I didn't hate Cars. It was just too formulaic, I felt as if I'd seen it a dozen times. But, it was sweet and I enjoyed watching it. I saw it again on DVD, and feel no need to ever see it again. It is possibly the only Pixar film I do not own in my home library.
That said, I'm thrilled they're making rides and attractions based on it, to be installed in a new land at that better-looking, but still completely crappy park next to Disneyland. Sometimes the worst movies make the best spin-off entertainments. Case in point: The Lion King was a thousand times better as a parade than a movie, and ten times better as a stage show than a movie. The original movie was its worst incarnation. (Yes, I know, big hit film. It sucked.)
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