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All movies seen on 06/30/2011

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Cars 2 (2011)

Directed by John Lasseter

Animation | Fantasy

Most recently watched by sleestakk, mrpotocnik, danfinn, lordofthemovies, Drew73, GMOM65

Overview

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.

Rated G | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Larry the Cable Guy | Owen Wilson | Michael Caine | Emily Mortimer | Eddie Izzard | John Turturro | Brent Musburger | Joe Mantegna | Thomas Kretschmann | Peter Jacobson | Bonnie Hunt | Darrell Waltrip | Franco Nero | David Hobbs | Patrick Walker | Tony Shalhoub | Jeff Garlin | Michel Michelis | Jason Isaacs | Lloyd Sherr | Bruce Campbell | Teresa Gallagher | Jenifer Lewis | Stanley Townsend | Velibor Topic | Sig Hansen | Guido Quaroni | Vanessa Redgrave | John Mainieri | Brad Lewis | Cheech Marin | Jeff Gordon | Lewis Hamilton | Paul Dooley | Edie McClurg | Richard Kind | Katherine Helmond | John Ratzenberger | Michael Wallis | Catherine Bolt | Gillian Bolt | Jess Fulton | Sonoko Konishi | John Lasseter | Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

My kids love Pixar’s CARS. We own the Blu Ray and my son especially gets a kick out of it. He owns the toys and flips out over anything CARS related.

So, I was excited to get the chance to take my kids to see it opening weekend. We sat down in the theater, both kids giddy. However, a crazy thing happened halfway through the
movie: my 6 year old daughter wanted to leave.

While my 3 yr old absolutely loved CARS 2, I was disappointed that it wasn’t a huge hit with both of them. I thought it was merely OK, with moments nearing god-awful.

What were they thinking? More Tow Mater and less Lightning McQueen? Shoving all the other characters from CARS into tiny cameos? A spy story? CARS 2 lacked the spark the original had. Yes, to many CARS is a stain on Pixar’s perfect record, but I genuinely think the original has some merit. CARS 2 lacks the wit, humor, charm and cleverness of the first while trying to shoehorn the CARS franchise into an action movie.

Ambitious yet lazy.

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