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| v_charon 04/18/18 12:21:11 AM #370: | Karo: In the third movie of the Cars trilogy, McQueen finds himself outpaced by a new breed of fast modern racing cars, and after a bad wreck he begins to wonder if he really has it in him anymore. He trains to get back in the game with the help of a female car by the name of Cruz Ramirez (thus finally answering the question of what happened to Ricky Bobby's last names). In many ways it feels like the true Cars 2, rather than John Lasseter's wet dream about what would happen if James Bond was a talking vehicle whose parents were related. Speaking of the unholy one, Larry the Cable Truck is heavily reduced in screentime, and that fact alone makes it better than its predecessors, but the real thing that sets it apart is the likability of the characters. Yes that's not a typo. Lightning 'Douchenozzle' McQueen, quite possibly the most unlikable protagonist Disney has even created, is actually somewhat relatable in this movie. That's like parting the fucking Red Sea. However, it is the newcomer Cruz who takes the title of best Cars character and absolutely drives away with it. It goes to show that the biggest problem with the Cars series wasn't that it starred automobiles, but rather that was a pandering jerkoff for little boys and NASCAR fans. Take that out of the equation and you have something that is at least watchable and is the perfect ending to the saga of Lightning McQueen, and lets hope Disney will leave it at that (they won't). scarlet: Do you enjoy the sixth and seventh movies in the Rocky series? Now you can watch them mashed together for your viewing pleasure only this time, all of the characters are cars and the world they live in makes absolutely no sense if you give it any logical thought! Rating: 55/100 Genny: Can we ever have a Cars movie where Lightning doesn't revert back to an asshole who's obsessed with winning? Wait why am I asking for another Cars movie? Actually that reminds me of when char and I joked that Cars 4 would feature Lightning as the jerk dad after he and Sally bumped uglies- um... bumpers? The next generation of vehicles has to be made somehow right? Anyway Cars 3 is visually impressive and I like that you don't necessarily need to see the previous entries to get this story, but I can't help but feel like kids aren't the target audience here. You can't just pull a Toy Story passing the torch arc when Cars was never more than a cash grab. JONA: I ended up fearing that this movie would end up like Cars 1 (yeah Im that weirdo that prefers Cars 2 despite both being bad). What I got was something that easily surpassed both. The story of Lightning getting surpassed by the new generation is intriguing and I really liked the dynamic between Lightning and Cruz and what becomes of it in the ending. The movie still had bad pacing problems like Cars 1 but at least the movie had good sense to change the locations every now and then. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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