Originally Posted By kennect What a delight to read the article and somewhat review of Cars in the new issue of Time I got today...I have been hearing soooo many folks talk about it being Pixar's first bomb...Who knows but this article makes the film sound very entertaining....
Originally Posted By Santa Monica These people who are calling it Pixar's first bomb... are they people who've actually seen it? My friend saw it recently at a special screening and said it was "a very cute movie. [She] liked The Incredibles more, but Cars was very cute." Personally, I don't think any computer animated movie can top The Incredibles. Maybe its sequel.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead People said Finding Nemo would be Pixar's first bomb too. What's with Time magazine and their early "article-slash-review" hybrids. They did this with Chicken Little, declaring it the best family film in years. It seems weird. One more thing...this part of the article was especially sad" "It's Mater who teaches Lightning the truth of any Lasseter film: friendship is family. "To Lightning," he says, "Mater represents pure friendship. Like a dog: 'I'll be by your side forever.'" (Mater was the inspiration of Ranft, whose story-tweaking genius infused every Pixar movie. Tragically, he died last August, when the car he was in missed a turn on that beautiful winding road, California's Pacific Coast Highway.)"
Originally Posted By TheRedhead Hey. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone liked it too. 3 1/2 out of 4 stars. <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/6149674/rid/10025028/" target="_blank">http://www.rollingstone.com/re views/movie/_/id/6149674/rid/10025028/</a>
Originally Posted By TheRedhead Oh wait, is that Peter Travers? Rotten Tomatoes had his name and a link...
Originally Posted By idleHands I saw 'Cars' at a Pixar charity event early last month. It's a sweet, heartfelt film. I enjoyed it very much. It's definitely in my top three of Pixar films, but it's not my number one. That spot is still reserved for TS2.
Originally Posted By kennect Redhead, I agree with your post above...There is something strange though about Time...They always seem to be heavily in favor of Disney but aren't also one of Disney's biggest competitor's in the marketplace?
Originally Posted By Nestle I keep reading really positive reviews about this one! And they have some great quotes from all these top pubs in their most recent commercial!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <People said Finding Nemo would be Pixar's first bomb too. < I remember that so well -- all the comments about how can you enjoy a movie where you feel under water most of the time --yadda yadda yadda... I just think there is a certain segment out there 'hoping' for PIXAR's first bomb...kinda sad
Originally Posted By Nestle i cant imagine why anyone would want to see a disney/pixar movie "bomb" but those who do will be disappointed when cars does really well.
Originally Posted By leemac Both of the TIME movie critics (Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss) are avowed Disney animation fans and Schickel wrote a very comprehensive book on Disney in the '80s. TIME also prides itself on its journalist integrity and never sides with its parent. They also do full disclosure too. The TIME Inc. people are still meant to be hostile to Warner Communications after all these years.
Originally Posted By leemac I should add that the European version of TIME hasn't had Cars in it yet (Disney wanted to ensure PotC 2 opened up worldwide on the same date rather than Cars) so I don't know who reviewed the movie.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I just had my new Ebert and Roeper podcast downloaded. Both gave the film thumbs up. They both seemed to love the movie, Roeper especially.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Every Pixar film has been declared "the one that will fail" well before its release. It's a mystery to me why anyone goes out on a limb in public with these pronouncements. It was met with great enthusiasm at the premiere.
Originally Posted By kennect Check out Rotten Tomatos for early reviews...Seems to have hit written all over it....
Originally Posted By idleHands If 'Cars' smashes the Incredibles and Nemo opening weekend box office numbers -- which I believe it will -- followed by four solid weeks of ticket sales before Pirates hits the screens... then John Lasseter's status inside Burbank and Glendale will continue to grow and strengthen exponentially. Naysayers will be silenced, with another Pixar smash hit. It will be one heck of a Creative Advisor honeymoon for John, when he returns from the six-week Lasseter Family Vacation after Labor Day. 8^D
Originally Posted By Shooba >>I just think there is a certain segment out there 'hoping' for PIXAR's first bomb...kinda sad<< >>i cant imagine why anyone would want to see a disney/pixar movie "bomb" but those who do will be disappointed when cars does really well.<< I think it's human nature that a lot of people want to see those with the most success, take a tumble. I think it's why so many people seemed thrilled to see Tom Cruise act all crazy - seeing someone with such wealth, talent, good looks, etc. take a bit of a tumble makes them feel better about their own mundane lives? Well, that's my theory anyway. Will this be Pixar's first bomb? I have to admit that it's the first Pixar movie that I have almost no interest in seeing - the previews have done nothing for me. Still, their track record speaks for itself and I have no doubt in my mind that Cars will be a critical and financial success.
Originally Posted By ni_teach Rotten Tomatos is giving cars before it's release: 88% <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004076-cars/" target="_blank">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ m/10004076-cars/</a>
Originally Posted By kennect Shooba, Don't feel too bad there hasn't been a single Pixar film I have looked foward to seeing...I have seen them all and I want to say I enjoyed the Toy Story films the most...More so, number two...I think Nemo would be my second choice...But one thing about the films...I do realize that Pixar really goes out of their way to make sure that each film is done at the very very best of their ability...There is a basic quality to the Pixar films that just doesn't seem to be matched by anyone else right now...They have that little extra special touch that says their name on a film that other companies don't....
Originally Posted By bean the previews do not do this movie justice. It is wonderfully animated and has some very funny and touchy moments.
