Pixar's Weakest Film to date

Rating: 6/10 (11 January 2012)

I have seen all but one Pixar film, and that's Cars 2. What I love about Pixar is that they don't make kids movies, they make movies that both kids and adults can enjoy. The Toy Story trilogy is my favorite trilogy, the Incredibles is my favorite Super hero movie, and Wall-e ranks up with some science fiction classics in my opinion. However their 2006 film Cars, doesn't match up well with their other films. The second weakest Pixar film in my opinion is A Bug's Life, which is still a really good film. Overall, Cars isn't really a bad film, it's just OK.
The film does have really great animation, as all Pixar films do, the acting's good, there are some really good characters, and I like how the final race didn't go for a cliché route. However the story is completely trite, we all know how this story is going to unfold. Also I'm not a big fan of Mater, I have nothing against Larry the Cable Guy, but Mater brings the film down a bit for me. That's why I'm scared to see Cars 2. Some of the jokes are good, but then you have some toilet humor that just doesn't work well.
Cars is OK, but for a Pixar film, and one directed by John Lassater, it defiantly won't be on my DVD shelf any time soon.