Cars three (2017)
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Critics Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
Critics Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
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Critic Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
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Corporate synergy, as they say, is a violent mistress.
The final chapter of the trilogy has saved the best for last and will at least deflect the most serious concerns of those who think this series has taken too many extra laps.
Onscreen and in the audience, youth will be served.
It’s a reasonably diverting, somewhat sluggish attempt to reinstall the “heart” of the very first installment.
It’s all well and good for the under-12s, but this movie never packs the kind of emotional punch we know Pixar is capable of.
We get a lot of repetitive racetrack scenes – only a demolition derby stands out for the inventiveness of its animation – and a familiar message about believing in yourself.
The acceptance arrives in a too-tidy conclusion, which gives him his cake and lets him eat it too. That is, if cars could eat.
Cars three could be a lot worse. We know that. We already had Cars Two.
Cars Three, which picks up where the very first, flawlessly adequate, film left off, is by far the best instalment in the series.
As usual with Pixar, the film looks like a moving work of digital art, however its inordinate length might test the patience of six year olds who will love the brilliantly staged activity but not all the exposition-heavy dialogue.
‘Cars Trio’ fires on all cylinders.
It comes together beautifully in the closing half-hour with a finale that will please audiences while also suggesting a few surprising twists.
Audience Reviews for Cars Trio
I could not have been less excited about the prospect of a third Cars movie. Most would say it is fair to classify this now trilogy as the weakest link in the ever-growing Pixar brand, but I don’t bring this up to quickly cut down the third installment in this franchise that has borne nothing more than extended or unnecessary narratives, but rather to commend it for stepping up its game with what is likely the last chapter largely featuring Lightning McQueen if not the beginning of a fresh generation of Cars films as Cars three actively attempts to correct much of what has dragged these films down to sub-par Pixar levels from the beginning. In 2006, an idea such as a world packed with talking vehicles and a story that paid homage to the racing world, where it’d been, and where it might be going was an inspired enough one especially considering the combination of Disney and Pixar had yet to fail to meet if not surpass expectations. There seemed so much energy and so much enthusiasm for this very first endeavor and while, having re-watched that very first film recently, Cars is certainly a fine enough practice it didn’t transcend the genre of animated movies in the way many of its predecessors had. Rather, Cars was more along the lines of an animated movie made stringently for the kiddos rather than one that had the capability to both appeal to the children in the crowd as well as emotionally resonate with their parents. That isn’t to say it didn’t attempt, but it is in the same kind of middle area where the purpose is present yet the payoff doesn’t totally work that we find Cars Trio. Many will agree Cars two was a total misstep and deviated from what at least made the very first film charming and even if the Cars movies didn’t make them buttloads of cash via merchandising it would seem Pixar might be intent on course correcting for the sake of artistic credibility as Cars three makes a genuine attempt to steer this franchise back into the arms of what inspired it in the very first place-the good ole open road. While we are eleven years down the road from the very first Cars in the future the dynamic will be rather jarring as the original Cars and Cars three more or less bookend the career of McQueen; chronicling both how he learned to be the racer he always aspired to be as well as helping him cope with the passing of time, the passing of the baton, and understanding there might be more to life than crossing the finish line very first. read the entire review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
Bless Pixar for not acknowledging Cars two at all for the duration of this third entry in Pixar’s lesser series. Cars, the very first film, was folksy and charming enough and the 2nd was utter claptrap, hollow and heartless, but not necessarily as dreadful as it gets labeled. Fortunately, Cars three is a course correction and touching enough to wear the Pixar label. It doesn’t rise to the pinnacle of Pixar and I’d indeed love to see Pixar concentrate on more original concepts, like the upcoming Coco, but Cars three shifts into a pleasurably low-key groove and deals with aging and retirement in remarkably mature ways. And the addition of a humorous female character, Cruz Ramirez, nicely infuses some heart into the story. This film indeed feels like a Pixar film and I’m so glad they got this series into a nice path, but hopefully Pixar aims a little higher next time. Rating: 73
The Cars franchise will most likely always be known as the weakest films to ever come from Pixar, unless they truly drop the ball. Personally, I truly liked the very first instalment in this trilogy, so naturally I was looking forward to the sequel, which turned out to be a accomplish train-wreck of stupidity. For that reason, I had lost all interest in eyeing this latest instalment, but remained optimistic in that it couldn’t be any worse than its predecessor. Remarkably, Cars three is just as good as the very first, if not better. Yes, this film was able to pull this trilogy out of the filth for one last rail, and it’s a indeed solid one at that. With elements of innumerable comeback stories from classic rivalry films, Cars three embraces the cliches and elevates this third instalment to heights I never thought it would reach. Here is why this is the best possible way they could’ve ended this trilogy, even tho’ nobody indeed asked for it. It was very clear that the response from the previous film had left audiences cold on this franchise. They would have to pull of a fine hook to get the older audience members back into the theatre, and I believe this premise will do exactly that. Beginning the same way the original did, Lightning McQueen is on the race track, only this time he is racing as the reigning champ. With some fresh blood on the rise in Jackson Storm, McQueen is hammered badly and must recuperate and adapt to the new-age technology that these drivers are using. At its core, this indeed is just a comeback story involving a character you’ve come to love (if you liked the original that is), along with some very likeable side characters this time around. Without providing anything away about this film, my favourite aspect about the original was the growing relationship inbetween Lightning and Doc. Hudson. Albeit that character passed away in the 2nd film, they do find a way of utilizing him here and the are arc that Lightning is given made the movie as good as it is. In many ways, this is an actual improvement over the very first film, but it finishes up on par with it, as many of the fine elements of Cars three harkens back to the very first, so it wouldn’t even be able to do certain things without the weight of the original. The portion of the film that I can discuss without spoiling anything would have to be the relationship inbetween Lightning and his fresh trainer Cruze. Helping him adapt in order to be able to race the fresh competition, their chemistry is by far what carries this film from begin to finish, which also leads me to my final point. What truly put this film over the edge for me was the way the third act sells the film to kids and adults. Sure, the kids come for the comedy and the racing, which are both very much present here, but the comedy does take a back seat many times in order to serve the emotional core, which is what I loved so much about the very first film. There is a nice twist at the end of this film that indeed wraps a nice little bow around this trilogy, but too bad the 2nd film is so bad. If you’re not a fan of the original film, don’t reminisce much about the original film, or are viewing this movie as your very first practice in the world of Cars, then this twist won’t have much of an influence on you, but for fans like myself, the payoff is well worth it. In the end, Cars three undoubtedly won’t win anyone over who wasn’t a fan to begin with, but if you’ve sat through the last two films then I can see where some may agree that it has a very satisfying conclusion. The premise is cliched and most of the film is fairly predictable, but the twists more than make up for that and the relationships inbetween characters are indeed well-done here. Cars Three’s animation is some of Pixar’s best yet, looking photo-realistic at times, and score for the race sequences got my adrenaline pumping, just like it did in the very first. This is a fine example of a movie that works identically for kids and adults. There is a much more mature story under the surface, while the kids still get the beautiful imagery and their favourite characters to gawk at on-screen. It doesn’t break any fresh ground, but Cars three is far better than I was expecting it to be. Excellent conclusion to a very uneven trilogy.
The Cars franchise is like the “goofy uncle” that nobody chooses to talk about at family reunions. We acknowledge it at most because we have to and then budge onto other chipper subjects. I didn’t think it could get worse for Pixar than Cars Two. Then I observed Cars Three. Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is embarking to lose his championship luster when a fresh rival, Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer), speeds onto the circuit. Humbled and wondering whether his time is up, Lightning trains to be quicker than ever and regain his title. He goes through a series of training fights with Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), a spunky racing coach. Lightning misses Doc Hudson (Paul Newman, posthumously reappearing) and seeks out Doc’s old trainer, Smokey (Chris Cooper). Together, they plan to win back Lightning’s title and prove he still has what it takes. I was ready for this movie to be over after its very first ten minutes, and that’s chiefly because it repeats just about all the paces of the very first Cars movie. Once again Lightning McQueen is bested by a fresh rival and has to re-learn the basics of racing, center himself as much as a car can, and open himself up to the help of others. Except the villain isn’t truly a villain, as Jackson Storm is just a newer model. He’s self-centered and cocky, sure, but so was Lightning McQueen. He slightly registers as a character and more as a symbol of newer, quicker, more contemporary racers. If there is an antagonist in the movie it might actually be aging, which raises more questions about this Cars universe that I’ll unpack later. The plot formula will remind you of another franchise’s third entry, Rocky III. The hero is bested by a newer champ, seeks out a fresh trainer because their old mentor died, and there’s even a beach training montage. Then the movie goes from Rocky III to Creed in its final act, and I’m thinking why not remake Rocky IV instead? There’s already a robot butler in that one (it practically writes itself). Suffice to say, the generic formula of going back to basics and believing in one’s self, this time with even less side characters, is even less interesting eleven years after the very first film revved its limited story engine. I was flabbergasted at just how lazy the storytelling is on display (there aren’t even that many car puns). It feels too much like a rehash without any memorable set lumps. There’s a segment at a demolition derby that has potential but it never indeed hits its stride and just relies on the initial particulars. The relationship inbetween Lightning and the other cars is also rather powerless. His fresh mentor Smokey is simply a surrogate Doc. The bulk of the film after the very first act is the relationship inbetween Lightning and Cruz Ramirez. It would have been stronger if there were more to her fledgling character. She’s consumed by self-doubt and gave up on her wish of being a racer, which should peak off every audience member where her arc is destined. She’s pushy, optimistic, and very vigorous, but her defining character obstacle is her self-doubt, which thresholds her. All she needs to do is build up confidence, which is a pretty straightforward solution in a sports film replete with training montages. I don’t know if she was told she wasn’t good enough because she wasn’t “made” to be a racer, or if it’s because she’s a damsel, so her perhaps her ascension can be seen as a improbably empowering moment for lady cars everywhere. The most fascinating aspect of the Cars universe has never been the characters or the stories but the world itself. In a land of sentient motor vehicles, how are they born? We see them age but where do the little cars come from? How do they make anything considering they have tires instead of opposable thumbs? Why do the cars have teeth? What is the point of designating gender? Did any adult car tell Ramirez that she was a lady car and lady cars aren’t supposed to do boy car things like racing? How old is Doc’s mentor considering Doc died of old age? Where do the dead cars go? Is there a junkyard burial ground? Do they get recycled into fresh cars? Speaking of mortality, this entire world has to be some post-apocalyptic hellscape, right? There’s got to be like a Prohibited Zone, and just along the other side of a steep ridge is mountain after mountain of human skulls. The self-driving cars became sentient, following the SkyNet model, and rose against mankind. In the ensuring thousands of years after, the sentient cars have adopted our ways even tho’ they clearly don’t match up to their lifestyles and circumstances. They have forgotten the world of humans but are still attempting to remake our world as theirs. Do these cars do anything other than witness races? Is this pastime the hierarchy’s form of bread and circuses? What kind of day-to-day existence do they have? Considering every living being is a motor vehicle that runs on fossil fuels, are the sentient cars aware of climate switch and the greenhouse effect? Are they speeding up the planet’s demise? What if inwards every car were the mummified remains of a human inhabitant? What if during Lightning’s big accident a human skeleton pops out of the windshield? That might lead to an existential crisis in the Cars world that would make them rethink their place in history. Somebody out there has to like these movies but I don’t know whom Cars three is intended for. It doesn’t present enough excitement or humor for children, and it doesn’t present enough substance and characterization for adults. It retreads familiar ground with lesser characters for lesser prizes. I knew every step of where this journey was headed, and without effective humor, characters, and surprises, I was tilting my head against my chair and just waiting for this mess to end. The reason there are three Cars movies is merely the profits Disney reaps from the fucktoy sales and merchandizing (they estimate making a billion dollars in fucktoy sales alone per Cars movie). There’s no other reason to supply the world three entries in the Cars universe before even getting a 2nd Incredibles. The time with these anemic characters is not worth the one hundred minutes on screen. I never thought I would reappraise Cars two but at least that movie had some titillating and colorful racing sequences and attempted telling a different, albeit not successful story. Even a badly executed spy caper starring Larry the Cable Man had something to it. In contrast, Cars three just goes in circles and expects you to be grateful for the same excursion. Nate’s Grade: C-
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Critics Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
Critics Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
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Critic Consensus: Cars three has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar’s most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.
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Critic Reviews for Cars Trio
Corporate synergy, as they say, is a fierce mistress.
The final chapter of the trilogy has saved the best for last and will at least deflect the most serious concerns of those who think this series has taken too many extra laps.
Onscreen and in the audience, youth will be served.
It’s a reasonably diverting, somewhat sluggish attempt to reinstall the “heart” of the very first installment.
It’s all well and good for the under-12s, but this movie never packs the kind of emotional punch we know Pixar is capable of.
We get a lot of repetitive racetrack scenes – only a demolition derby stands out for the inventiveness of its animation – and a familiar message about believing in yourself.
The acceptance arrives in a too-tidy conclusion, which gives him his cake and lets him eat it too. That is, if cars could eat.
Cars three could be a lot worse. We know that. We already had Cars Two.
Cars Trio, which picks up where the very first, flawlessly adequate, film left off, is by far the best instalment in the series.
As usual with Pixar, the film looks like a moving work of digital art, tho’ its inordinate length might test the patience of six year olds who will love the brilliantly staged act but not all the exposition-heavy dialogue.
‘Cars Three’ fires on all cylinders.
It comes together beautifully in the closing half-hour with a finale that will please audiences while also suggesting a few surprising twists.
Audience Reviews for Cars Three
I could not have been less excited about the prospect of a third Cars movie. Most would say it is fair to classify this now trilogy as the weakest link in the ever-growing Pixar brand, but I don’t bring this up to quickly cut down the third installment in this franchise that has borne nothing more than extended or unnecessary narratives, but rather to commend it for stepping up its game with what is likely the last chapter largely featuring Lightning McQueen if not the beginning of a fresh generation of Cars films as Cars three actively attempts to correct much of what has dragged these films down to sub-par Pixar levels from the beginning. In 2006, an idea such as a world packed with talking vehicles and a story that paid homage to the racing world, where it’d been, and where it might be going was an inspired enough one especially considering the combination of Disney and Pixar had yet to fail to meet if not surpass expectations. There seemed so much energy and so much enthusiasm for this very first endeavor and while, having re-watched that very first film recently, Cars is certainly a fine enough practice it didn’t transcend the genre of animated movies in the way many of its predecessors had. Rather, Cars was more along the lines of an animated movie made stringently for the kiddos rather than one that had the capability to both appeal to the children in the crowd as well as emotionally resonate with their parents. That isn’t to say it didn’t attempt, but it is in the same kind of middle area where the purpose is present yet the payoff doesn’t totally work that we find Cars Three. Many will agree Cars two was a total misstep and deviated from what at least made the very first film charming and even if the Cars movies didn’t make them buttloads of cash via merchandising it would seem Pixar might be intent on course correcting for the sake of artistic credibility as Cars three makes a genuine attempt to steer this franchise back into the arms of what inspired it in the very first place-the good ole open road. While we are eleven years down the road from the very first Cars in the future the dynamic will be rather jarring as the original Cars and Cars three more or less bookend the career of McQueen; chronicling both how he learned to be the racer he always aspired to be as well as helping him cope with the passing of time, the passing of the baton, and understanding there might be more to life than crossing the finish line very first. read the entire review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
Bless Pixar for not acknowledging Cars two at all for the duration of this third entry in Pixar’s lesser series. Cars, the very first film, was folksy and charming enough and the 2nd was utter claptrap, hollow and heartless, but not necessarily as dreadful as it gets labeled. Fortunately, Cars three is a course correction and touching enough to wear the Pixar label. It doesn’t rise to the pinnacle of Pixar and I’d truly love to see Pixar concentrate on more original concepts, like the upcoming Coco, but Cars three shifts into a pleasurably low-key groove and deals with aging and retirement in remarkably mature ways. And the addition of a humorous female character, Cruz Ramirez, nicely infuses some heart into the story. This film truly feels like a Pixar film and I’m so glad they got this series into a nice path, but hopefully Pixar aims a little higher next time. Rating: 73
The Cars franchise will most likely always be known as the weakest films to ever come from Pixar, unless they truly drop the ball. Personally, I truly liked the very first instalment in this trilogy, so naturally I was looking forward to the sequel, which turned out to be a finish train-wreck of stupidity. For that reason, I had lost all interest in observing this latest instalment, but remained optimistic in that it couldn’t be any worse than its predecessor. Remarkably, Cars three is just as good as the very first, if not better. Yes, this film was able to pull this trilogy out of the mud for one last rail, and it’s a indeed solid one at that. With elements of uncountable comeback stories from classic rivalry films, Cars three embraces the cliches and elevates this third instalment to heights I never thought it would reach. Here is why this is the best possible way they could’ve ended this trilogy, even however nobody truly asked for it. It was very clear that the response from the previous film had left audiences cold on this franchise. They would have to pull of a fine hook to get the older audience members back into the theatre, and I believe this premise will do exactly that. Beginning the same way the original did, Lightning McQueen is on the race track, only this time he is racing as the reigning champ. With some fresh blood on the rise in Jackson Storm, McQueen is hammered badly and must recuperate and adapt to the new-age technology that these drivers are using. At its core, this truly is just a comeback story involving a character you’ve come to love (if you liked the original that is), along with some very likeable side characters this time around. Without providing anything away about this film, my favourite aspect about the original was the growing relationship inbetween Lightning and Doc. Hudson. Albeit that character passed away in the 2nd film, they do find a way of utilizing him here and the are arc that Lightning is given made the movie as good as it is. In many ways, this is an actual improvement over the very first film, but it completes up on par with it, as many of the excellent elements of Cars three harkens back to the very first, so it wouldn’t even be able to do certain things without the weight of the original. The portion of the film that I can discuss without spoiling anything would have to be the relationship inbetween Lightning and his fresh trainer Cruze. Helping him adapt in order to be able to race the fresh competition, their chemistry is by far what carries this film from begin to finish, which also leads me to my final point. What truly put this film over the edge for me was the way the third act sells the film to kids and adults. Sure, the kids come for the comedy and the racing, which are both very much present here, but the comedy does take a back seat many times in order to serve the emotional core, which is what I liked so much about the very first film. There is a nice twist at the end of this film that indeed wraps a nice little bow around this trilogy, but too bad the 2nd film is so bad. If you’re not a fan of the original film, don’t recall much about the original film, or are viewing this movie as your very first practice in the world of Cars, then this twist won’t have much of an influence on you, but for fans like myself, the payoff is well worth it. In the end, Cars three certainly won’t win anyone over who wasn’t a fan to begin with, but if you’ve sat through the last two films then I can see where some may agree that it has a very satisfying conclusion. The premise is cliched and most of the film is fairly predictable, but the twists more than make up for that and the relationships inbetween characters are indeed well-done here. Cars Trio’s animation is some of Pixar’s best yet, looking photo-realistic at times, and score for the race sequences got my adrenaline pumping, just like it did in the very first. This is a superb example of a movie that works identically for kids and adults. There is a much more mature story under the surface, while the kids still get the beautiful imagery and their favourite characters to gawk at on-screen. It doesn’t break any fresh ground, but Cars three is far better than I was expecting it to be. Excellent conclusion to a very uneven trilogy.
The Cars franchise is like the “goofy uncle” that nobody chooses to talk about at family reunions. We acknowledge it at most because we have to and then budge onto other chipper subjects. I didn’t think it could get worse for Pixar than Cars Two. Then I observed Cars Three. Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is embarking to lose his championship luster when a fresh rival, Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer), speeds onto the circuit. Humbled and wondering whether his time is up, Lightning trains to be quicker than ever and regain his title. He goes through a series of training fights with Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), a spunky racing coach. Lightning misses Doc Hudson (Paul Newman, posthumously reappearing) and seeks out Doc’s old trainer, Smokey (Chris Cooper). Together, they plan to win back Lightning’s title and prove he still has what it takes. I was ready for this movie to be over after its very first ten minutes, and that’s chiefly because it repeats just about all the paces of the very first Cars movie. Once again Lightning McQueen is bested by a fresh rival and has to re-learn the basics of racing, center himself as much as a car can, and open himself up to the help of others. Except the villain isn’t truly a villain, as Jackson Storm is just a newer model. He’s self-centered and cocky, sure, but so was Lightning McQueen. He slightly registers as a character and more as a symbol of newer, quicker, more contemporary racers. If there is an antagonist in the movie it might actually be aging, which raises more questions about this Cars universe that I’ll unpack later. The plot formula will remind you of another franchise’s third entry, Rocky III. The hero is bested by a newer champ, seeks out a fresh trainer because their old mentor died, and there’s even a beach training montage. Then the movie goes from Rocky III to Creed in its final act, and I’m thinking why not remake Rocky IV instead? There’s already a robot butler in that one (it practically writes itself). Suffice to say, the generic formula of going back to basics and believing in one’s self, this time with even less side characters, is even less interesting eleven years after the very first film revved its limited story engine. I was flabbergasted at just how lazy the storytelling is on display (there aren’t even that many car puns). It feels too much like a rehash without any memorable set lumps. There’s a segment at a demolition derby that has potential but it never truly hits its stride and just relies on the initial particulars. The relationship inbetween Lightning and the other cars is also rather powerless. His fresh mentor Smokey is simply a surrogate Doc. The bulk of the film after the very first act is the relationship inbetween Lightning and Cruz Ramirez. It would have been stronger if there were more to her fledgling character. She’s consumed by self-doubt and gave up on her fantasy of being a racer, which should peak off every audience member where her arc is destined. She’s pushy, optimistic, and very vigorous, but her defining character obstacle is her self-doubt, which boundaries her. All she needs to do is build up confidence, which is a pretty straightforward solution in a sports film replete with training montages. I don’t know if she was told she wasn’t good enough because she wasn’t “made” to be a racer, or if it’s because she’s a chick, so her perhaps her ascension can be seen as a improbably empowering moment for lady cars everywhere. The most fascinating aspect of the Cars universe has never been the characters or the stories but the world itself. In a land of sentient motor vehicles, how are they born? We see them age but where do the little cars come from? How do they make anything considering they have tires instead of opposable thumbs? Why do the cars have teeth? What is the point of designating gender? Did any adult car tell Ramirez that she was a woman car and chick cars aren’t supposed to do boy car things like racing? How old is Doc’s mentor considering Doc died of old age? Where do the dead cars go? Is there a junkyard burial ground? Do they get recycled into fresh cars? Speaking of mortality, this entire world has to be some post-apocalyptic hellscape, right? There’s got to be like a Prohibited Zone, and just along the other side of a steep ridge is mountain after mountain of human skulls. The self-driving cars became sentient, following the SkyNet model, and rose against mankind. In the ensuring thousands of years after, the sentient cars have adopted our ways even however they clearly don’t match up to their lifestyles and circumstances. They have forgotten the world of humans but are still attempting to remake our world as theirs. Do these cars do anything other than see races? Is this pastime the hierarchy’s form of bread and circuses? What kind of day-to-day existence do they have? Considering every living being is a motor vehicle that runs on fossil fuels, are the sentient cars aware of climate switch and the greenhouse effect? Are they speeding up the planet’s demise? What if inwards every car were the mummified remains of a human inhabitant? What if during Lightning’s big accident a human skeleton pops out of the windshield? That might lead to an existential crisis in the Cars world that would make them rethink their place in history. Somebody out there has to like these movies but I don’t know whom Cars three is intended for. It doesn’t present enough excitement or humor for children, and it doesn’t present enough substance and characterization for adults. It retreads familiar ground with lesser characters for lesser prizes. I knew every step of where this journey was headed, and without effective humor, characters, and surprises, I was tilting my head against my chair and just waiting for this mess to end. The reason there are three Cars movies is merely the profits Disney reaps from the fucktoy sales and merchandizing (they estimate making a billion dollars in fucktoy sales alone per Cars movie). There’s no other reason to supply the world three entries in the Cars universe before even getting a 2nd Incredibles. The time with these anemic characters is not worth the one hundred minutes on screen. I never thought I would reappraise Cars two but at least that movie had some arousing and colorful racing sequences and attempted telling a different, albeit not successful story. Even a badly executed spy caper starring Larry the Cable Man had something to it. In contrast, Cars three just goes in circles and expects you to be grateful for the same tour. Nate’s Grade: C-
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