Re: Various Items

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Bryon Daly <[email protected]> wrote:

> I thought Cars 2 was enjoyable, but a step down from Pixar's usual
> greatness.  Mater's character arc was to shallow for me to have much feel
> for him beyond the comedy relief, and Lightning's "accept your friends as
> they are" subplot really felt forced.  Not bad, but I didn't walk out with
> anywhere near the same level of feelings I had for, say Wall-E, TS3, The
> Incredibles, or even the original Cars.  I suspect the critics' negative
> reaction is largely based on their high expectations for Pixar films being
> disappointed - I don't think it was the spy/sci-fi elements.

The first Cars didn't do much for me.  Neither did Wall-E, past the
first 20 or 30 minutes.  But I loved The Incredibles, TS3, and UP
(squirrel!).  I enjoyed the second one so much because I adore spy
movies, and that might have been part of the reason I loved The
Incredibles (well, that and the fact that it was just a truly great
movie all the way around).  My favorite Pixar movie remains
Ratatouille, with The Incredibles as a very close second.  But I'm a
foodie, so Ratatouille makes sense for me from that perspective.

I have a couple of friends who are film critics who liked Cars 2, but
many of their critic friends did not, and my friends theorized it was
because they hate "gadget films."

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