Good movie, but not special like its predecessors!

Rating: 7/10 (15 October 2011)

Cars 2 is a fun movie to watch. As we have all come to expect from Pixar the movie is visually stunning. The modeling of cities like London, Paris, Italy etc. are not only rich in detail but hilariously modified to fit in with the anthropomorphic Cars theme. Pixar's creation of this car world is highly intelligent and I was thoroughly amused.
The plot involves a lot of action, humor and generally good entertainment but adopts a more conventional mainstream action/mystery/adventure form. I suppose it has detracted a little from the usual Pixar method, which is to get the viewer emotionally engaged. The emotional engagement made Pixar's work special and Cars 2 is not really as special as Pixar's previous work.
But there is no doubt that Cars 2 is entertaining. Ratings are a relative scale, and the rating for Cars 2 is only low because we've come to expect so much from Pixar. Any let down therefore is a severe blow. This movie would have no doubt been rated higher had it perhaps been directed by, say for example, Mr. Michael Bay.