Still better than most everything else out there

Rating: 7/10 (7 August 2011)

I have to say that after the previous years of Pixar entertainment, "Cars 2" was probably the most shallow of any of them, yet had probably the most complex plot (as any good spy flick should). I'm surprised to see the low ratings for this compared to a lot of the other over-rated dreck out there. For example, "Rio" looks spectacular, but the plot is borrowed from several other Disney movies and the writing is right on par with George Lucas or James Cameron. "Cars 2" is as beautiful if not more so than "Rio" and the writing is considerably more solid. Is it Pixar's best? Nope. It's probably Pixar's worst. But that's like saying a diamond has a few flaws in it: it's still more valuable than most of the other gems out there. Pixar has raised the bar so high that anything shy of another world record is a dismal failure. Why can't Pixar have a little fun for once without having to have a deeper story?