Pixar puts a lot of effort into making a compelling story that engages the audience both on a comedic level and an emotional level, but when the studio decided to create a sequel to Cars 2, one of their lowest praised films, a lot of people started to scratch their heads. With good reason of course. The first film had a lot of heart, the whole idea of a dying town that was the life of what road trips were or how the generation has forgotten about route 66 was a novel idea. Throw in a little color and a dash of character growth and you got yourself a little nugget of a good movie. But perhaps the most damaging thing to come out of Cars was that it looked like a large Chevron with Techron commercial. The concept of talking cars isn’t anything new at all, but the problem with Cars was its concept only got half of the intended target audience and failed to grasp the older ones. With Cars 2, expect the older audience to fall asleep while the younger ones are at play. Hit the jump to read the full review. [Read more...]