tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4727807755921304191..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Pit StopSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-81136483106430881672014-11-22T19:32:08.069-06:002014-11-22T19:32:08.069-06:00"It's not only the same story, Doc Hollyw..."It's not only the same story, Doc Hollywood is better."<br /><br />And that includes the "headlights" scenes. Sure Miatas are cute cars, but when they "flashed" McQueen it just didn't work for me the same as the scene in Doc Hollywood where Julie Warner walks out of the water topless. :-)Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-47223610467584291292014-11-22T18:14:28.770-06:002014-11-22T18:14:28.770-06:00@Chip--It's not only the same story, Doc Holly...@Chip--It's not only the same story, <i>Doc Hollywood</i> is better.<br /><br />@Ipecac--Weak Pixar is still, well, Pixar and that says a lot. <i>Cars</i> is probably a better movie than I give it credit for being, but it definitely feels like a letdown to me because I expect so much from the Pixar team.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34751448356657664682014-11-22T14:37:10.665-06:002014-11-22T14:37:10.665-06:00I agree completely that Cars is one of the lesser ...I agree completely that Cars is one of the lesser lights in Pixar history and, even so, that puts it above almost all other animated movies.<br /><br />Cars has grown on me a lot over the years. It's actually pretty entertaining and even touching, like most Pixar films.<br />Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-80050502602778843062014-11-22T12:47:12.507-06:002014-11-22T12:47:12.507-06:00Good call on Doc Hollywood being the same story.
...Good call on Doc Hollywood being the same story.<br /><br />At the time this came out it was my least-favorite Pixar movie (Cars 2 now holds that spot), but I agree that even a low end one was still better than many others.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-85288914422388059502014-11-20T20:17:41.647-06:002014-11-20T20:17:41.647-06:00I think they're both pretty ambivalent on Cars...I think they're both pretty ambivalent on <i>Cars</i>. It's not one they choose to watch that often. <br /><br />And honestly, the older one is less interested in animated films these days. She's far more likely to watch something like <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i> or <i>21 Jump Street</i> these days.<br /><br />Good point about Route 66 culture, though. I can see that as being a signficant theme running through the film.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-48803741294573631382014-11-20T18:49:25.335-06:002014-11-20T18:49:25.335-06:00But one of them doesn't like "Finding Nem...But one of them doesn't like "Finding Nemo" right? How do they feel about "Cars"?<br /><br />To me, this story is less about the Cars and more about the town. Maybe it is hard to relate to the machine without a driver, but they are merely stand ins for the abandoned culture of Route 66. The racing stuff is just a tool to get us to the main story which is the resurrection of a neglected community. I'm probably too nostalgic for the Tee Pee motels and weird roadside attractions, but set in the beautiful parts of the country that get ignored because there is a faster way to get from point A to point B, Route 66 celebrates the America that once was descriptive of our kitschy culture. Richard Kirkhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428986542891346618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-80972403744581534862014-11-20T16:09:05.283-06:002014-11-20T16:09:05.283-06:00My favorite animated movie is The Incredibles. You...My favorite animated movie is <i>The Incredibles</i>. You're not missing a lot by not remembering <i>Cars</i>.<br /><br />I've sat through my share of terrible children's movies at the behest of my children. Fortunately, they generally have pretty good taste, so that helps.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-50219998906570349842014-11-20T15:47:24.159-06:002014-11-20T15:47:24.159-06:00I've seen Cars because I used to watch a lot o...I've seen Cars because I used to watch a lot of animated movies with my niece and nephew. (They're a little old for that now.) We saw Finding Nemo a lot because that was the default movie when one of the little urchins wanted to watch something truly awful, like the Cinderella sequel that I vetoed. (I DID watch Barbie Swan Lake and Barbie Nutcracker, but I have my limits.) So I remember Finding Nemo very well.<br /><br />But I can't remember the first thing about Cars except that I saw it. And it had talking cars. And there was a race? The hero won?<br /><br />I much prefer My Neighbor Totoro or Spirited Away to any Pixar product.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37914072330063193492014-11-20T11:09:40.006-06:002014-11-20T11:09:40.006-06:00I've heard something similar to that theory as...I've heard something similar to that theory as well.<br /><br />Kevin--I think you've nailed exactly what my issue is. It all feels so artificial. <i>WALL-E</i> had a touch of the human to it. So did <i>Finding Nemo</i>. There's something about my inability to suspend my disbelief for animated cars that makes the film just not click for me. <br /><br />If you want to see the story, though, watch <i>Doc Hollywood</i>. It's a better movie than it's generally given credit for being and minus the big race at the end, the stories are identical.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34388147625338727072014-11-20T11:06:01.388-06:002014-11-20T11:06:01.388-06:00re: your theory, Nick
Mind. Blown.re: your theory, Nick<br /><br />Mind. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thIVtEOtlWM" rel="nofollow">Blown</a>.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-67491259417014557292014-11-20T09:44:28.042-06:002014-11-20T09:44:28.042-06:00I've read an awesome theory for this. It's...I've read an awesome theory for this. It's actually within one of those Disney/Pixar timelines that connects all the movies. The general idea is that Cars takes place *after* WALL-E and is in a post-apocalyptic future. The fat humans come back to Earth, clean everything up, but are too stupid to sustain life very long due to lack of farming knowledge. This allows the artificial intelligence, such as the cars (who probably WOULD be automated due to the lazy humans) to basically take over as the primary "species" of the planet after humans died out.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54526965544500663402014-11-20T04:59:44.714-06:002014-11-20T04:59:44.714-06:00One critic, from way back when "Cars" ca...One critic, from way back when "Cars" came out, put his finger on the problem for me: suspension of disbelief was harder, for this movie, because of the logical problem posed by who and what these cars were. Cars need, and imply the existence of, <i>drivers.</i> To go Kantian for a moment, cars are <i>instrumental,</i> not things-in-themselves. Roads and buildings imply human civilization, so where are the humans to sit in that human-shaped space behind every vehicle's wheel? What's the point of <i>having</i> a steering wheel (even if it's never visible in the movie) if there's no one to steer it? And doesn't the presence of biological life forms—plants, etc.—also imply something about the existence of animal life? In terms of world-building, this movie is missing its humans.<br /><br />Little kids, of course, won't be bothered by such considerations, but adults (like the critic in question) can easily spot the problem. You hit on it yourself when you talked, in your review, about the relative lack of humanity and warmth. "Wall-E" probably manages to circumvent this same problem because the machines in "Wall-E" are at least a little anthropoid in form, thought, and action, and because we already tend to think a certain way about robots, we easily suspend disbelief because we presume the machines in "Wall-E" to be things-in-themselves.<br /><br />I still haven't seen "Cars" all the way through; I've watched only bits and pieces and have no real desire to sit down and experience the movie from beginning to end. And that very lack of warmth and humanness is a big reason why.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com