Cars 2 is the Most Pointless Movie!

Cars 2 is the most pointless movie… By John Faltaous

The Cars movie series is definitely unique. This movie also has some famous background when considering the director (John Lasseter) who directed Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and A Bug’s Life. The film series by the studio Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures is very unentertaining and almost childish type of way. Let’s look at Cars 2 for example is just not a meaningful film whatsoever. Sure it may be entertaining to the kids who have their toy muscle cars , but that doesn’t cut it.

Lets start with the little good the movie had. Cars 2 does have some impressive qualities to the movie. The graphics and details put into the movie are spectacular. The reflections of lights from the stadium as the car races around the track are what hook the eyes the most. The reflections bend and curve so lifelike on the frame of the car, it’s really great. Also, the explosions and fire look very vibrant. When the cars are in Tokyo, the building and lights really show their brilliance.

The sound in the film is pretty incredible too. Not just the soundtrack for the movie, but the raspy exhausts and the engine revs from the engine are amazing. The way you can slowly hear the growling of the car as it approaches and becomes loader as it finally passes you is spot on. As for the soundtrack, some well-known songs are present during the film. “You Might Think” by the famous Weezer, covers the movie. Some songs by Brad Paisley, Robbie Williams, Benabar, and Perfume also appear in the movie. So the soundtrack is pretty enjoyable.

So now it’s time for the grit. First off, the cars in the film are all based off of real cars. Whether this is a type of advertisement or not, no one can know for sure. The idea of talking cars seems to just be a load of shenanigans, absurd, and almost repulsive! Of course you could make the argument that animals talk in many popular films. But, at least we are scientifically speaking an “animal. Cars are not animals. Wonder why you see kids running down the hallway while revving their “engine” with the mouth? We’ve all seen it before, don’t lie. I think cars talking just ads insult to injury. Why would a car even need to talk? Is this REALLY the entertainment that our kids should be watching? Can’t you just flip the ole TV on and let the watch some Barney or something? Not to mention they name the ONLY airplane in the whole movie “Prince Wheeliam”. That makes pretty perfect sense.

The storyline of the movie is almost as ridiculous and pointless as the talking cars. In a nutshell, Lightning McQueen (a race car) returns to his hometown of Radiator Springs and reunites with his friend Mater (a towing truck) and he also has a girlfriend (yes, cars have girlfriends too) Sally Carrera. Not to mention Carrera is a type of Porsche. So, Lighting McQueen has this “fantastic” trip across the world, which includes Tokyo, Italy, and his hometown. It is just really boring and it seems like nothing knew is happening. There’s only so much a car can do… drive, and in this case talk too.

With all of this being said, yea this movie has some nice animations but it’s not worth it. It was simply made because Disney had a pre-sequel, which sold very well, so hell, why not make another one? If you like the cartoonish movies with some nice animations or cars, it may not be so bad after all.