Movie review: “Cars 2”
If you want to know why Pixar has made a sequel to “Cars,” the least regarded of its films, head to Toys R Us or the toy department at Target.
You will find an entire aisle of “Cars” playthings. That aisle has been there since “Cars” opened in 2006 and is replenished every few months when Lightning McQueen and Mater receive variant paintjobs.
“Cars” has been far and away the most lucrative Pixar property when it comes to merchandising, and you can bet Disney wants to keep that motor running for years to come. These characters needed to make another pit stop in movie theaters to power them through more laps of ancillary sales.
So “Cars 2” speeds into multiplexes as the most aggressively commercial Pixar movie to date. That does not, however, make it soulless. The animation studio still seems incapable of producing anything less than very good (calling “Cars” the weakest Pixar movie is like pointing out the shortest Himalayan peak).
While “Cars 2” lacks the emotional core we’ve come to expect from Pixar, it is the studio’s broadest comedy. From start to finish, it may be Pixar’s most purely fun film. Directed by the studio’s creative chief John Lasseter (with an assist from Brad Lewis), “Cars 2” is a highly tuned entertainment machine.
The jokes are frequently funny and the visuals are always dazzling. Pixar came late to the 3-D bandwagon and then used stereoptic effects sparingly in “Up” and “Toy Story 3.” With “Cars 2,” Team Lasseter puts its foot on the 3-D pedal and floors it. The results are a bonanza for the eyes, the best 3-D movie since “Despicable Me.” Pixar’s timing may be off, though, because audiences are tiring of lousy 3-D movies. This isn’t one of them.
Even though Ben Queen receives sole credit for script, the story for “Cars 2” was developed by Lasseter and a cadre of Pixar regulars. They were wise not to rehash the plot of the first movie, because even the youngest “Cars” fan would get bored watching Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) try to win the Piston Cup again. McQueen and his hayseed pal Mater the tow truck (Larry the Cable Guy) embark on a much different adventure that shoves most of the crew from Radiator Springs into the background in favor of new characters.
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