Thread:Marvelfan94/@comment-25692211-20161222160944/@comment-25692211-20170129092005

Marvelfan94 wrote: Seriously though, while the first film is far from bad, you have to admit that these films are, by some stretch, part of the weakest link in the Pixar line-up. Infact, and let's be honest here, Cars 2 is unquestionably the lowest studio has gotten in terms of quality. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I actually liked Cars 2 more than the first one. Yes, technically it's worse, but at least it wasn't boring. I know the first Cars film was supposed to be a movie about slowing down and enjoying life, but much like The Good Dinosaur, the pacing was so slow and everything between Lightning showing up in RS and the final race is just a bunch of character moments of varying quality slapped together with little buildup or connection. Then the movie just rushed it's climax when it said "oh yeah, that's right. We still have McQueen's last race."

Whereas Cars 2, at least there's actually a goal, even if it is a little cliched, and it had some great, if not entirely realistic, action scenes. It also seems that they were finally taking advantage of the fact that their characters were cars, mainly during the chase and fight sequences.

I know it was quite jarring to go from being a drama about a selfish racecar to a comedic spy movie, but it was at least trying to interest it's audience.

I remember seeing that Axelrod twist and literally going:"Ha-HA! WOW! Seriously!? What a PATHETIC excuse for a story twist!" (and this is coming from someone who avoided reviews just to preserve this reveal). It's arguably even easier to see it coming when you're British like me and are also a big fan of Eddie Izzard (Axelrod's actor). Because you can recognize his voice even when it gets the Kylo Ren treatment.

Really, it's just a really dumb, unfunny, obvious, cliche, badly written, but nicely animated, sub-par kids film. I do sort of agree, but compared to other films I've watched, at least Cars 2 had some fun and you could watch it all the way through. Norm Of The North however...

I'm so relieved that they've (thank God!) stopped focusing on Mater doing lame, obnoxious slapstick bullsh*t, and instead decided to tell an actual story this time. Have you ever seen the Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales series? I actually thought they were pretty funny. Maybe because he actually varied his humor rather than playing the same dumb redneck trope again and again.

Infact, I would almost say that this is the kind of tonal approach they should have gone with from the very beginning. You know what they say. "Third time's the charm."

Apparently, John Lasseter wanted to incorporate some of the elements from this film into Cars 2, mainly the element of Doc Hudson's death and it's effect on Lightning. He simply decided against it because he felt it would have been disrespectful to Doc's actor, the late Paul Newman.

P.S. Have you noticed that alot of the big sequels (Logan, Cars 3) are taking the Iron Man 3 route?. Think about it.

1: The hero is suffering from some kind of trauma after a tragic event in his life and needs to rediscover himself.

2: While there will almost certainly be more films to come, the story serves as a kind of conclusion for the main character's story-arc.

3: The film attempts to pave over/make up for earlier, less successful films in the series by returning to the spirit of the original.

They're totally doing Iron Man 3!.

Technically, they're all following The Dark Knight Rises formula, with the exception of rule 3.