Cars 2 (2011)

I never thought I would have to say this. Mom, I promised myself I never would do this. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry Mom, Dad, to everybody I ever knew. This is the moment that I have lost all will to live. Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as a bad PIXAR movie. A sequel to the only non-perfect PIXAR movie, Cars, Cars 2 is the movie that made me lose faith in humanity. Not because it was the worst, but because it ended faith in perfection. I verbally fought the quality of Wall-E over Harry Potter for you, PIXAR, and this is how you repay me? By handing me this polished animated turd? NO! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS! Following the adventures of the first film, Cars 2 is the tale of Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a race car who is set to race in the world grand prix, while his relationship with his best friend Mater (the root of all evil, Larry the Cable Guy) and all the others from Radiator Springs begin to deteriorate. But on the one day where McQueen brings his idiot friend along, he somehow gets tangled up with international espionage, with Finn McMissle (Michael Caine, what are you going buddy?) and some other people that will sell a lot of toys. That is my main problem with this movie. This movie was made for one purpose and one purpose only-to sell toys. The original film was the biggest toy-seller PIXAR has ever had, they needed more toys. Another major problem I have with this film is that the story is built around this odd reality, not the other way around like all of the other films. For example-in Ratatouille, the odd situation (rats who like good food) services the story of following your dreams. Now, it’s just a spy story revolving around talking cars, and that is the single biggest disservice this movie can do-make it just not worth anything more than the novelty of talking cars. Shame on you John Lasseter. Shame on you.
4/10