By the end of this movie, people will wonder why the rest of the movie even exists. The story and plot for the third movie in this series seems relatively unfinished, as if the story line should have been split into two different movies. The story doesn't know what it wants to be, and this becomes very apparent during the film's climax and resolution.
The trailers for "Cars 3" showed that the story was going to take place much later in Lightning McQueen's career, and it does. One of the things this movie does really well is showing the passing of time with the idea that technology only becomes bigger, faster, and stronger than the past technological advances. Lightning McQueen was the best in his time, but now the future has caught up with him, making one of the fastest racers in this story line officially outdated. This, however, doesn't become the major plot when a new character is introduced; Cruz Ramirez.
When this character comes into play, it's very visible to see that this is no longer Lightning McQueen's story, for she desperately wants to be one of the greatest racers of her time, just like Lightning McQueen was during his golden days. This shift in the story conflicts with the Lightning McQueen vs. Jackson Storm story plot, eventually making that rivalry completely pointless at the end of this film.
Lightning McQueen steps down from his racing place and sets in Cruz to take his spot during the final race with Jackson Storm, which is where the movie falls flat on it's face. By erasing the rivalry between Lightning McQueen and Jackson Storm, the whole movie is basically rendered as pointless. There is no purpose for this film by having Cruz take up the mantle for Lightning McQueen, and as I said before, this is where the two story lines become one giant mess. Cruz beats Jackson Storm and Lightning McQueen is still allowed to coach Cruz into being a great racer.
As for the characters in this movie, the original cast is not really near Lightning too much in this film, kind of rendering them to be pointless as well. They're there at some points, but not enough to make them important in any sort of way, which makes them a huge waste of screen time when they appear within a scene. Jackson isn't developed and is barely even in the movie at all except for the first race, parts where they mention him beating his old speed records, and also the final race at the end of the movie. The only characters that are a little bit more developed are Cruz and Lightning McQueen. Every other character is just shoehorned into the movie to advance through the story.
Overall, this movie might be great for kids or it might put them to sleep. It's a 50/50 shot with this movie because it's not like the story was dragging, it just had uninteresting characters. As for the fans of the first Cars movie, they'll find that Cars 3 was better than the second entry, but nowhere near as good as the first one. Definitely save your money on this one and wait for the cheaper DVD release.
The trailers for "Cars 3" showed that the story was going to take place much later in Lightning McQueen's career, and it does. One of the things this movie does really well is showing the passing of time with the idea that technology only becomes bigger, faster, and stronger than the past technological advances. Lightning McQueen was the best in his time, but now the future has caught up with him, making one of the fastest racers in this story line officially outdated. This, however, doesn't become the major plot when a new character is introduced; Cruz Ramirez.
When this character comes into play, it's very visible to see that this is no longer Lightning McQueen's story, for she desperately wants to be one of the greatest racers of her time, just like Lightning McQueen was during his golden days. This shift in the story conflicts with the Lightning McQueen vs. Jackson Storm story plot, eventually making that rivalry completely pointless at the end of this film.
Lightning McQueen steps down from his racing place and sets in Cruz to take his spot during the final race with Jackson Storm, which is where the movie falls flat on it's face. By erasing the rivalry between Lightning McQueen and Jackson Storm, the whole movie is basically rendered as pointless. There is no purpose for this film by having Cruz take up the mantle for Lightning McQueen, and as I said before, this is where the two story lines become one giant mess. Cruz beats Jackson Storm and Lightning McQueen is still allowed to coach Cruz into being a great racer.
As for the characters in this movie, the original cast is not really near Lightning too much in this film, kind of rendering them to be pointless as well. They're there at some points, but not enough to make them important in any sort of way, which makes them a huge waste of screen time when they appear within a scene. Jackson isn't developed and is barely even in the movie at all except for the first race, parts where they mention him beating his old speed records, and also the final race at the end of the movie. The only characters that are a little bit more developed are Cruz and Lightning McQueen. Every other character is just shoehorned into the movie to advance through the story.
Overall, this movie might be great for kids or it might put them to sleep. It's a 50/50 shot with this movie because it's not like the story was dragging, it just had uninteresting characters. As for the fans of the first Cars movie, they'll find that Cars 3 was better than the second entry, but nowhere near as good as the first one. Definitely save your money on this one and wait for the cheaper DVD release.