tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post115329544751795794..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: SHORT ROUNDS: CARSDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-66396815213287712552011-03-05T12:21:32.574-08:002011-03-05T12:21:32.574-08:00I am one of the baby boomer viewers and love every...I am one of the baby boomer viewers and love every single part of that movie!!<br /><br />It might be because my grandparents were from one of those dried towns That I see it with so much pleasure than critics!!video surveillancehttp://compudvr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-21461320822623083142010-05-31T00:03:25.380-07:002010-05-31T00:03:25.380-07:00http://sexandthebeach.blogspot.com/2010/04/silicon...http://sexandthebeach.blogspot.com/2010/04/silicone-bitch-fast-cars-slow-drinks.htmlTerm Papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1153642376463819452006-07-23T01:12:00.000-07:002006-07-23T01:12:00.000-07:00I liked Cars, for the most part, but it certainly ...I liked Cars, for the most part, but it certainly did drag when Lightning had to learn his "lesson" about working with others .. why do all kids movies have to teach something? Can't they just be entertaining?Reel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1153471135750246932006-07-21T01:38:00.000-07:002006-07-21T01:38:00.000-07:00I have mixed feelings about Cars. I've found that...I have mixed feelings about Cars. I've found that a certain charm still lingers days after, and goodness knows everything looks terrific. On the other hand, the script is weak, very cliched and formulaic. I wasn't as enamored with Finding Nemo as many other people are (I made the mistake of watching Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart on the same day I watched Nemo), but I don't remember that movie relying so heavily on sitcom routines and '80s movies like Doc Hollywood.<BR/><BR/>On a deeper level, Cars serves as a metaphor for the Pixar studio. The film was made while the studio was ending their contract with Disney, and wondering what direction they should take. Could they break away, plow their own independent path, and cut a distribution deal with one of the other major studios? Or should they stay with Disney, embrace the corporate behemoth with all its status and money and opportunity.<BR/><BR/>So we can forgive Cars for offering an ending that's a bit of a copout. It wants to thread the needle, to have it both ways. I don't know if that's possible, and I'm unsure just how much freedom Pixar had in choosing to walk down the aisle with Disney (the other studios balked at a deal). But Lasseter and his crew have their optimistic hopes, and they've made their choice.<BR/><BR/>To his own credit, Lasseter received the thumbs-up from Miyazaki. Is there any other person, aside from family, whose opinion matters more to him? Likely not.Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1153349006258861452006-07-19T15:43:00.000-07:002006-07-19T15:43:00.000-07:00TLRHB: Unlike a lot of the writers who turned in ...TLRHB: Unlike a lot of the writers who turned in mixed-to-bad reviews for the movie, I didn't dislike <I>Cars</I>-- I think a lot of it is pretty cool. And it still makes me happy to see my kids (and those, like you, who loved it) get excited about it. It just didn't make me swoon like all the previous Pixar features did. The Pixar bubble had to pop sometime-- for you, with <I>The Incredibles</I>, it already had. And now I'm experiencing the weird feeling of what had been up to now, for me, a sure-thing company missing the mark by an inch or two. What was it that Joe E. Brown said at the end of <I>Some Like It Hot</I>? :)Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1153336224989531672006-07-19T12:10:00.000-07:002006-07-19T12:10:00.000-07:00Yep, I liked it a lot more than you did. But that'...Yep, I liked it a lot more than you did. But that's OK, it would be boring to agree on everything! I'm also one of those people that thinks THE INCREDIBLES had a brilliant first half-hour and then descended into a run-of-the-mill action movie. I've never understood the total adulation for that movie.The 'Stachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426658288145524160noreply@blogger.com