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As a Pixar film, though, it falls short because it never takes the next step into revealing something about the characters that the audience can relate to themselves.Ĭontributed by: Ryan Kilpatrick (NDD#137) Ryan is the DDL Film Blogger. If this were a Dreamworks film, it would be one of the best. The twists and turns are numerous, and the Mater jokes are predictable so it doesn’t connect with the viewer in any meaningful way.
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The plot develops with Mater joining the spies in a worldwide chase, that ends up coming off like a Scooby Doo TV movie in the end. The problem is that his character development plays a back seat to the spy story framework. Mater, meanwhile, did not have an arc in the first film, so I can understand the filmmakers’ intent in focusing this film on his character. Lightning McQueen’s story was settled in the first film, so it makes sense that he is not the feature here. In Cars 2, we never get past the first stage of a good idea (Mater as a spy), and therefore the film falls flat.Ī big reason for this is the focus on Mater as the main character. In Ratatouille, for example, we find the simple high concept of a rat who can cook transformed into a fable about the need to drop our preconceptions and look at the output of a person’s work and the character of their heart. This is what we expect from Pixar, after all.
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Unfortunately, it falls far short of taking a good idea and making it a great film.
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There is no doubt that this is a film that was made to keep the merchandise franchise of Cars going, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if the film is good. Where the first film focused tightly on the meaning of life in a fast paced world and the development of the character of McQueen, this film is a scattershot of ideas forced together into a cohesive plot, designed to bring a broader appeal to the world of Cars. 3 4 In March 2014, it was announced that 'The Radiator Springs 500½' would be released in spring 2014, in the Tales from Radiator Springs series, while a second short is set for 2015. Our heroes from the first film, Lightning McQueen and Mater, are taken out of their home in Radiator Springs and thrust onto the worldwide stage for different reasons. Two new Cars Toons episodes called 'The Radiator Springs 500½' and 'To Protect and Serve' were announced at D23 Expo 2013 and set for a release in 2014 on Disney Channel. The first film was a uniquely American film, and celebrated parts of our popular culture that I cherish – the road trip,California crazy architecture, Route 66 and nostalgia for the 1950s and 60s.Ĭars 2, on the other hand, was sold to us as a fun film with less focus on the story of the film and more on a thrill-a-minute ride. Cars Cars 2 Cars 3 Planes Planes: Fire & Rescue Mater and the Ghostlight Rescue Squad Mater Mater the Greater El Materdor Tokyo Mater Unidentified Flying Mater Heavy Metal Mater Monster Truck Mater Moon Mater Mater Private Eye Air Mater Time Travel Mater Hiccups Bugged Spinning The Radiator Springs 500½ Cars: The Video Game Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures Cars: Mater-National Championship Cars. In the case of Cars 2, I went in with great trepidation. We weave things in that are going on, that you’re familiar with in the world, and kind of bring it into our stories.There are times in my movie going experience where I go into the theater with great excitement and still others where I go in not sure what to expect and am pleasantly surprised. We don't want to give away too much of the storyline, but it's interesting to us that Disney and Pixar have been questioned about the film's eco-friendly message - to the point that Pixar's John Lasseter felt the need to respond: “We don’t make message movies. And at the center of that plot sits the character of Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard), a Hummer/Land Rover/Jeep mashup who claims to have changed his habit of guzzling gasoline in favor of a new, renewable fuel called Allinol. The bulk of it naturally centers around an auto race and attempts by race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) to nab the trophy.Īlong the way, Lightning and his pal, the tow truck called Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy), naturally get sucked into an espionage plot. The plot of Cars 2 is as complex as an episode of Pokemon - which is to say that kids will follow along just fine.