Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1221" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: `Cars' Remains No. 1 at Box Office With $3</a>
Originally Posted By juicer I have to say that I really liked Cars! But its one of those movies that your either get or not get -
Originally Posted By smeeeko "Cars' Remains No. 1 at Box Office With $31.2 Million" that's a lot of money! I think it's going to be doing great for a quite a while longer too..
Originally Posted By cstephens juicer wrote: > But its one of those movies that your either get or not get Or you could "get" it, but it just doesn't do that much for you. /cs
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The whoile idea of the world speeding up and everyone missing life as it goes by to me is a theme that should strike a chord with everyone, but that is just IMHO
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I have to say that I really liked Cars!>> Me too. Except for the bad parents and screaming brats. <<But its one of those movies that your either get or not get - >> The same could be said for virtually any movie. I enjoyed it. That's really all I care about. And it's going to make a huge pile of money for Disney considering all the folks around here that want to label it 'a disappointment.'
Originally Posted By cstephens vbdad55 wrote: > The whoile idea of the world speeding up and everyone missing life as it goes by to me is a theme that should strike a chord with everyone, but that is just IMHO Theme is one thing - execution is another. And some of us are aware of that reality without necessarily needing a movie to point that out to us. /cs
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 I liked Cars except for the fact that it ran out of story before the movie was over! If they had kept the lenght of the movie to around an hour 20 minutes it would have been great!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <vbdad55 wrote: > The whoile idea of the world speeding up and everyone missing life as it goes by to me is a theme that should strike a chord with everyone, but that is just IMHO Theme is one thing - execution is another. And some of us are aware of that reality without necessarily needing a movie to point that out to us. /cs < Is it bad a movie actually does that though ? I understand that many people understand this..however few do anything about it..to me the theme of themovie was to try and recapture some of the slowness/quaintness of the past. As someone 51 years old already..and with 2 grown children...my life as a coorporate exec flew by ( as did much of my life) as I worked 12 -1 5 hours a day for the past 25 years -- traveling 75% of the time and focused on only the fast paced world of business...now today with some health issues and having missed a lot of things I can;t get back...I can tell you in my opinion that theme needs to be sent to more people...of course - just my opinion, you are entitled to yours also.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Me too. Except for the bad parents and screaming brats.<< Do you really need to generalize like that? I love how you take potshots in threads when comments like the above are not needed.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Do you really need to generalize like that? I love how you take potshots in threads when comments like the above are not needed.>> I wasn't generalizing. I was speaking of my experiences. I wish I wasn't exposed to bad parents who let their children scream and cry for 20 minutes and had to be told by a stranger to take them outside. People, of all ages, don't seem to notice they have to share the planet with the rest of us. Common decency is at an all-time low, at least in my lifetime. I'll mourn its passing, but I won't stop taking shots -- as you put it -- at those who perpetrate it.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad SNIP <<<Common decency is at an all-time low, at least in my lifetime.>>> SNIP I couldn't agree more with this statement. I think too many parents want to be their kid's buddy instead of growing some stones and being a PARENT!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo ^^^^^I hear you there. My grandmother used to say it was better to feel 10 minutes of pain than a lifetime of heartache - e.g. better to be a parent and have a decent human being for a kid than to be their friend. And hopefully, if you get the balance right, eventually you can become both.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad SNIP <<<eventually you can become both.>>> SNIP This is exactly the progression that took place between me and my dad. At 16 I loved him sure, but I loathed his methods of fathering. At that time I thought he was unfair, unreasonalbe, always on Mom's side, I didn't get to do things "everyone else" was doing. Then when I turned 25 or so, he became my best friend on this Earth. He passed away two or three years later after my first child was born, and in that hour I understood everything. It is sooo different when the child becomes the dad and the dad becomes the friend. I only regret that I had such a short while to enjoy my father as my best friend. He died way too young. Back to the topic! I loved Cars and am happy it is doing well. I get a sense that the general public WANTS to like this movie. I know I WANTED to love it, and I do.
