Cars in Cars 2

I went there with my kids last night too and loved the scene when Guido (Italian forklift) threw his impact wrench on the ground in disgust when he was trying to loosen the whitworth bolts.

Here is a list of the major characters in the new movie
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11 … _2-feature

Reason #500,221,003 that I love my godkid: his favorite movie is Cars.

Reason number 500,221,002 that I love my godkid: when we took him to the track, we couldn't tear him away from petting the tires and wheels.

I can't wait to take him to see Cars 2.

Just saw it!  Hilarious Lemons revenge on the world!

Ok, I'll be the sheltering, overprotective parent here (who also has a knack for pointing out the negatives in absolutely everything--- just ask my wife).

Saw it last night in 2D with our 3-1/2 year old car fanatic.

It was a fun, action packed movie but maybe there was just a little too much action for me. It was kinda like watching a Rambo movie on crack (the movie on crack, not the watcher) and there were a lot of gratuitous scenes that were, I suspect, for the 3D audience.

But my concerns weren't with that-- it was with the guns and killing. I didn't count, but I think they used the word "kill" or "killing" several dozen times. And there was an awful lot of violence for a G-rated film. Sure, it's cartoon violence, but in the age where they are editing out scenes from classic Road Runner cartoons, it came as a surprise to me.

Let's face it, the Cars audience is growing up and the age-"appropriety" has grown with it. The first Cars dealt with a bully (Chick Hicks), but Cars 2 deals with thugs who have weapons and who use them... a lot.

But I also feel that Toy Story 3 was a bit too dark for a 3-yr-old audience.

And perhaps that's the problem-- it's not with the movie, it's with the parent. If I were a good parent I would have pre-screened the film. But I'm not. I assumed the film was as kid-friendly as it's predecessor (but in hindsight we even had to skip past the "Frank the Combine" scene in Cars because it was a little too scary for our youngun after he reacted badly to it the first time).

And there again is the other problem. As a good parent, I probably shouldn't be putting our 3-yr-old in front of a video screen (movie, tv or computer) at all, especially a movie that is listed at 1h53min long.

Great movie, though. Just not for a little kid whom you want to shelter from gun-play for even just a few more months. I do look forward to seeing it again and again on dvd when it comes out so I can get more of the car references and get to more fully appreciate it, but I'll wait until my son is a bit older.

I saw it yesterday, too.  Yes, there were a lot of guns and perhaps it was a bit too intense for an average three tear old, but it did keep in line with the James Bond on wheels theme.

Keep in mind that vehicles were killed, not people or even animals.  The killing was less Bambi and Old Yeller than it was Cash for Clunkers.

No fair!  That's awesome!

Its funny, my fiance and I went to see the film and the guns, violence, etc didn't even occur to us as inappropriate.  HOWEVER, I can see where Spank is coming from.  Yes, they were cars, and not people, but they were anthromophized cars, which to a 3- year- old, are possibly not much different than people.

Cartoons seem to get away with a lot more than real life entertainment does.  Just look at the Fox Sunday night line up.  We've pretty much given up on it, except for an occassional Simpsons.  Still, I could see an argument for rating Cars 2 "PG".  The original was far less violent. 

I don't, however, have any problem with introducing children to the concept of winning vs. losing.  Unlike gattling guns, this is something that they're going to have to deal with in reality eventually, and this everybody wins/ everbody feels good crap society seems heck-bent on perpetrating on kids these days is hogwash.  Lemons doesn't give trophies for the "best try at being effluent", or the "really gave it a good shot at a heroic fix", or, "the team the people really kinda liked, sorta".  Someone wins, and everyone else doesn't.  Period.

Anyway, maybe the MPAA needs to revisit their ratings.  Maybe "Curious George" and "Cars ][" don't belong in the same rating.  Maybe Spank is right, and 3- year- olds don't need to be sat in front of a video screen for 2 hours.  (I can't see plunking down $20 for a pre-screening, though- that's what the ratings systems are for). 

I dunno.  I just liked seeing Zaphrozecs in a major motion picture.

Nice tribute to Paul Newman near the beginning as well.

Cars 2 is like a lot of things, either you "get it" or you don't.

I had exactly the same thoughts.  According to C/D, the Zandapp is like two BMW Isettas backed into each other.