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Anyway...now to the REAL reason why I created this journal...to rip Cars 2 a new exhaust pipe!

Anyone who has read my Summer Movie journal that I posted a few weeks ago already knows what I thought about Cars 2 in a nutshell, but now let me elaborate on it a little more. The idea of having a movie about talking cars and have it essentially be a spy-themed movie is one of the most asinine, ridiculous, and unimaginative ideas for a movie I've ever heard of. While the movie doesn't look terrible and I'm sure it has at least some entertainment value, the fact that the story is just plain STUPID makes me wonder why the fuck was this movie made...oh wait, I know exactly why, because Disney was seeing these---> $$$ (just like with the rest of their idiotic sequels to movies that didn't necessarily need them*). But this isn't what pisses me off the most.

The reason why I made this journal, instead of posting an updated review schedule is when I read Roger Ebert's review. Here is a guy who has been reviewing movies for 30+ years and has had a strong reputation at being amongst the best reviewers in the history of movie reviews, and he gives this movie 3.5 out of 4. This movie does not deserve 3.5 out of 4 stars...it probably doesn't even deserve 2 out of 4 stars (which, incidentally, is what he gave a certain movie that came out last year that I constantly bitched about that will remain nameless). As much as I hate to say this about one of the most beloved critics in history, it has to be done. Roger Ebert...it's time for you to retire. I'm sorry, but when you give a fuckdiculous** movie like THIS 2 out of 4 stars when it deserved half as many at best and then give Cars 2 three and a half stars when it deserves half as many, it seriously undermines whether or not I think that you're effective at your job anymore.

Anyway, now that I've gotten that out of me...let me summarize my feelings. In my honest opinion, I think Cars 2 is the WORST idea for anything involving cars since POWER RANGERS TURBO and even THAT atrocity had a better overall storyline than Cars 2 does. At least in Turbo, the cars weren't fucking spies and served the one and only purpose that cars should have. If you don't believe me, watch Linkara's review of Power Rangers Turbo and decide for yourself. Finally, I would also like to mention that I saw the original Cars in theaters and I liked that movie. I didn't find the idea of talking cars to be absurd in the slightest...especially considering the fact that Tex Avery is one of my favorite animation directors of all time (there's at least one cartoon of his that features talking cars). My dislike for the movie is based on how stupid I feel the premise for it is as well as the simple fact that this was a movie that did not have to be made. Cars =/= Toy Story in where Toy Story's sequels were completely validated and well thought out.

*chugs on a bottle of Jack Daniels to calm down*

OK...I'm done bitching about Cars 2 now. Now I'm gonna go watch a movie that DOESN'T have a stupid premise behind it, just a director who think he's "improving" upon a movie by updating it. Of course, I'm talking about the original Star Wars...which will be reviewed tomorrow (I promise).

*: this excludes Return of Jafar and Lion King 2 since both of those movies I felt had a valid reason for sequels and that in these cases, at least they were released on VHS (at the time anyway) instead of in theaters. It also excludes Rescuers Down Under since that movie had its own story to it while also maintaining some elements of the original.
**: Fucking Ridiculous, in case you're wondering what I said there.