Maybe there's more merchandising opportunities for a Cars sequel?

Back to my Incredibles-DVD. I won't watch Cars 2 if it is not a incredibly better sequel than the original.

I was 24 at the time, not high, not ADD, no mental impairments I am aware of, just bored. I would have gone home by my ride home (heh, I don't drive - CLUE!) wanted to stay til the finish.

BORING movie. Can't say it enough. It's the only Pixar movie that I out and out dislike.

Having said that, my nephew LOVES the toys and has the movie playing in the background probably more often than not.

It doesn't matter what any of you thought of CARS. The simple fact of the matter is that the first one raked in more $$$ for Disney in merchandising alone than ANY other Disney film in history.

THAT'S why they're making a sequel. So stop wasting your energy complaining about it. Life's full of disappointments. Learn to deal with it.

Cars 2 could be great if they shorten it and open up the world past Radiator Springs. The best animation in the first are the scenes at the race track and the real-world stuff (the truck travelling the roads at night is an unexciting scene but so well animated it's almost photorealism). Like everyone else I'd happily swap it for The Incredibles 2 but at least they're not trying to force a story out of one of their films whose story and characters are definitely over - Finding Nemo took way more money but a part 2 of that wouldn't work. At least Cars 2 has places for its characters to go.

it'd be more like the kind of thing that you'd watch in an airport if your flight was delayed by several hours and you had nothing better to do.

Cars is one of the only movies where the related toy line has actually increased revenue and profits the subsequential years following its release. Typically toy sales spike the year the movie comes out, then fade down after. CARS toy sales didn't.

its all about the money.

I'm 26, therefore - adult. Mostly literate. Love adult orientated and kids cartoons alike. Enjoyed all other Pixar movies, even some Dreamworks movies. If when you refer to "target audience" you must mean people who enjoy shallow, pop-culture heavy, uninspired animated picture shows. So, I guess, no, I'm not that target audience. Cars left me dry.

Not to detract from your generalised perception, but I'm not sure I know of a single adult who loved Cars.

Oh, and easy on the "twat" shit. People are just voicing their opinions here because the people on the bus won't listen. Deal with it. ... See what I did there? I held a mirror up to you anti-social, textual hand to the face climax. Bam! Now, you been served, yo. I take it to ya. Ride up on it. Beleed dat! ... Twat.

Now I know!

You could look at this as a bad thing, if you like. But Pixar enjoys making money, just like any other movie studio. I guarantee you, if Pixar didn't make money, they wouldn't make films at all. So year, it is a money decision, and a smart one at that.

Cars was also my least favorite Pixar film. But it isn't horrible and it is actually very personal to Lasseter. There is nothing wrong with this decision, just not our (geeks) favorite one by Lasseter and Co.

Here we go, in no order;

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

A Bugs Life

The Incredibles

Finding Nemo

Surf's Up

Appleseed

Appleseed sequel

Ratatoullie

Ice Age

Ice Age 2

Meet The Robinsons

I actually could list many more I enjoyed more.

But, in the end, you are right. It's not the worst. A Sharks Tale is.

if they didn't make money, toy story 3 would be animated with fracking stick figures and posted on youtube.

Beyond merchandising, Cars ranks up there with the Toy Story movies as far as being the most kid friendly of the bunch. Keep in mind, the 2-6 year olds that love Cars now and have all of the toys will be THE demographic 4 years from now for this sequel.

While it may be the weakest of the Pixar movies, it is certainly better and more memorable than any of the other CG movies out there. And I have to admit, it grows on you. Being a parent that watches it constantly, after a few viewings it's strange how much more you begin to like it. That's saying alot because I can't stomach the 90s Disney movies over and over like I can with Pixar movies.

Obviously, since no Incredibles sequel has been announced, they haven't gotten to that point yet. You gotta respect that. I'd much rather they wait then jump into a sequel for the wrong reasons. Yeah, Cars is huge because of merchandising and the little ones, but I'm willing to bet that Pixar wouldn't waste 4 years of their time unless they had a better story than the first one. They did it with Toy Story 2, why can't they elevate Cars?

For the record, I think Ratatouille is the least ENJOYABLE Pixar release. Now, it's a great film and explores some great ideas. It deserved an Oscar and the accolades it received. But honestly, how many people are going to be revisiting that as much as the Toy Story movies, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, and yes... Cars. In my mind, it was a bit TOO grown-up. But maybe because I could care less about cuisine. Who knows.

It's called "using your imagination," which goes hand-in-hand with "suspension of disbelief." If you can accept walking, talking TREES in THE LORD OF THE RINGS, then get off your high-horse accept CARS for what it is... a fun, imaginative movie geared towards KIDS FIRST, and not grown adults who collect over-expensive Sideshow dioramas. Perspective, people.

Conversely, it also gives me a Fro-zoner.

Toys that are really "alive"; Bugs who hav societies much like humans'; Monsters crossing between ther world and ours; Ocean creatures have societies much like humans'; Superheroes now live secretly among "regular" humans; Rodents have societies much like humans' (and can cook!).

But Cars, broke this mold - there were no humans. It took away a component that made the story a little more relatable to the viewing audience, who was not made up of living automobiles. Movies often use a character who will reflect somethign familiar to the general audience to help bring that audience closer to the main characters in a film (who are usually very different from the general audience viewing the film.)

It's why you have Vicki Vale and Knox in Burton's Batman; it's why you have Hobbits being relatively "ignorant" about the greater world outside the Shire; it's partially what Lois Lane is for in Superman (besides a love interest); it's one of the things that makes Spiderman so accessible to reader for almost 50 years.

ALl that said, Cars is not a "bad" movie, but I do think it was not as well-rounded as previous Pixar films. I thought it was better than I expected, but my expectations were low. It's a cute film, with a few clever moments, but it doesn't top, or get next to, Toy Story or Incredibles.

Again, not a bad job with the material that was written, but a critique of not flushing their personalities out to make these characters more interesting. I preferred the fish in the tank to almost all fo the other characters in the movie (the sharks are fine, too, but they're a minor role).