Cars

[Gemini Cricket]

Ka-Chow!

I didn't see 'Doc Hollywood' either. But I knew the premise of the story just by watching the previews. I knew exactly what the film was going to be about.

Anyone catch these things:

-Lightyear Tires
-The car parts in the scenery
-One of the racecars being called 'Jr' (voiced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
-The Rusteeze Brothers are Click and Clack from NPR

And Guido reminded me a lot of the cleaner shrimp in 'Nemo' but Italian.

I wish The King character was built up a little more to give the ending more oomph.

And what is that organic gas McQueen buys from George Carlin's character at the end? Hmmm?

The tire selling trucks spoke Italian a couple of times in the movie and apparently whatever they said was pretty funny. A lot of people in my theatre understood Italian...

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Ka-Chow!


Anyone catch these things:

-The Rusteeze Brothers are Click and Clack from NPR

Oh great! I'm a big Car Talk fan! Yay for Tom & Ray!

I'm seeing Cars this afternoon and am soclooking forward to it!

[Kevy Baby]

I heard this on the radio the other day and just confirmed it (at least as much as I had patience to...):

Who is the only person to be a voice in all seven major Pixar releases?

Spoiler:

John Ratzenberger

[wendybeth]

Hey! I called that, even before I looked at the spoiler! Norm the Mailman was such a great character........

[Alex]

According to the common names search at IMDb,

John Ratzenberger and Joe Ranft both have voice parts in all seven movies. For three of them, however, he is just one of the credited "Additional Voices." His streak is now over, however, since he died last year in a car accident (there is a tribute to him during the credits of Cars).

Andrew Stanton has voice credits in six of the seven movies, lacking Monsters, Inc.

[cirquelover]

My son was asking who Joe Ranft was, thanks Alex for answering that question for us.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

My son was asking who Joe Ranft was, thanks Alex for answering that question for us.

He was much more than just a minor voice actor for Pixar. He just kind of fell into that. He is credited as a co-director of Cars and had done a lot of the early story work. If he hadn't died unexpectedly he would eventually have been given a shot at directing his own movie.

[Gemini Cricket]

$62.8 Mil for 'Cars' this weekend.

[Snowflake]

Okay, I LOVED Cars.

I'm not a Nascar person at all, but I got a good many of the references (to reveal how ancient I am, I remember the days of ABC sports and AJ Foyt racing along side Richard Petty and Mario Andretti) I recognized #43 immediately.

I was charmed by the characters, but it did take me a while to warm to Lightening.

It was the animation that so totally blew me out of the water. All the little details. In one sequence when Lightening was talking with Mater in front of Flos and in the back ground was Flo, far back, but her eyes were moving. Little things like that were just amazingly good.

The water was so realistinc in spots and the scenary, well, sometimes it was really hard to believe this was animated. A gorgeous film to look at, it was so beautifully done.

I do want to see it again and am looking foreward to seeing it at home on DVD so I can really appreciate all the little things I missed (and get the joke in Italian with the Ferraris with the subtitles on).

My hat goes off to Pixar, this may not be my favorite, but it's right up there.

Incredibles
Cars
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
Toy Story 1
Toy Story 2
A Bugs Life

I enjoyed One Man Band,but the audience I was with gave it a big ho hum, and practically ran from the theatre once the end credits started rolling.

Spoiler:

Loved all the cameos!

Edited to add:

Spoiler:

And I teared up at the end when he pushed The King across the finish line, I'm such a softie

This slowed down a bit in the middle, but overall, I was not bored, but I do realize I kept taking myself out of the movie admiring the animation and scenary in the slow spots. It was a loving tribute to Route 66, all that charm and roadside attractions were captured beautifully.

Made me laugh out loud to hear Tom & Ray say "Don't Drive Like My Brother."

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

(...I remember the days of ABC sports and AJ Foyt racing along side Richard Petty and Mario Andretti)

Better get your memory checked: AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti raced Indy cars (think very low, open wheel racing) while Richard Petty was strictly Stock Cars (think Nascar).

Whilst they may have competed in a IROC competition, you would not have normally seen Richard in a race against the other two.