"Cars sucks." - A Pixar Thread

[osmosisch]

The only thing I really liked about Incredibles 2 was the way that its first scene is just straight up the last one from the first film. The villain's motivation is stupid, their plan is stupid, none of the characters come off well and there's really nothing new or interesting in there.

 

I guess it says a lot about me that I was most annoyed by the fact that they make much of a cool electric bike - only to have it make petrol engine sounds when it's driving around.

[Merus]

My test for a bad film is whether, while I'm watching it, I'm distracted by thoughts inspired by things the movie gestures as but lead to greener pastures than the movie itself. I've seen Avatar twice, once in cinemas and once at a movie marathon that was about extremely pretty but idiotic movies, and both times my attention wandered. My attention wandered during Incredibles 2 to 'what if Screensaver but actually had a point'.

[osmosisch]

It also didn't help that I came across and read this article while waiting for the movie to start.

[Ben X]

Oh yeah, same. I'll be a lot happier once Pixar films without Lasseter's name on them start appearing. Here's the longer essay that article was based on, which is even tougher to read (content warning for sexual abuse and harrassment): https://medium.com/@cassandraanns/pixars-sexist-boys-club-9d621567fdc9