Movie Review: Cars 1-4-16
Pixar's seventh animated feature takes place in a world where
everyone and every animal is an automobile, and tells the story of a
cocky race car named Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who only cares
about racing. When his truck Mack accidentally lets Lightning loose, he
stumbles across a small town in Route 66 called Radiator Springs.
Lightning must now pay the price by doing community service. McQueen has to re-pave a road that he accidentally wrecked. Cars is
considered by fans, myself included, the weakest Pixar movie. Lightning
McQueen is an unlikable protagonist, and acts like a
at times. There is a fair amount of filler/scenes that feel
unnecessary, like McQueen having a daydream about a furious lawnmower
winning the Piston Cup, McQueen sponsoring an anti-rust product, and
McQueen and Mater tipping tractors instead of cows, among other scenes.
Seriously, how does the tractor tipping scene effect the story? Also,
Cars is ridiculously long, having a running time of 116 minutes (an hour
and 56 minutes). I am aware that some fans complained that Happy Feet,
which was released the same year, was unnecessarily long, but at least
almost each scene affects the plot in some way! The only thing I
appreciate about Cars is the animation and the music. Cars is perfect
for younger kids, despite having some adult humor, but for older kids,
like me, Happy Feet is a better choice.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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