Disney Pixar's Cars

Post by **Meg** » June 5th, 2006, 2:56 pm

Just checked RottenTomatoes - it's squeaked up to a 90%.

Pixar is starting to get ridiculous - seriously, when are these guys going to make a bad movie for once?

Post by **Dacey** » June 5th, 2006, 4:37 pm

How many reviews does it have so far?

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 5th, 2006, 4:38 pm

Here's an interesting article by Jim Hill about this subject:

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/ ... /2738.aspx

There is A LOT riding on Cars.

How many reviews does it have so far?

Eleven, by my count.

Variety was a thumbs-down.

Overall the reaction is quite positive, however, if not "this movie will live on for generations" positive.

Post by **Dacey** » June 5th, 2006, 4:44 pm

Oh, Jim, give me a break!

"Cars" will be seen as a blockbuster if it breaks $60M on its opening. It doesn't have to make $75M or more! Honestly.

Post by **Meg** » June 5th, 2006, 5:08 pm

WOOF! Lord, I think it's gonna do good but geeze, not that good!

Post by **Dacey** » June 5th, 2006, 5:47 pm

We'll see what happens.

Post by **animated_guy** » June 5th, 2006, 10:25 pm

wow. jim hill. very nice article. kinda pushing it though...
80 million?
kinda high for this dont you think?
im pretty sure that cars will do excellent.
here is what proof i have collected so far.
1. They have the disney power house behind them ('nuff said)
2. the promotion is huge.
3. the have the disney power house behind them

well i know that fo-sho i will be at the movie theaters on friday and on sunday that weekend seeing it once with my friends and another time with the family.
~a-G

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 5th, 2006, 11:19 pm

I found the article "Pixar's magic man" to be quite interesting in that Lassetter mentions that very shortly after Iger's appointment, Iger was already reaching out to Pixar & Co., and was invited to Lassetter's home for dinner, etc...

http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/news/co ... topstories

Yet later that summer Roy Disney and Stanley Gold launched their "lawsuit" or whatever it was, ostentibly for the purpose of ousting Iger because "the fix was in."

So does this mean that Roy was never really on the same page as Pixar?

So what is his relationship with Disney/Pixar right now? Now that the Pixar people run Feature Animation, is it back to his old job as Head of Feature Animation?

Post by **Meg** » June 6th, 2006, 7:36 am

Now Garfield 2 has been moved up to June 16th - more compitition!

Oh yeah and

http://www.o-meon.com/pages/columns/col_06-06-06.html

Post by **Macaluso** » June 6th, 2006, 11:39 am

Garfield 2 as competition don't make me loff

I can't wait for this movie. Me and a bunch of friends are going opening day to see it.

Post by **Dacey** » June 6th, 2006, 4:59 pm

Comingsoon.net has three reviews up for the film:

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=6796

Most of them say that the movie is too long. Interesting.

Post by **animated_guy** » June 6th, 2006, 9:20 pm

ya i agree garfeild should be no competition at all.
~a-G

too bad they wasted all that money and made a sequal to a movie that didnt need to be made in the first place.

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 7th, 2006, 11:29 am

It's 81% on RT now. (which is kinda unfair since they posted the same negative review twice.)

Even though I'm kind of "meh" about the plot (c'mon, a villain, maybe...?)
I loooooove those backgrounds. I took a class about literature and film of the American West (we even talked about Route 66 in particular) so I'm really up for this film.

ya i agree garfeild should be no competition at all.

I actually thought Garfield looked cute, but maybe that was because the trailer right before it was Barnyard.

Post by **Meg** » June 7th, 2006, 11:51 am

(which is kinda unfair since they posted the same negative review twice.)

Uh oh, I hope they fix that.

(c'mon, a villain, maybe...?)

Not all stories are meant to have villains.

Post by **Dacey** » June 7th, 2006, 12:58 pm

There is a villain in "Cars". A racer voiced by Michael Keaton. He's called Chick or something.