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re: in retrospect, Cars is not the shitshow the MTV Board argues

Posted on 10/7/15 at 4:19 pm to
Posted by TeddyPadillac
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 4:19 pm to
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I appreciate you joining the board Larry. Let me be the first to say Welcome!



as i've stated many times, I am not a fan of him, and the thought that someone might not like the movie just b/c of him didn't enter my head until we started discussing this movie in this thread.
I think about how some of my friends make fun of one of my friends who loves Larry the Cable Guy. Adn i know the reason they dont' like him and make fun of him, even though they've never heard one of his shows, is b/c they associate white trash redneck with him.

It's funny how the movie is trying to get across that just b/c Mater talks funny and looks cheap and dingy, doesn't mean he's not a good guy or a good friend, yet some of you adults are doing exactly what this movie is trying to show kids not to do. It's rather ironic.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 4:24 pm to
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as i've stated many times, I am not a fan of him, and the thought that someone might not like the movie just b/c of him didn't enter my head until we started discussing this movie in this thread.
I think about how some of my friends make fun of one of my friends who loves Larry the Cable Guy. Adn i know the reason they dont' like him and make fun of him, even though they've never heard one of his shows, is b/c they associate white trash redneck with him.




We've given you a bevy of examples of why the film is not good. You just keep telling us we don't like Mater. Literally. And I've said the story is ok, and I've said that although Mater is a slight problem, I don't really have a problem with him in the first movie. I do, however and ridiculously so admittedly, have a problem with Cow Cars and Human Cars and their inane existence in the same world. It makes no sense and that has absolutely nothing to do with Larry the Cable guy. None. Who I also admit, has some funny jokes.

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It's funny how the movie is trying to get across that just b/c Mater talks funny and looks cheap and dingy, doesn't mean he's not a good guy or a good friend, yet some of you adults are doing exactly what this movie is trying to show kids not to do. It's rather ironic.


I'm not judging Cars because of Mater's presentation, I'm judging Cars for it's worldbuilding. And yes world building is important in kids movies.
Posted by Indigold
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 4:31 pm to
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yet some of you adults are doing exactly what this movie is trying to show kids not to do. It's rather ironic.

That's another thing I forgot to address. The moral of the story is basically that we should take life a little slower. One line in the movie pretty much outright says that when talking about Route 66, "Cars didn’t drive on it to make great time, but to have a great time."

This is a fricking movie about cars, the high-powered, engineering marvels that have completely changed our world over the last century, and instead of showing their high paced abilities, the movie pretty much tells us to slow down and enjoy life. That's a great message, but I could probably come up with a few plots that are more relevant to cars than this.
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