Cars 2: How a Family Movie is made
I have noticed a trend in movies this year. Every week 2 movies have come out at the same time, and usually it is a childrens movie, like Judy Moody, or Mr Popper's Penguins, and a more adult Movie like Super 8 and Green Lantern. But this week marks the second real family movie of the Summer. The first was Kung Fu Panda 2, and today was the release of Cars 2.
The Plot is a very simple spy movie plot where an evil organization has a plan to make lots of money from the world's largest oil reserve which was discovered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One British Agent gets killed and in comes Finn McMissle, played very well my Michael Caine. After a great action car chase sequence very similar to a James Bond car chase, we return to Radiator Springs where Lightning McQueen, reprised by Owen Wilson comes back to relax after a long season and winning 4 Piston Cups. There is then a sequence where McQueen and his friend Mater, reprised once more by Larry the Cable Guy, hang out and have fun. After a hard day of havign Fun, McQueen just wants to relax and have a nice quiet dinner with His Girlfriend Sally, reprised by the lovely Bonnie Hunt. During the dinner we find out about a race being help by former oil baron Sir Miles Axelrod, played to great effect by Eddie Izzard. The Race is being discussed on a call in talkshow simmilar to Larry King. We are also introduced to Francesco Bernoulli, played by John Turturro, who you might know better as Agent Simmons from the Transformers movies. After talking smack about McQueen, Mater calls into the show to defend his friend, and because of this McQueen decides to enter the race, and he brings his pit crew friends with him.
So not we cut to Mater and McQueen in Tokyo, and we get to watch the culture shock as Mater doesn't really adjust to the new country to great comedic effect. Of course he embarassed his friends, but he doesn't seem to notice. Well a real US secret agent is to pass off some info to McMissle, but sadly some of the bad guys, a Pacer and a Gremlin, who were on the oil rig were there so McMissle sends a young Technician agent to get the info. Enter Holly Shiftwell, played by Emily Mortimer. Well the American agent passes his info and homing signal off to Mater, so Holly of course mistakens Mater for the Agent.
Now the plot shifts to a very Spies Like Us type story where they think Mater is a secret agent. A plot is then uncovered that puts all the people in the auto race in trouble, so Mater continues to play on in order to try and protect his friend McQueen. I'll stop here so I don't ruin the whole plot.
Now here is why I say this is now a family film should be made. I had to stand in line for this movie, and the line was mostly filled with parents with their little ones. During the previews the kids were all talking, and of course they were confused my the Spy Kids 4D thing. But when the movie started, the kids were quiet. It kept their attention and it didn't have to cut to a different scene every 30 seconds and feel so ADHD like most kids movies these days feel they have to be. It was a movie that kept both adults and children entertained. It is sad how Hollywood has fallen into the trap that to entertain kids they have to aim for the lowest common denominator.
The Plot is a very simple spy movie plot where an evil organization has a plan to make lots of money from the world's largest oil reserve which was discovered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One British Agent gets killed and in comes Finn McMissle, played very well my Michael Caine. After a great action car chase sequence very similar to a James Bond car chase, we return to Radiator Springs where Lightning McQueen, reprised by Owen Wilson comes back to relax after a long season and winning 4 Piston Cups. There is then a sequence where McQueen and his friend Mater, reprised once more by Larry the Cable Guy, hang out and have fun. After a hard day of havign Fun, McQueen just wants to relax and have a nice quiet dinner with His Girlfriend Sally, reprised by the lovely Bonnie Hunt. During the dinner we find out about a race being help by former oil baron Sir Miles Axelrod, played to great effect by Eddie Izzard. The Race is being discussed on a call in talkshow simmilar to Larry King. We are also introduced to Francesco Bernoulli, played by John Turturro, who you might know better as Agent Simmons from the Transformers movies. After talking smack about McQueen, Mater calls into the show to defend his friend, and because of this McQueen decides to enter the race, and he brings his pit crew friends with him.
So not we cut to Mater and McQueen in Tokyo, and we get to watch the culture shock as Mater doesn't really adjust to the new country to great comedic effect. Of course he embarassed his friends, but he doesn't seem to notice. Well a real US secret agent is to pass off some info to McMissle, but sadly some of the bad guys, a Pacer and a Gremlin, who were on the oil rig were there so McMissle sends a young Technician agent to get the info. Enter Holly Shiftwell, played by Emily Mortimer. Well the American agent passes his info and homing signal off to Mater, so Holly of course mistakens Mater for the Agent.
Now the plot shifts to a very Spies Like Us type story where they think Mater is a secret agent. A plot is then uncovered that puts all the people in the auto race in trouble, so Mater continues to play on in order to try and protect his friend McQueen. I'll stop here so I don't ruin the whole plot.
Now here is why I say this is now a family film should be made. I had to stand in line for this movie, and the line was mostly filled with parents with their little ones. During the previews the kids were all talking, and of course they were confused my the Spy Kids 4D thing. But when the movie started, the kids were quiet. It kept their attention and it didn't have to cut to a different scene every 30 seconds and feel so ADHD like most kids movies these days feel they have to be. It was a movie that kept both adults and children entertained. It is sad how Hollywood has fallen into the trap that to entertain kids they have to aim for the lowest common denominator.