ;)
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Knock this off. You seem to enjoy these patronising snarky comments coupled with a 'Just Kidding!' emoticon. It doesn't fly. Posting in an inflammatory manner intended to get a rise out of others is called trolling, and is against the rules.
You were warned for this in March, and continue to post things like the above, carrying on about the 'bad parenting practices' of others, and this example of a well reasoned post.
Your combined behaviour has earned you another infraction for trolling.

Comments to PM.
 
Christopher said:
Dream said:
Where do baby cars come from? What do they look like?
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Here's one answer, courtesy of Tex Avery. "One Cab's Family" is basically the prototype for Cars, although it depicts a world where humans and sentient cars coexist, so it doesn't fully answer your question.

I'm with most of the others -- Cars is my least favorite Pixar film, and I don't have much interest in the sequel.
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Huh. Great cartoon but the cars in it have an odd anatomy.

;)
 
M'rk said:
Gaith said:
Serves those dumbasses right for bringing small children to a movie that's all about worshiping the internal combustion engine without properly researching it first.
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I would assume they thought the first movie that WASN'T this violent was research enough?

Most movies don't have such drastic tonal shifts, especially with the toys and marketing demographic aimed at the young'ns.
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It's also rated G. You don't usually get much death and torture in G rated movies.
 
I agree. Sometimes I think they try to shield their children from everything so they won't have to make the effort to teach them about it.
 
Kail said:
M'rk said:
Gaith said:
Serves those dumbasses right for bringing small children to a movie that's all about worshiping the internal combustion engine without properly researching it first.
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I would assume they thought the first movie that WASN'T this violent was research enough?

Most movies don't have such drastic tonal shifts, especially with the toys and marketing demographic aimed at the young'ns.
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It's also rated G. You don't usually get much death and torture in G rated movies.
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Watch Bambi and The Lion King. Get back to us.
 
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