Most of the negative reviews right now are from hipster magazines that hate the concept of sequels. More mainstream critics will be nicer to it.
Also, critics and animated films don't always go together. They trashed Legend of the Guardians simply because it wasn't a comedy.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/Wow, Disney is sure merchandising the hell outta this one. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Cars 2 the flamethrower.
YOU! OBEY THE FIST!
Yeah, I've never seen merchandise for any other Pixar film like I have for Cars. More than Toy Story, even.
I saw it coming, not surprised but somewhat disappointed. I'm not soo upset, I'm still going to see it sometime in theaters, it's Pixar, I have to see it.
It'll probably go a lot lower too, most of the time the early reviews are the most positive and it just goes down hill from there once more and more critics watch the movie.
edited 21st Jun '11 7:08:15 PM by HidingGames
Cars came out in 2006, which is a lifetime ago in little-kid-years, and the store I used to work for moved TONS of Cars merchandise. For some reason that movie really sank its hooks into the brains of small children. I'm certain this is 99.9% of the reason they made a sequel, and with the money they make from the new movie's merch Pixar will buy the moon.
Yeah, Cars was always a Merch heavy movie-thing to begin with.
edited 21st Jun '11 7:44:32 PM by shadowgirl_13_chaos
YOU! OBEY THE FIST!Of course, 59% is slightly more than "select."
I think the reason Cars resonated so much with little kids in terms of merch is because it's like little toy cars (which are always popular), but with the added bonus of them being action figures too, because the cars have personalities and talk.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaBaronof Barons: Pfft, like bad reviews will stop Cars 2 from making an assload of money. Carsland will be just fine in 2012.
Well, I'm glad to have a Mater story. So I now give it a 300000% rating on my personal review site to counter balance the Rotten Tomatoes reviews.
So you can see it in confidence.
Seriously, I don't understand people who put any credence to reviews. Going to a movie theater, I know I'm getting ripped off regardless of the quality of the movie.
I said any credence. That applies in the individual and the aggregate.
edited 22nd Jun '11 10:52:46 AM by blueharp

So it comes out soon.
And...it has a 59% or so on Rotten Tomatoes.
What.