The female lead Holley has plenty of personality and is very strong, which is a welcome departure from female characters that have a tendency to be uninteresting or bland, and Finn McMissile is a welcome addition. Mater while not entirely working for me has his moments, while Lightning is still interesting and amusing not to mention cocky. When the dialogue works, it does work and is very witty and funny. And need I mention that London and Paris for examples look absolutely beautiful? The race sequences are as exciting as can be, while the music(the first John Lasseter-directed film without a score written by Randy Newman) is energetic and very fitting and memorable. The colours are rich, the background art is focused and the characters move with ease. The animation for starters is absolutely amazing.
On the other side of the argument, there are many things to like about Cars 2. I personally think Mater is stronger as a support character, he has his moments in the spotlight here, but for a lead he isn't annoying as such but somewhat bland. Larry the Cable Guy to me is not the problem, he puts a lot of enthusiasm into the character though he occasionally overdoes it when the dialogue is not quite as strong as it could be. Others have said about Mater too, I can understand where they're coming from. Conversely there are some stretches in the film that feel rather lengthy, due to the pace dragging and the scenes feeling a little too talky for my liking. Some of it is laugh-out-loud funny, with witty and droll quips that made me smile. My problem was that the story was convoluted in places, and I also had the feeling there was too much going on as well. Some have complained it was too dark, that wasn't my problem. However, while there are a number of entertaining moments, as a whole the story didn't quite gel for me. One was the plot, I admire Pixar for trying something a little more ambitious and different with the themes of espionage and all that. Anyway about this film, there were a few things I didn't like so much. That said, I did see the first Cars recently, and it was a little better for me on re-watch especially when it came to the message. Before I saw this, it was my least favourite of Pixar's films, however I loved the animation, the race sequences, the music and Paul Newman. Just for the record, I liked the first Cars. Cars 2 initially did strike me as an unnecessary sequel, however while it is my least Pixar film I liked it actually, and to me Pixar have yet to make a film that I consider bad. But I went to see it anyway, as I convinced myself that even if it was disappointing there has to be at least some redeeming value to it. I was expecting very little from Cars 2, seeing at how much hate for it there was before and when it was released. I love Pixar's films, they are beautifully animated, touching and funny with good messages and universal home truths, and they also have great music and characters. Did I mention there were spy cars?!? Ugghh!!!!! I did give the film a chance but found myself wanting to turn it off repeatedly because all the cleverness and joy of the first film was gone.replaced instead with spy cars.
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It really seems as if the script and stupidity of the plot never was a concern to anyone at the studio.and you wonder how it got made in the first place as common sense says to only use Mater in moderation and DON'T MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT SPY CARS.
While I am sure some of the Pixar folks thought this was clever and cute, believe me, it's not. Yes, I said spy cars.godawful and totally out of place spy cars. Instead, it's mostly a film about Mater and spy cars. Instead of making it about race cars, racing and Lightning McQueen are only a small part of the film. That being said, the plot is a garbage fire. Even seen a decade after it was made, the look of the movie just blew me away. Before I talk about the bad, I should at least point out that the CGI is incredibly well done and beautiful. Additionally, it does something with Mater that I didn't think was made me hate him about as much as Jar-Jar Binks! Yes, this movie is that bad. I truly hated watching "Cars 2" as it is not only a sequel no one other than John Lassiter wanted but it also has a plot that manages to squeeze all the joy out of the franchise.
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