Pixar's reputation doesn't deserve to be declining because of Cars 2's not being as creatively nourishing as before with the other movies

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2011)

You know, I had a feeling Pixar was going to have a backlash going against them someday and wasn't too surprised it was during the release of Cars 2, but I didn't think it would seem a 180 degree like I've assumed from many negative comments about this movie I've read here and other sites. Okay, in the interest of full disclosure, when I saw the trailer for this one and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) made that joke about the pope-mobile and about having "average intelligence", I wasn't sure I wanted to see it. But now that I have, I'll now say that I highly enjoyed this almost as much as I've enjoyed the previous ones made by this highly creative company. Action scenes are great, there are plenty of humorous moments that are easily laughable mostly concerning Mater, and I liked the additions of Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer) as British spies mistaking Mater for a fellow agent. And Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen is still useful as a character despite not being on screen as much as in the previous Cars. So on that note, I highly recommend Cars 2 to anyone who's willing to not let Pixar's reputation bring them down simply because this one isn't as creatively nourishing as those previous others. P.S. I also had a nice laugh when Brent Musburger became the voice of Brent Mustangburger.