Pixar's TERRIBLE Cars 2...

[@Danymok]

IDC if everyone will be against me, but I liked this movie. I understand that it veers so much from what Cars was originally about, but I still enjoyed it.

[@AlbertBoris]

I wholeheartedly agree. The tonal shift has no negative effect on the movie. If anything it improves on the original by expanding on the world of cars. It's not all about racing

[@BillyCF]

Cars 2 is the first movie I watched from the cars franchise, and it’s my favorite

[@beckychang7759]

I love this movie as well, i enjoyed it mostly cuz it was a darker kids movie

[@meno3104]

same thing it's my favorite movie i liked the action and story scenes(And the music too) even if it's terrible by the others i don't care for me it's still one of the best movies i watched

[@wtfj4462]

@@sydneytrainsmania agreed. Cars 2 goated asf

[@landonyaky5653]

Funny story about Cars 2, when my brother was 2, my Dad took my brother to see it in cinemas, and apparently, just as the Disney logo came, my brother slept, and he slept through the whole movie, and my Dad didn’t wanted to leave, so he sat down through the whole thing, and when the credits rolled and Dad exited the cinema room, my brother woke up and he was sad that he didn’t get to see it fully and wanted Dad to take him again to see it properly. And whenever I think of Cars 2, I always think of that memory.

[@ridzzz226]

no way😂

[@FNAF_DINOS]

Good memory, that's just funny

[@yeezus7738]

He didn’t miss much lol

[@zoelindwall637]

I think I was bored watching it on dvd at a friends house in Florida

[@PlahaKumar]

Damn, he probably got bored before the movie even began huh?

[@skyraider87]

In defense of the opening scene where Finn becomes a hydrofoil: even though he had the capability to approach the oil rig alone like that, it wouldn't have been the best idea. He could have also gone submarine mode, but most modern warships are equipped with Sonar and he would have been detected. Hiding on the boat is a good way to keep under cover, because if it's spotted, it's just a regular boat.

[@kirara2516]

Regular boat? That's the Northwestern from the Deadliest Catch.

[@mc-rob4762]

He also knew he was probably going to be stopped by another enemy boat patrolling, I don’t think that the boat he was on was going straight to the enemy oil rig, he did exactly what he planned and hitched a ride on the back to find the enemy rig out of the tens of hundreds of other ones

[@teenageapple3788]

@@kirara2516 A boat is a boat

[@collinkaufman2316]

And Finn would have run out of fuel if he just hydrofoiled his way over there

[@jeffsanders1609]

Cars 2 fixed my parents marriage I’m actually not kidding. They were totally about to get a divorce and I really didn’t want that to happen so I begged them to take me to see Cars 2 just because that was out at the time. They sat apart from each other (which was not normal) with my little sister and I in between them. They both looked like they were going through a divorce when the movie started (you know, the glossy eyed, done with life sort of look) but by the end we were all joking and laughing as a family again for the first time in weeks! I don’t know, maybe it was just that we wanted to laugh again or maybe it was just something about Larry the cable guy Anyway, when we left the theater my Dad held my Mom’s hand the whole way to the car and they were both smiling again and my sister I were running around pretending we were Lightning McQueen and Mater and that’s when I knew then that everything was going to be alright

[@TheBingolinbear]

Wow....

[@astrocat3434]

That was one of the most heart warming things I have ever read.

[@defectivetoaster]

That’s… beautiful.

[@spongebobfanboi]

That was beautiful... Thanks for sharing that with us!!!!

[@JustJohn505]

Sorry for your loss

[@ComicalRealm]

Fun fact: In Cars 2, the race car "Francesco Bernoulli" is based on a modern Formula 1 Grand Prix car. It's named after the Bernoulli principle, which explains the functioning of the aerodynamic wings found on Formula 1 cars. It also explains how automobile carburetors mix air and gasoline. Newer cars use fuel injection instead of carburetors.

[@ne3856]

Interesting

[@MovieFan1912]

That is interesting, and it seems like this fact is the only good thing to come out of this movie.

[@smellyfrogg]

@@MovieFan1912 that and the soundtrack Finn mcmissle’s theme slaps ngl

[@MovieFan1912]

@@smellyfrogg Yes, it does.

[@kameron_guenther8387]

Interesting fact for a terrible and insulting movie

[@ed_cmntonly]

The entire trilogy is goated af, I like the violence in Cars 2 & whilst it's literally not even close towards racing I like the spy tone in it

[@_hyunxjae]

Same like even though it barely focuses on racing as a whole I loved the spy theme so much

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@_hyunxjaeduh, that's the underlying theme and it still has plenty of racing, you're just in the background, the racing isn't meant to be the main showcase, but the racers don't know that..only you do.

[@xtucs]

racing scenes carried the movie for me thats why i still love it

[@ey3z4ya]

​@@WitchKing-Of-Angmarwell, when the main character of your franchise is a racecar it isn't exactly asking a lot for your movie to be focused on racing

[@SparklingWalrus]

The only one about racing is cars 3 😂

[@matthew-l1e8m]

Did he really say there were no “real stakes” at the end? ALL OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND THE QUEEN WOULD WERE ALMOST BLOWN UP

[@mioyio]

You know to real stakes begin after the world is destroyed

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

“Real” stakes, as in stakes we believe. I do not believe the queen of England would be killed in a Cars movie

[@ey3z4ya]

Which is one of the very reasons it's so shit- it's supposed to be a racing franchise 😂

[@durdleduc8520]

stakes is about more than the potential body count.

[@KermitsBadFurDay]

@@user-x7dc2pq7n I also don't believe that the main character is gonna lose when I watch Die Hard. I know he is gonna win but the question is how, thats the suspence.

[@thechosenone8332]

If they just retitled Cars 2 to "Mater's Tall Tales: The Movie", it would have worked so much better.

[@greyisnthere]

I can't believe you found a way to fix this movie

[@DerpyPossum]

oh goodness yes

[@AlbertBoris]

If the only problem with a movie is the title, there is no problem

[@stephenquartz]

honestly yea this makes alot of sense

[@PeterGriffin11]

It still wouldn't have been good but yeah.

[@choleraphd7702]

People hated Cars 2 because it was a spy flick that had nothing to do with cars but I have to say I loved McMissile and the entire plot of the story. The twist villain was pretty sick, the german car was evil, and there were so many twisted scenes that would be absolutely viseral in a human movie. I mean, a car gets crushed into a cube and another one gets burned alive, and you can see his burning corpse in the reflection of the screen.... My only gripe with this movie was Mater. Mater has no right being within 100 miles of anything serious, he's a bumbling fool and I don't care if the point of the story is his stupidity is actually good.

[@shadowcreeser5085]

Ok but Rod Redlines death was just brutal, I was literally depressed for the rest of the movie after his death as a kid

[@EkardRimidalv]

Just imagine a human exploding from the inside, but still it's a good movie and I loved it when I was a kid

[@BillyCF]

Just wait until you see the deleted scene: the Prague

[@jackpijjin4088]

@@EkardRimidalv forced aneurism.

[@EkardRimidalv]

@@jackpijjin4088 Wot?

[@doesthisIookinfected]

shame how the Cars franchise of all the Pixar ips have the highest body count lmao

[@sinnamonski685]

For those who still enjoy cars 2 (myself included) we all know it was a cash grab to sell more toys via the dramatic shift to spies and espionage. But damn this film will always be one of those guilty pleasures to watch it's just something about the film that has it's own weird charm to it and it's oddly enjoyable

[@thelagnificentleader]

Yeah, I only just learned that people didn’t like it. Even with all the flaws… I still love this movie.

[@motivatedman9730]

I feel no guilt watching this movie. Only pleasure no matter what even with all its flaws. (which i think are mostly dumb and kids are not gonna notice them and wont even care if they do)

[@9________9]

Tbh its a good movie, just a bad secuel, thats all lol

[@mr.coffee5220]

How was is a cash grab? Cars did way worse than Monster’s Inc and The Incredibles. The reason they had a spy plot is because John Lassiter loved spy films and originally wanted a spy in the Cars 1 film.

[@realherobrine5636]

@@9________9 Cars 3 is horrible i hated seeing Cruz being the cool person at the end

[@realblakelmao]

Terrible? IMO, this was a great movie, probably the most interesting one to come from Pixar and Disney. I never fell asleep watching this movie; I always wanted to know what would happen next.

[@ey3z4ya]

You can like it, but 'most interesting to come from Pixar and Disney' is a WILD statement

[@kingillager]

I gotta agree with you though, cars 2 was pretty interesting movie, in my opinion the best of the trilogy

[@Hiromi-w2n]

@@kingillager i agree with you I like that movie

[@CottageDreams23]

Nope, its still trash

[@realblakelmao]

@@CottageDreams23 cars 3 is worse

[@Ben-Jamin673]

I remember liking this as a kid. Not as good as I remembered but I still enjoy it surprisingly enough despite its many flaws.

[@aidencooke6709]

Same here.

[@M64bros]

I love how there's a bunch of deaths in the film Even though it's rated G

[@coffetrueno9791]

Same here two

[@iiWazzi]

Same

[@octstudios7718]

Same. Its really fun to watch.

[@atomik8458]

I like how no one mentions how they're making races with cars from completely different motorsport categories which would reallistically be copmletely unfair

[@mattwolf7698]

In Tokyo, they had a dirt section to give the rally car and advantage but the F1 car would have still blown by it on the paved roads unless the dirt section was super long, Mcqueen also being NASCAR based wouldn't have a chance at doing well on a rally section or on pavement against an F1 car either and that's not even getting into how there's also touring and sports cars in here.

[@skiterzzz4474]

They could be all one race but different divisions kind of like 24 hrs of lemans u have gt3 race cars driving against stock Hondas nd shit

[@KTR_ProrataEevee]

@@mattwolf7698 Nascars have been used on dirt ovals before (i presume its a reference to that).

[@Alex_Fishman]

In the Tokyo race, there was a dirt section, where most of the cars did well, however we see that Francessco loses control, due to F1's not being suited for dirt tracks. Sure, it was a great humbling moment for him, but it was still kinda unfair lol

[@shreyassripada6553]

in fairness the f1 cars would kill everyone on the straights. at the same time it would get cooked on the dirt section. The technical speed of both the cars would be reletively similar but the DRS + corners would kill the other cars.

[@thesihd]

If Cars 2 has million fans, then I'm one of them. If Cars 2 has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE. If Cars 2 has no fans, that means I'm dead. If the world is against Cars 2 I'm against the entire world. Till my last breath, I'll support Cars 2

[@keithharrissuwignjo2460]

Solidarity

[@CheeseManSonicFan]

Same. This movie was legit epic.

[@porragames8160]

It will never have only one fan, I'll always be there suporting this to the very end of my life

[@bloodreptil]

So true.

[@Wired4Life2]

_Cars:_ Athlete at the start of his prime _Cars 3:_ Athlete at the end of his prime _Cars 2:_ Craziest episode at the peak of his prime (albeit centering more on his best friend) Nothing wrong with that, frankly.

[@bradley8575]

what a way to ruin a Trilogy and that is messing things up in the middle you have a Good beginning a Good Ending but the middle part of the story is completely messy and a disaster.

[@Wired4Life2]

@@bradley8575 Killjoy.

[@jbezoarjr5269]

@@bradley8575 cry about it, Cars 2 slaps

[@theepicfox4643]

@@jbezoarjr5269 agreed

[@daniilromanenko3677]

nice pfp!

[@goldenheart3887]

"Cars 2's climax has no stakes" Cars 2's climax: *there is literally a bomb about to go off and kill everyone in the nearest vicinity*

[@YoungMrBlue]

Honestly the climax was pretty good Definitely better than 3’s

[@randomstuff2702]

The queen of England was literally in danger

[@Kingomelette]

@@randomstuff2702 shes not in danger anymore :)

[@InkerRopes]

@@Kingomelette that is cold…

[@fadlanal-amsi9839]

Ikr

[@TheFifaToad]

just because you don't like it doesn't mean its bad

[@ilkYorumPerisi]

W

[@friedchickeniszesty]

ok? it’s his opinion. he’s not forcing us to think it’s terrible

[@TheFifaToad]

@@friedchickeniszesty ahhhhh okkk (wait i already knew that)

[@danielstaggs3789]

It’s bad

[@TheFifaToad]

@@danielstaggs3789 who the heck cares

[@ajn_rules_5074]

I will die on my hill of actually liking Cars 2, I just really pity the movie since everyone hates it. Am I saying it's the best Pixar movie, hell no, but it's not the greatest or the worst Pixar movie for me, just entertaining enough for me to like it

[@explodingegg123]

i have a similar hot take to your's, except it's chicken little.

[@roseanderson4982]

I really like Cars 2 too! It's definitely in my Top 3 Pixar films, alongside Monsters, Inc. and Inside Out. I have loads of reasons for loving it. The animation is a massive step up from the first Cars film, the soundtrack is exciting, Mater is sweet and lovable, Holley is cool, Mater and Holley are a cute couple, and I was much more invested in the spy plot than I was in the racing plot. Is it perfect? Not quite. I think tweaks could have been made to the plot to tighten it up. For example, instead of McQueen taking Mater's "advice" to go into the outside lane ahead of his better judgement, let's have McQueen snapping at Mater and his other crew members for their irrelevant jabbering, which makes him lose concentration on the race and allows Francesco to slip past him. Also, it probably wasn't a good idea to teach Mater the message of "Be yourself and just ignore anyone who objects to cultural insensitivity". Instead, the film should perhaps have delved deeper into how different the racing world is to the world of Radiator Springs, and noted that Mater, who's only ever lived in Radiator Springs (as far as we know), would need a bit more help to adjust to something like the Tokyo party. And maybe that help wasn't provided. Then we'd have more of a reason to feel sorry for him when McQueen yells at him, because it wasn't his fault that he wasn't taught how to behave. And McQueen's reflection in Italy would have felt more profound as he realises he shouldn't have been so hard on his friend. Plus, Mater's fish-out-of-water status would tie in to the Lemons' story and to wider themes of ableism. I suspect Mater is neurodivergent, possibly autistic - I'm autistic myself, so I can kind-of see bits of it in him. He's got a special interest (in old vehicles), he doesn't have the same sense of danger or restraint as his companions, he has no idea about social norms, and he doesn't know how to interpret conversations or make himself understood. For the Tokyo party, Mater clearly hadn't been given the reasonable adjustments he needed to cope in new situations; he didn't even realise drinks were free until McQueen told him. But Mater's not bitter about such oversights. Unlike the Lemons, who want revenge for all the name-calling and discrimination they've endured. If Pixar had wanted to go down the disability route, it would have set up a nice little contrast between the hero and the villains. Apologies for the long comment! Overall, Cars 2 may not be the most cinematically brilliant Pixar film, but I have so much fun with it, and I will always have fun with it.

[@anthonymartensen3164]

I like it too. Overly criticized. Sometimes a movie can just be fun.

[@eddiethefriendlytenderengine]

I like Cars 2, and so do plenty of my friends here on KZbin.

[@Whopper959]

Omg yes, i loved this movie so dearly as a kid and still do to this day, but every time i see someone talking about it they’re talking about how bad the movie is 😔

[@thegiantrat4271]

If you've seen the movie Planes, it confirms that WWII did happen in the Car's universe. This means car holocaust, and Hitler/Stalin/Tojo/Mussolini car

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

Der Wagen 😳

[@Fleaskull]

The forbidden Cars lore

[@Movietuff]

Not just that. Sarge's car design is from WWII.

[@thebigpig2364]

There being a Cars WWII also implies that there was a cars WWI.

[@ukog581]

@@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263 Osama Bin Wagen 😳

[@johnc3179]

I like how the entire comment section collectively agrees that this guy is wrong.

[@taizomichael7294]

If I wanted a “Mater’s Tall Tales” movie, I would’ve just asked for an extremely extended cut of “Tokyo Mater”.

[@shept.7736]

This is true

[@BMoney8600]

That’s the best one!

[@skylovesbees]

LMAO

[@sie7en_10]

Tokyo Mater slaps hard bro

[@tehangrybird345]

Tokyo drift mater

[@_chan.burn.21_]

Cars 2 is basically an hour and a half "Mater's Tall Tales" special, and I will always consider it to be just that since the events of the film are never acknowledged in Cars 3. In fact, I have always had an idea for an alternative end credits scene for the film. Basically, it starts with Mater waking up to find that everything that happened was a dream and having a good laugh about it, in which he then remembers that Lightning is arriving home from his Piston Cup season that day (this brings us back to the beginning of Cars 2 without the whole oil rig opening scene). So, he gets all excited and rushes off to welcome McQueen home and tell the others yet another one of his "Tall Tales".

[@MarioSonicPhillyFan700]

That's a great way to explain that

[@calebcostrini]

You had me at Mater's Tall Tales.

[@Marshall.R]

That does sound like a fitting conclusion but could also be a very lazy way of excusing the rest of the movie's problems, like it suddenly doesn't matter if it's all just a dream anyways

[@_chan.burn.21_]

@@Marshall.R That is fair, but it's not like the story of Cars 2 mattered in the end anyways considering Cars 3 basically just forgot it existed. The only major "connections" to Cars 2 are McQueen still having real headlights and that one Jeff Gorvette Cameo at the Florida 500.

[@egateqa1351]

At the end of every Mater’s Tall Tales short, it turns out Mater’s tales are in fact true. So Cars 2 did in fact happen, it’s just that there is a few cars characters who couldn’t believe Mater’s stories are true and just pretend they’re just stories.

[@blackcar2018]

Cars 2 is a good movie. I think the reason why most people hate it is because it doesn’t follow the usual Cars story.

[@a-ion7322]

John Lasseter (Director of Cars 2) once said that this film is a very special film and he is not lying, it will always be a special one in my heart.

[@elinacarmina3050]

I'm glad an actual sex offender thinks this film is very special.

[@goldh2o543]

No matter how shitty this movie is as a piece of cinema, I can never stop absolutely loving watching it.

[@jaxsterminator8634]

ITS NOT SHITTY

[@bugonboris6681]

@@jaxsterminator8634 I mean, even if the Movie isn't very good, it's at least a billion times better than "Funny Pets 2"!

[@jaxsterminator8634]

@@bugonboris6681 THE MOVIE IS PERFECT THO

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

@@jaxsterminator8634 It is not perfect at all. It was terrible. The plot was bad, the message was bad and the characters were the most annoying they have ever been.

[@jaxsterminator8634]

@@captainhowlerwilson508 IT IS PERFECT THE CHARACTERS ARE PERFECT, THE PLOT AND MESSAGE ARE PERFECT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT

[@rimfire8217]

9:56 “The Pope is a Car” The music cuts off. hahahaha. I love seeing people react to that

[@Finlandball39]

**DocuDubery entered the chat**

[@doomer3257]

It's kinda hilarious how in the third film, it essentially erases pretty much everything this movie has been trying to setup.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Well not really since some of the Cars 2 racers appear, but yeah, the Spy stuff is pretty much ignored

[@f1david995]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 When will we get Mater and Holley's date?🤣🤣🤣

[@harryfoley2294]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552only Jeff appears, nothing else is acknowledged or mentioned.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@harryfoley2294 I mean.. it's something to show that 2 still happened

[@kriscynical]

A friend of mine from back in art school is a character animator at Pixar and she worked on this film. She told me everybody at the studio _hated it_ and hated working on it because they all knew they were just trying to polish a turd. lol

[@Goovdluck687]

Omg...

[@kriscynical]

@@Goofyahh1337 I graduated from Ringling's illustration department in 2007 and she was a couple years behind me in the computer animation department. Her name is a Catherine Hicks and she can be found on Internet Movie Database if you search her name plus "Pixar" (there's an actress with the same name otherwise). I'd link you myself but YT doesn't like external links. You'll find Cars 2 listed under her filmography along with a slew of other Pixar films she's worked on. "Wild Dogs" was her senior thesis film from Ringling. Or would you rather see the corporate Christmas card she sent me that year that she drew Mater in for me? Or perhaps the photo I have of her at the after-Oscars party at the studio holding the Best Animated Picture Oscar for UP since they let all of the staff take pictures with it? Or maybe a photo of my BFA from Ringling that's hanging on the wall in my studio? Just let me know, _buddy._ 🙄 [Original comment I was replying to said "Sure, buddy. Suuuuure."]

[@Goofyahh1337]

@@kriscynical I’m just skeptical about most comments my bad.

[@kriscynical]

@@Goofyahh1337 That would be an oddly specific thing to lie about. 🤷‍♀️ No worries, though; I was just matching your apparent tone.

[@hipster_tacos]

@@kriscynical Lmao, you demolished him.

[@AbdullaMahmoodAlredha]

Call me nostalgic but… cars 2 is better than Cars 3

[@doctorwhosit3896]

I’d rather be a nostalgic fan of Ruby Gillman than a fan of him.

[@williambowen3400]

Ironically, I watched Cars 2 on the weekend and although it wasn’t quite as perfect as I remembered it, the film was no where near as people make out that it is. If you look past some of the spy parts it is a pretty heart felt story about Mater who in the first movie was shown to be a very simple goof.

[@jamimurphy5627]

@@Memecious STOP

[@bensvideo]

Yeah, it's really not that bad of a movie on its own. But, it is a bad movie compared to everything else Pixar has made.

[@williambowen3400]

I agree. They would have been better off just focusing on Lightning and Mater’s friendship with the Grand Prix and changed the Allinol plot line to not involve the spies at all.

[@noizepusher7594]

@@williambowen3400 or just make a Pixar spin on a spy movie and not connect it to the Cars universe. As a little kid I was obsessed with the spy parts of this movie, I would’ve loved a kid oriented James Bond style spy movie.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

@@bensvideo lol nah pixar has made a few bad movies

[@Cj11Eleven]

Cars 1: a story about a hotshot celebrity car becoming more humble Cars 2: haha funny side character gets an action spy film

[@TisPopRock]

@Jenifer's🍎____________💋 okay no need to spam

[@carlososoriohernandez3979]

Cars 3: A veteran racer accepts that changes are inevitable and leaves a young dreamer to take his place

[@datachu]

@@TisPopRock If only spam reports actually did anything on YT

[@pinkpantherisalegend5607]

@@TisPopRock kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnm2hKCqg9mkkJo Considering there's already spam in this comment section, might as well.

[@randomcontent789]

"I know people are absolutely rabid about the Cars franchise. But even they DESPISE this middle child." This sentence nearly made me mad because I'M a middle child, even though I'm treated as the oldest because my brother is an adult and lives with his dad,

[@Micstro.Iink-official]

I actually loved this movie (Heck I might even say it's one of my favorite Pixar movies, and my favorite in the Cars trilogy!), but I can see where all the hate's coming from.

[@Pikminer-5087]

Idk why but I for some reason love this movie for how insane it is. Also the soundtrack is pretty good too

[@legodeathstarproductions5513]

It's my 4th favorite pixar movie!

[@rizziliciousranger]

it really is

[@flashfire9825]

Yeah!

[@jadedragon3254]

Same

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

same

[@manningHartley]

Cars 2 kill count is more then most horror movies

[@ValueNetwork]

Cars 2 feels like a Direct to DVD movie. It would be amazing cut into a 15 minute short story but is extremely thin with a movie length. I’m glad Cars 3 is a actual cars sequel that treats Docs death with respect instead of just having it as a Quick line at the start of the film announcing that a major character isn’t important anymore

[@thomasawl]

I hate KZbin spammers.

[@internettraveler8666]

Wait people actually like the cars franchise?

[@sabrinastratton1991]

@@internettraveler8666 yeah like little kids. My boys were 2 when they found Cars and they were obsessed

[@Ephlesss]

@@internettraveler8666 ofc people like the cars franchise, some of us grew up with it

[@romanramirez7847]

@@internettraveler8666 I’ve been a fan my whole life.

[@ShrekReacts]

I actually like this film, objectively it's not great but I enjoyed revisiting it last year. It's biggest weakness is that it is a Pixar film, from which we expect better.

[@yoshistarhunter]

Ironically I found cars 1 boring as a kid but adored most of cars 2. I say most because I can't do cringe jokes but I loved the action scenes

[@gamingnubs7628]

I loved Cars 2 due to the more fast paced action rather than the slow Cars 1 or 3

[@theaestheticskyline328]

I have so much nostalgia for this film lmao. The film has good animation and the movie had potential, but it just wasn't used right.

[@rmn070]

OH HELLO THERE, Shrek! I didn’t expect you to be here!

[@SM64002]

I also like Cars 2 and I agree with that.

[@hegyak]

In Cars 2, the "Evil Cars" are All "Lemons" AKA Bad Cars. Or Junk Cars. And their Meeting Room, has a Mass of Lemons. Kind of, Subtle but obvious too.

[@ZacharyRodriguezVlogs]

Theory: Lightning was still processing Doc's death, and didn't know how to cope with what was going on, so while travelling the world he created these outlandish scenarios to try and cope with the loss of his mentor, and we're seeing these scenarios play out from Lightning's perspective.

[@meganhash7840]

That'd also explain why Finn is a sort of mentor figure to Mater like Doc, maybe Lightning is vicariously living through his best friend?

[@mcdoogel5296]

this is de bes theoorry i've everr seen, 69/10.

[@IcyDiamond]

If I ever watch the movie again, I’m gonna look at it through this fan theory

[@WaterDefysGravity]

@@IcyDiamond bro I see you everywhere

[@IcyDiamond]

@E . A So you mean there’s an actual good version of Cars 2 in another universe? Damn

[@davidzea-smith1417]

This movie, more specifically my thoughts on this movie, have aged HORRIBLY. My new thoughts: The spy A-Plot would have worked better as a spinoff show and the racing B-Plot should have been most of the movie. Michael Caine was the best part.

[@dcb99filmz]

they got Fegelein himself, Thomas Kretchmann, to play Professor Zündapp

[@chaoticartistz1260]

so the main reason why it veered so far from lightning mcqueen was because his voice actor, owen wilson, attempted suicide, and wasn’t sure if he was gonna be voice acting anymore. so this movie was basically written to mostly focus on mator, so owen wilson wouldn’t have to voice act the whole movie, and if they needed to replace the voice actor, it wouldn’t impact the movie as much

[@Ralph-The-Otter3-ng7lx]

Really? That's interesting to know

[@indomitablehumanspirit8542]

The Danganronpa music during the Hunt a Killer promo had me jamming so hard

[@explodingegg123]

i literally just remembered that was danganronpa music. thank you random commenter :)

[@JamesCultOfficial]

yes

[@naushadedwin9567]

a bOdY hAS bEeN dIsCOvErEd--

[@explodingegg123]

@@naushadedwin9567 meat on the bone

[@naushadedwin9567]

@@explodingegg123 "the meat bone on"

[@maplemoths.]

I unironically like cars 2, it might be very offtrack but I like it. It could be my nostalgia blindfolding me because I used to love this movie

[@LuigiMan2401]

18:12 Top three haters of fire works: 1. War veterans 2. Dogs 3. KZbinrs when they are in the middle of recording

[@sofiathefirst8329]

I never thought this movie was bad, just that it belonged in a different series. I loved the spy aspects and the memeable qualities of it, it just was nowhere near as good as the first Cars.

[@kieranstark7213]

Exactly what I think about the Cars trilogy. While Cars 1 & 3 can be enjoyed unironically, Cars 2 can be enjoyed more as a fast-paced spy action journey than as a movie that has the complexity of other Pixar films in terms of storytelling.

[@_hyunxjae]

@@kieranstark7213 Ngl I really hate the third one 😭 if we just focus on Lightning’s plotline then we basically just have a movie on the start and end of his career. Sure we got his peak in the world Grand Prix but we could’ve fit so much more plot before the third movie :(

[@elvenalonly]

I actually kinda liked the movie. Don't get me wrong, it was bad in almost every single way possible, but it was also dark. I remember I was stunned by the view of car's corpses in the film (crushed car, exploded car, etc). Like, yeah.. they're cars, but in that world, they were alive. Imagine seeing a grinded human flesh.

[@jaxsterminator8634]

IT WASNT BAD

[@elvenalonly]

@@jaxsterminator8634 ok then

[@Ephlesss]

yeah it wasnt bad, its just a different formula

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

@@Ephlesss It was bad. I am tired of people saying, “oh you don’t like it, because it was different”. No, because it was a terribly written movie with such a generic plot that felt like it was made by Illumination.

[@Ephlesss]

@@captainhowlerwilson508 ur opinion is trash

[@frederiknissens5502]

Cars 2 >> cars 3

[@SolisFactor]

"Sometimes they're not always a winner." *Proceeds to play a clip of Soul, implying that it isn't one of the better Pixar movies*

[@Elec.Balloon]

@Jenifer's🍎____________💋 .-.

[@toadchannel9619]

I loved soul

[@selalewow]

Soul was okay but not a repeatedly watchable movie. Kind of like Up was good but you don't go watch it again right away.

[@xanderguyer7512]

Yeah, it definitely doesn't belong in the "bad" category. I liked Soul, but I really loved the first 15 minutes. Seriously, maybe it's my adult brain, but the grounded story was amazing. Whenever the movie was set in NYC, it really shined for me. The abstract parts, in the afterlife, just didn't hit the same for me. And, I love the idea of an abstract journey through the afterlife! I think I wasn't ready for my Ratatouille vibes to leave so quickly.

[@colmlooney5843]

@@selalewow can you name a single movie that you would rewatch "right away". I doubt it.

[@davido0473]

As a kid I actually really enjoyed Cars 2. I still think it's a pretty decent film, it just sucks as a sequel since it has pretty much 0% correlation to the first film.

[@ironboiyt]

Yeah it's literally just a mater tall tales movie which is fine but the lore gets thrown away in this film and it has no correlation to the first film like you said.

[@ironboiyt]

Cars 3 = Cars 2 Cars 2 = A mater tall tales movie

[@Infinitecharisma]

Cars : haha funny race Cars 2 : James bond car Cars 3 : *depression*

[@Bottomgear5780]

Cars 1: A good movie and nostalgic Cars 2: Nostalgic but not a good movie Cars 3: A good movie but not nostalgic (unless it's calling back to the first movie) Overall this franchise is still one of my childhood favourites and biggest guilty pleasures!!

[@rmn070]

That’s exactly how I feel. 😂

[@DerpyPossum]

my thoughts exactly

[@explodingegg123]

i used to watch cars 1 RELIGIOUSLY when i was a youngin. i honestly still think it's a good film. and i was born two years after the original cars. yet i still watched it when i was little.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Same here. Me and my dad bonded a lot with these films. Even as an adult, I still have a special connection to these films out of nostalgia and happy memories with my dad.

[@rmn070]

@@explodingegg123 Same with me. Except I’m a year older than you.

[@MJCam1130]

Francesco’s “WhAt iS hApPeNinG??” line perfectly summarizes this entire movie.

[@jw_lkr]

the only thing i could think about when i first saw this movie was “if there’s a car pope, does that mean that there was a car jesus that died for our car sins?”

[@meganhash7840]

I mean, if there was a "for the love of Chrysler" joke in the first movie...

[@ukog581]

Now im imagining God is just a Giant manufacturing factory in the sky

[@Evanxbdlt]

Theres gotta be a car hitler

[@KC_Garcia]

​@@ukog581 "Let there be headlights"

[@ukog581]

@@KC_Garcia "So Henry Ford so loved the world he gave his only custom made wagon"

[@SodorTrain1225]

I actually find Cars 2 to be a great movie.

[@xgaming125g]

I don't. I don't care how much nostoligia I have for it. It's trash.

[@spongebobfanboi]

I agree

[@CapricornEquestrian]

Yeah it was a good movie.

[@guillhermio.merencio4273]

No, it's not

[@CapricornEquestrian]

@@guillhermio.merencio4273 yes it is.

[@sussyamongus3470]

The only reason people think it’s terrible is because everyone on twitter is freaking out about how they saw a gun in a movie

[@ey3z4ya]

No, it's because the plot and writing are terrible and take a s**t on everything built up in the first movie

[@daktylowski7324]

I cannot possibly hate this movie. It was my entire childhood.

[@willian2848]

S A M E

[@Nebula6874]

I personally like it because its absurd

[@stevenkojack]

I’m sorry but I absolutely love this movie. As a kid it was fun and exciting. Also my brother and I would play Cars 2 the video game on our X-box 360 for days after days. I still play it cause it was such a good game. I don’t care, this move will always have a place in my heart.

[@tomoftom]

I like cars 2 also. I use to play the game on my wii.

[@xgaming125g]

So you're blinded by nostoligia. You're no different than everyone else who loves Cars 2. You sort of people's arguments are that you enjoyed it as a kid. That's literally your entire argument. That's not a valid argument. You can't argue that you like the film and bring "I liked it as a kid" to the table.

[@stevenkojack]

@@xgaming125g First off, you can critic a film and tell me everything that’s wrong with it, but like art, everyone enjoys things differently. I never said the movie was perfect, I said I enjoyed it. Those are two different things. Ofc it’s not Pixar’s best, but when it comes to the memories and nostalgia, yes I’ma say this movie was one and still is one of my favorites. Sorry that you didn’t have the same opinion as me, wow what a world.

[@rmn070]

I got the video game on the Nintendo 3DS for my birthday the year this film came out (still have it now). My birthday cake was Lightning McQueen, I got a bunch of the die cast, I got the Blu Ray (along with the first film). Mate, those were great times.

[@_yoshivolts_115]

Same here, that game was so fun that we found ourselves redownloading it on our Xbox one after it was added to backwards compatibility and we still had so much fun

[@techandunbox_]

Man i just loved this movie All the action, the making , and the music It's just perfect Don't know why some people don't like the movie

[@zastaroth669]

Fun Fact: The yellow car at 5:08 is a corvette race car that was based on the #4 in the IMSA GTD sports car series. His number (24) and name (Jeff Gorvette), however, are a reference to 4-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon (who also voiced the character).

[@f1david995]

Plus, Lewis Hamilton in the black #2 Mclaren 12C GT3 car. He was one time world chsmpion at that time though.

[@blake2521]

Notice whenever a studio gets acquired by a company a bunch of sequels get pulled out. Basically what’s happening with dreamworks.

[@brenlc1412]

9:45 In ‘Cars 3’ that same dent on Mater’s side is gone. Pixar’s small way of saying “Cars 2 isn’t canon”.

[@teenageapple3788]

But McQueen still has his working head/tail lights and Gorvette is there in the Florida 500 AND he knows him like a friend

[@brenlc1412]

@@teenageapple3788 The Corvette cameo isn’t concrete proof it happened, and you can handwave away the headlights by saying he got upgraded between films.

[@markerikson7423]

I know that it's terrible but I can't see myself hating this movie. also "Is the popemobile catholic?" meaning that there's a popemobilemobile

[@hantehsanyall]

Hell, we see the Popemobile IN THE MOVIE.

[@markerikson7423]

@@hantehsanyall and he's riding the bile-bile

[@buzzytrombone4353]

It was always my favourite of the three films when I was a kid, and it still is as an adult because It has a moral, that moral being that social anxiety is a thing to avoid, but social embarrassment is a thing to remember. And it's Mater who brings out that message as a character, and McQueen is given some complexity as a character because he learns how to balance fame with friendship, basically carrying out the lesson from the first movie and sticking the landing. The only thing I personally think would've brought it out further is if there was a scene at the beginning where they showed how Doc died in 2008, probably pushing McQueen to his limits in the race, acting as the opponent and his engine would blow up or something. It would've furthered McQueen's reason why he snaps at Mater in Japan. Finn and Holly I think are fine as well, they're charming enough to bring Mater out of his social shell.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@AbdulAzeem Shaikh To you

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@AbdulAzeem Shaikh To you

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@AbdulAzeem Shaikh Okay cool

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

Sorry, but I absolutely disagree on everything regarding the whole friendship stuff. I don’t know what exactly you mean, because they were always friends and McQueen just wanted Mater to be on his best behaviour, he didn’t want to shove him away. He was absolutely in his right to scold Mater for his actions. I don’t know what was complex about that. How am I supposed to feel bad for Mater, when he was constantly acting like an embarrassment to everyone in public whom never really laughed that much at him? I liked this movie as a younger teenager, even though I knew there was stuff wrong with it, but growing up, I absolutely hate it now. I think it teaches a terrible moral lesson that you should let someone do whatever they want even if it embarrasses everyone around you. Apparently, that is what McQueen was taught. They just drop the whole, ‘Mater is a fool’ thing by the end of the movie. Nostalgia just doesn’t fool me into enjoying crap like this.

[@PlaceHolder994]

When you realize this movie has a body count, you can't go back.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

This movie is still a Guilty Pleasure of mine

[@ItsameeSmashBrosHeffty]

Do you actually like it or ironically

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@ItsameeSmashBrosHeffty I actually like it.

[@ItsameeSmashBrosHeffty]

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 respectable

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@ItsameeSmashBrosHeffty Thanks

[@harrisoncora4259]

Why did that spy at the beginning give the tracker to Mater? What motivated him to do that? We never get an explanation as to why. It just feels a bit forced and a sign that they had no idea how to get Mater to be a part of the spy story.

[@roseanderson4982]

It's because, when Mater came out the toilet in Japan, he saw Acer and Grem (who were beating up Rod, the real American spy) and instantly recognised them as a Pacer and a Gremlin. Rod would have heard Mater talking and thought, "Ah, this guy knows his old cars - he'll probably get the code phrase about the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia right. And he's American to boot! Well, I'm gonna die pretty soon 'cause the Lemons have got me, but if I pass on my intel to this guy, maybe the Brits will catch him ... and he might just save the world." Admittedly, that's something I had to piece together for myself; the movie doesn't tell us outright. Perhaps there should have been a scene after Mater finally gets Holley and Finn to see that he's not really a spy, where they all wonder how Mater ended up with the tracker on him. Holley could put the pieces theory together and say that Rod clearly saw potential in Mater, and that would give Mater a confidence boost.

[@harrisoncora4259]

@@roseanderson4982 so he was trying to get someone inexperienced in the spy world potentially killed? What a real hero.

[@roseanderson4982]

@@harrisoncora4259 Well, we can't be too harsh on Rod. He was being beaten to a pulp. He probably wasn't thinking straight. Or maybe he knew all too well the risk of putting Mater in harm's way, but honestly thought the end (preventing the Lemons' scheme) justified the means.

[@nekonomicon2983]

I think he just didn't want a crucial bit of evidence to be taken away from him. Even if it meant planting it in a civilian. He probably just hoped his allies would notice and get the Intel from Mater and probably that would be the end of it. Though Mater ended up getting more involved then Rod expected because he was too dumb to notice Holly and Fin thought Mater was the spy and not a civilian.

[@harrisoncora4259]

@@nekonomicon2983 even then, I still feel like Mater getting involved was super contrived. How could Finn and Holley not see that he’s not a spy. Mater even tried explaining that he wasn’t.

[@Night_Star6248]

Ironically Cars 2 has the highest kill count of any Disney Pixar movie

[@norftrain]

I actually liked Cars 2, but not as a sequel. To me, it's a spinoff and nothing more. That's the main reason I think so many people despise it because it was portrayed as a sequel. So I think Cars 2 should be viewed as the spinoff it is, and just ignore its place in the main story, er- I mean what place in the main story? Edit: That was the most run-on paragraph I've ever typed.

[@rmn070]

Yeah, despite my love and nostalgia for this film, I have to agree with what the critics said about it. They intended to make a sequel, but it just doesn’t work. If it were something else, then nobody would hate it all that much.

[@nicholasharo858]

Please don’t get mad at me when I say I love cars 2 I love the music bro it’s the best the opening scene is so badass 😫

[@sm1purplmurderedme583]

same tbh

[@ne3856]

"Unfortunately for you, history won't see it that way"

[@ridzzz226]

ikr!!! that soundtrack is my favourite

[@xgaming125g]

And? Just because the soundtrack is cool isn't a strong argument to say you like the film. Your argument is weak and has fallen apart.

[@anthonymartensen3164]

Agreed. It's underrated.

[@SpiderYeen]

I recognize many a song from the background music. Glad to see you're a man of culture.

[@theamazinggamer111]

"The director kinda just...phoned it in for the sequel." Me: Doesn't everyone? HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@syxoed]

😐

[@superninja493]

I don’t get it

[@samuellasky7771]

I know it's been mentioned before, but being a "lemon" in the Cars universe is essentially the same as a physical handicap. The lemons basically just wanted minor accommodations for their handicap, like accessibility options or something, and they are cast as amoral villains deserving of being killed en masse because of it.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

It would be like setting a movie in India during the post-WW2 years and having Gandhi as the villain.

[@BADMAN121able]

16:23 The bigger problem with this is: Behind him is not that short of a fall but I guess the plot needs to end eventually

[@onyx46557]

Am I the only one who likes this movie? I just don't see a problem with it. I enjoy it. Better than the third one to me :P

[@LegoReader12345hello]

I agree with you too. I didn't really like the third one that much

[@fredericksaxton9782]

I mean I certainly like the second movie but I personally prefer the 3rd

[@gamerule18]

What? "Cars 2"? There is no such thing as a "Cars 2" Nor will ever be. There's a 3 tho. Weird that they skipped the second, but I have a feeling that if they, hypothetically that is, created such thing, the world would be a much, much worse place

[@bamaxdaws6459]

What do you mean? Cars 2 exists and it- wait- Who's that at my door?

[@blake2521]

Basically thankskilling.

[@Hamsterniki05]

10:13 How do cars.... have a mother? Does that mean cars...

[@tailstube4171]

They got the vroom vroom.

[@teenageapple3788]

Ever watched the movie Robots?

[@friedchickeniszesty]

OH NAW 😭

[@Wqtercolorsss]

Well im assuming that their parents build a car to sculpt into their child once theyre old enough or smth

[@TheMoonHut]

I think my biggest issue with this movie is just the bizarre tone swings it goes through and doesn't really try to make work into one cohesive piece. It's trying to be a slapstick but at the same time in the first ten minutes we see the equivalent of a mangled corpse onscreen and later there's a whole scene devoted to torturing a man until he catches fire and explodes.

[@HiyoriAroused]

Cars: The Video Game is the TRUE Cars 2. It has a brand new story that takes place a year after the movie and showed how Lightning McQueen won his first Piston Cup. Plus Cars hardly lore to begin with so you can squeeze all three THQ Games and they would snuggle nicely into the official canon. This movie is just a Mater's Tall Tales Movie that personally isn't that bad to me but I wouldn't call it Cars 2.

[@heyitspanos8004]

But.... hear me out, what about cars 2 the videogame?

[@HiyoriAroused]

@@heyitspanos8004 That game doesn't have a Story Mode so therefore, it doesn't count.

[@zrexy79s11]

@@HiyoriAroused Yeah, its just a racing game. I've played once and believe it or not its actually kinda good.

[@zrexy79s11]

@@Sonic2008CanalAntiguoAba-eo6ki Yep. That's not hard to do.

[@zrexy79s11]

@@Sonic2008CanalAntiguoAba-eo6ki No, Cars 2 in my opinion is so bad its good. Some of the 2000s Disney movies are worse, like Chicken Little and Home on The Range.

[@huggelion]

i want someone to remake cars 2 but with humans and see how fucked up the story is

[@odhranfee236]

You don't diss the absolute beauty that is cars 2. This film was my childhood

[@deliriousmusicality8840]

So sorry your childhood was garbage 💔🤭🤣 jkjk

[@MatDazNah2005]

@Jenifer's🍎____________💋 ¡¿why are you posting this to everyone that at least they enjoyed The movie!? If they hate It, okay, if they like it, i don't care. It's a good Pixar movie, ¡believe It!

[@thomasawl]

This movie could have really worked, just without lightning McQueen. Maybe Mater just decides to go on holiday and it’s one of those tall tales, or just to see lightning but then gets involved in the whole scandal plot thing.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

The movie would have been more bearable if they didn't have the Spy Cars be morons and just assume Mater is a Spy. Like have him go along of his own volition, maybe he gets rejected because he's a stupid hickmobile but he tags along until he gets caught - but they have to keep him along since by that point he could get captured and interrogated, exposing the Spy Cars.

[@Snowdragon37]

17:19 have you ever thought that rain can stop and water will still be on the ground

[@stinky9675]

Personally, I found Cars 2 to be my favorite in the series. I don't know what, but it was just so exciting to me as a kid

[@themisfunniesandstupid138]

Saying cars 2 is a terrible film is like saying the emoji movie is a great film

[@BTTFF67563]

5:50 *”This is our American spy, and he’s ded”*

[@mrCoolJoe]

I’ve always wondered, *How the hell did Lightning McQueen outpace a Formula 1 car, yet lose to Jackson Storm?*

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Because plot. Same reason Cruz can EASILY catch up to Storm despite it being her FIRST race.

[@BonesofSmite]

What’s cool is that the boat in the opening scene is voiced by Sig Hansen, who is known for being one of the captains on Deadliest Catch. His boat is the Northwestern, which happens to be the boat Flynn is on.

[@charperalta9489]

16:04 okay that pause gave me a chuckle

[@detectivehan5717]

when i was a kid, i didn't understand why mcqueen was mad at mater. But after Dazz explaining the mater-drifting-off (no pun intended) scene it explains why mcqueen was mad and he had every right to be mad at him.

[@TheFunkyMonke]

Fun Fact: The part where there is real drivers talking (5:13) was actually CHANGED in Brazil, like, TOTALLY changed, insted of the one that was planned for it, we Brazilians got the US version...Pixar you had 1 job

[@milesthepeacefulinkling286]

Man, The Queen as a 50's car sure has aged, this movie came out in 2011. She died last year.

[@MMumbles]

I always get mixed up and refer to Cars 3 as Cars 2. Probably because it's a more faithful sequel.

[@AstroDEV-m7x]

I’m just going to mention the underrated cars piece of media called “mater’s tall tales” it’s one of the BEST bits of cars media!

[@Scarletdex8299]

6:40 "YOOOOO... Holy shift he dead!!"

[@IncorrectHB]

I like all 3 movies honestly Finn is honestly my biggest problem with this movie. I can't suspend my disbelief that a trained professional spy would go that long truly believing that Mater was just pretending to act the way he did and that it was "the american way." Even worse that Holly (someone who had never been on the field) was immediately suspicious.

[@tinycandleman]

I love this movie, just because it's a nice goofy parody of your average spy movies. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and would 100% work better as a spinoff film, but it is an enjoyable watch.

[@ErraticPulse]

I just couldn't bring myself to hate Cars 2 because of the sheer amount of nostalgia I experience from it. Back then nothing was that important or serious, it was just a bunch of cars doing a James Bond movie and I loved it.

[@pugz01234]

Cars 2 was my favorite of the series 😂

[@Hump007]

Lmao same

[@icecreamhero2375]

Same

[@raininfinix3990]

@@Hump007 this movie was not bad at all, i just suck as a sequel

[@MidasSavon]

17:14😂😂😂

[@Xeorboom]

mine too

[@GammaGamesandReviews]

I remember being very fond of this movie and I see how it's weird but to me it'll have a special place in my heart