Cars 3 finishes strong
I am not a fan of the Cars franchise. The first one left me cold. The second movie, I liked better, but it focused too much on Mater and not enough on the other characters. That makes it surprising that I found the third movie in the franchise to be a satisfying movie going experience.
While the movie itself is a completely predictable sports film in the vein of Rocky 5, it is also laugh out loud funny in the right places and elicits emotional responses related to suspense. It still has the same flaws of the original, which may be mostly my inability to see a vehicle as anything more than a tool. If you see Lightning McQueen crash and no one gets out of the car, it is probably all that much more difficult to take (rather than being surreal).
The other weakness is the way the film relegates the cast from the first movie to the background. They have little more than cameo roles as Cars 3 parades an all new (and old) group of vehicles into the film limelight. It makes for a great way to sell Cars toys, (and they will sell a trunkload of them), but it makes it hard for anyone who isn’t a fan of McQueen or is a fan of anyone from the original film.
It would be great if the franchise ends this way; however, with Disney’s Carsland and the sheer number of dollars available through merchandising of die cast toy characters, there’s not an Olaf’s chance in you know where that Cars is going to end anytime soon. Let’s just hope the next installments bring back old favorites, stay true to their roots, explore a world full of car puns and are at least as good as this one. And in case you were wondering, LOU, the short in front of Cars 3, proves that Pixar can still leave you in tears in less than 8 minutes, but in a good way.
Read about the top 5 Disney Cars
Read about the Santa Fe Cars themed hotel at Disneyland Paris
While the movie itself is a completely predictable sports film in the vein of Rocky 5, it is also laugh out loud funny in the right places and elicits emotional responses related to suspense. It still has the same flaws of the original, which may be mostly my inability to see a vehicle as anything more than a tool. If you see Lightning McQueen crash and no one gets out of the car, it is probably all that much more difficult to take (rather than being surreal).
The other weakness is the way the film relegates the cast from the first movie to the background. They have little more than cameo roles as Cars 3 parades an all new (and old) group of vehicles into the film limelight. It makes for a great way to sell Cars toys, (and they will sell a trunkload of them), but it makes it hard for anyone who isn’t a fan of McQueen or is a fan of anyone from the original film.
It would be great if the franchise ends this way; however, with Disney’s Carsland and the sheer number of dollars available through merchandising of die cast toy characters, there’s not an Olaf’s chance in you know where that Cars is going to end anytime soon. Let’s just hope the next installments bring back old favorites, stay true to their roots, explore a world full of car puns and are at least as good as this one. And in case you were wondering, LOU, the short in front of Cars 3, proves that Pixar can still leave you in tears in less than 8 minutes, but in a good way.
Read about the top 5 Disney Cars
Read about the Santa Fe Cars themed hotel at Disneyland Paris