Planes - Movie Forum - Rotten Tomatoes

Nobody likes Cars or Cars 2? That's really exaggerating things. Cars was actually pretty well loved both by critics and audiences. It just wasn't universally acclaimed like most other Pixar movies. Cars 2 - well, not so much, but even it has its share of fans.

Personally, I think Cars is a little underrated. It sold so much merchandise that it's easy to think of it as merely a cash cow for the studio, but the film itself I thought was a fond look at old town life with a strong theme of learning to slow down and appreciate the finer things in life. As for Cars 2, I don't think it's as bad as its reviews. It's way better than similarly rated films such as Chicken Little and Shark Tale. I thought it was well made but so emotionally hallow that it's easily the weakest film for Pixar.

Planes, don't care about it. It doesn't seem like Toon Disney is going to stop with their mediocre sequels and spinoff, but at least it's not impacting the films of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios.

Aug 11 - 01:41 PM

Unfortunately, as long as kids continue to spend their money on all of this vehicle shit, it doesn't seem like it's going to happen (heck, Paramount already has that Monster Trucks movie in works).

And, until someone gets Bird's lazy-ass to work on a sequel to Incredibles (the ONLY Pixar film that deserves & needs a sequel), it won't be happening, because Pixar is too busy with Finding Derpy.

Aug 10 - 03:50 PM

Wait, so just because Brad Bird doesn't want to make a quick cash-grab sequel and wait until he can find the right story that makes him lazy?

Aug 11 - 03:43 AM

How does a sequel to a movie that deserves it make it a cash grab? Sure there's others but Incredibles sequel would not be a cash grab.

Aug 11 - 02:46 PM

I'm simply saying that what Brad Bird is doing isn't laziness. He's just waiting until he can find the right story. It's good that he's taking his time and isn't rushing things just because a lot of people want a sequel. If he does find a good story then I look forward to seeing it, if he doesn't well then it's best to leave Incredibles alone.

Aug 11 - 03:43 PM

Ariel Facey

WELL I LOVE CARS! It was amazing any one that hates it just hates fun and good story telling.

Aug 9 - 11:47 PM

anders peter

Movie was crap

Aug 10 - 08:22 AM

Good storytelling?! HA! It's a rip-off of Doc Hollywood (and poorly done) that only lobotomized adults & dim-witted kids would like.

And "fun and good storytelling" comes from companies like Ghibli.

Aug 10 - 03:46 PM

It's her opinion. Stop being such an ass to people who like Pixar beccause you can't let go of the past.

Aug 10 - 04:37 PM

Sorry, not a fan of shit.

Aug 11 - 03:18 AM

Don't you know? Frisby's opinion is fact.

Aug 11 - 03:45 AM

Oh yeah. I saw her arguing with you and the other guy on the Avatar front page thing. She just loves picking fights.

Aug 11 - 09:47 AM

I don't pick fights. The fact that they replied to what I said is a different situation (not to mention that the other idiot frankly asks for it).

And I have a dick,thank you very much.

Aug 11 - 02:47 PM

Sorry that I can't see your gender through a computer screen. And no, you're basically telling him that his opinion is wrong. You're also calling him a lobotomized adult or a dim-witted kid. If this guy was a regular user, you'd have a fight.

Aug 12 - 06:24 AM

Eoghan Christie

It also borrows elements from Days of Thunder.

Sep 4 - 05:17 AM

Matthew Blasch

COME ON PARENTS OF THE WORLD, YOUR KIDS DESERVE MUCH BETTER!!!!

Aug 9 - 11:28 AM

Scott Giorgianni

Pixar made back-to-back beautiful films with "Monsters Inc." and "Finding Nemo." They did almost as well with "Ratatouille" and "Wall-E". But ever since Disney got into bed with Pixar, you can see how the mantra has changed. I enjoyed "Monsters University" but you could see how even that was watered down to fit the Disney formula. Now the Mouse House is taking a lame character to start with (those in the "Cars" movies") and force-feeding cliches and tired kids' movies formulas ("believe in yourself!", "follow your dreams!", "there's a sexy and sassy girl character that makes the boy character stammer and go ga-ga!") down the proverbial throat, all in the name of money and nothing else. Have I seen it? No. The previews (and critics' reviews) have told me all I need to know. Enough already!!

Aug 9 - 11:18 AM

Amairani Cervantes

I have to tell you that Disney has been with Pixar since toy story 1 so more than Disney been killing it. Think is more as a ego problem at Pixar or maybe they are just fighting with the people that can do better stories I mean they had a story about 2 blue reptiles that was the last pair of their species so they should be together and save its raze but the project was canceled and that's the exact same plot of rio the difference is those are birds( and the movie is pretty good I think). I don't know maybe my conjecture is wrong

Aug 26 - 01:16 AM

Alivia Smith

I remember seeing cars when I was like 12 it was extremely boring and it only served to get my mind off of boredom

Aug 8 - 11:55 AM

Ja Ral

I guess Call of Duty was better?

Aug 10 - 01:40 PM

Jacob Stevenson

I liked Cars. No it wasn't Pixar's finest film in what seems to be the Golden Age of Pixar movies, but it was still solid. Cars 2 was the studio's first true flop, but I guess Disney thinks they can still make a nice chunk of change from a Planes movie.

Aug 8 - 08:04 AM

Amairani Cervantes

Totally agree with you

Aug 26 - 01:17 AM

Jaime Lannister

Parents no doubt wanting 90 minutes of distraction for their kids will pay money for this crap, thereby encouraging a Planes 2... *shudders*

I gotta say that "Cars" was pretty good, don't know what the hate is there. The second one was ghastly though, no doubt there...

Aug 7 - 01:32 PM

Chris Etrata

Even if that's not the case, Planes 2 is wrapping up production as I type this.

Aug 7 - 06:07 PM

Kenneth Elliott

Your comment is the most depressing piece of news I've heard all year...

Aug 8 - 06:36 PM

Pathetic.

Aug 10 - 01:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNGXsgLRkXU

Aug 5 - 10:57 AM

Tory Lee

^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^

Aug 7 - 09:41 AM

Jordan Brown

Cars was amazing, but for me Cars 2 was a wtf moment and then I saw a commercial for planes and I was like...I may buy this dvd, then I saw COMING SOON TO THEATERS and proceeded to burn my theater down. It may be good but no way will I see it, and WTF is it rated PG for? Come on now Disney.

Aug 3 - 11:58 PM

Caleb Houston

if you dont want to see it then dont see it. Dont talk crap about it. I saw it tonight, its a good movie.

Aug 2 - 08:00 PM

anders peter

looks like shit to me

Aug 2 - 11:29 PM

Lee Augustus

I'm not seeing it, and I can say what ever the fuck I want.

Aug 7 - 05:34 PM

Too generic. I am ashamed that the Pixar logo is present. Someone who is way too out of touch with what made Pixar films sell well is now calling the shots and missing the hoop by whole yards.

Aug 10 - 01:18 PM

clinton engelberger

It hasn't even come out yet if u posted it on aug 2

Sep 10 - 05:45 PM

I like both Cars and Cars 2, although I think I'll give this a rental instead.

Jul 30 - 06:13 PM

Well, just look at your fucking name.

Aug 1 - 06:43 PM

That doesn't mean I like everything animated.

Aug 2 - 04:06 PM

anders peter

you like cars. thats all i needed to hear

Aug 2 - 11:29 PM

A name has nothing to do with whether or not someone likes something, anders. I have a stormtrooper as my avi, I haven't been a fan of Star Wars in years.

Honestly, the things RT users say sometimes. It's baffling...

Aug 5 - 04:57 PM

Well, then maybe you should think about changing your outdated profile pic to better suit your personality! Also, stop being such an inexcusably condescending fuckwad.

Aug 7 - 01:43 AM

The Incredible Panda Hulk

How about no?

Also, I'm being no more condescending than a good chunk of the users on this site. So, again, no...

Aug 7 - 09:22 PM

Esteban Martinez

Children, you see, love the Cars franchise.
Second, I would love an Incredibles 2 but I don't see it happening until Disney forces Pixar to do a few more sequels.

Jul 30 - 06:59 AM

Robbie Moore

I guess Pixar isn't what they used to be. After Toy Story 3 they gave up on the great movies they were making for years

Jul 29 - 06:17 PM

Esteban Martinez

This was not made by Pixar.

Jul 30 - 06:58 AM

Monster's University was a step in the right direction

Aug 5 - 09:59 PM

I disagree. The only true 'pixar' moment of Monsters University was Mike's emotional break down by the river. Everything else about the plot was generic and predictable.

Aug 10 - 01:20 PM

Justin Daugherty

I think by "step in the right direction" he mean't "better than Cars 2, so showing improvement"

Aug 11 - 08:30 PM

Marier Villarreal

That's going in the right direction :)

Aug 13 - 05:20 PM

Firstly, plenty of people liked Cars and Cars 2. Don't make such a gross generalization.

Secondly, The Incredibles already had a sequel in the form of The Incredibles: Attack of the Mole Men. Or do video games not count?

And finally, PIXAR ISN'T MAKING THIS MOVIE. So don't go wagging your finger at a company when it isn't warranted. Instead, poke around and lay blame at DisneyToons; after all, this one was their idea, not Pixar's.

But who cares, right? It's from the Cars universe, so it MUST be Pixar's fault! *Sarcasm*

Jul 29 - 04:52 PM

The average consumer wouldn't have known DisneyToons was the production head behind Planes. The fact that there is a Pixar logo, to most people, means that Pixar's reputation suffers if Planes is a bad movie. It doesn't matter that Pixar was sub-contracted to do the animation only.

Aug 10 - 01:22 PM

The Incredible Panda Hulk

Well then, that's misleading advertising...

Aug 11 - 12:01 PM

Randall Manske

I mist disagree with the evaluation of the first "Cars". It was well done with good character development, a good story line, great voices and a message that both kids and adults could take a lesson from. I agree "Cars 2" was dreadful and never should have been made. The "Toy Story" series got better and stronger with each movie and "Up" was amazing and "The Incredibles" was very well done (and needs a sequel). My whole family did not like "Wall-e" and have little hope for "Finding Dory", the "Nemo" sequel. I have hopes for "Planes" that it will be entertaining and fresh with a decent story line, and not just a cheap attempt for a cash cow turned out from the Disney mass production line.

Jul 29 - 05:49 AM

I loved Wall-E but besides that I agree with you, except for the Planes part. This is the most obvious attempt to milk a cash cow ever.

Aug 5 - 10:01 PM

John Criger

I Agree

Jul 22 - 01:36 PM

Bob Saget

They make a lot of money in merchandising from these films. Hence, the reason that Cars 2 was made and now Planes. From a studio perspective, it's just good business. From an audience perspective, it's really fucking stupid.

Jun 24 - 08:53 PM

Hear! Hear!

Aug 10 - 01:23 PM

Sam Denyer

The fact that Disney Toon Studios are making this, not Pixar, indicates that this film will only be for children.

Jun 12 - 08:14 AM

Not exactly.

Jul 30 - 06:14 PM

Lyndsey Olsen

When has DisneyToon Studios made anything for the plus ten crowd? Ninety-nine percent of their work (television animation, direct-to-video Disney sequels, spin-off Tinker Bell movies) is aimed purely for kiddies, unlike movies from Pixar and the Walt Disney Animation Studios which are generally aimed at the family audience as a whole. There may be a few adults that find something cute or charming in some of their films (I have a soft spot for Pooh's Grand Adventure), but there is a distinct difference between making films for families and making films for kids, and DisneyToon Studios has always embodied the latter.

Jul 31 - 01:29 AM

Some adults like the movies they make, not just kids.

Aug 2 - 09:14 PM

Jacob Schaffer

The folks at Disney really should have just shoved this into their pile of crappy direct-to-DVD sequels.

Jun 8 - 02:59 PM

Ben Zacuto

For the zillionth time, this is not Pixar

Jun 8 - 10:33 AM

P. Bateman

Some of you are forgetting that these movies are made for kids.
They don't care about originality, Dane Cook or the downfall of Disney.
They see a talking car do funny stuff and they're happy as can be.

Jun 7 - 11:35 PM

Jacob Miller

The Incredibles 2 is exactly what this world needs, not Planes.

May 30 - 02:25 PM

Ryan Hoffman

Pixar has become "Disney & Pixar" when they found out how to wear an idea into nothingness

Mar 17 - 05:07 PM

Practically every Pixar/Disney movie made since Finding Nemo has SUCKED. Wall-e, Cars, Cars II, Toy Story III, Brave, and YES, UP-- They're all awful. If you want some creativity in film, watch Monsters Inc or The Incredibles.

Mar 16 - 11:39 AM

Movie Person

Both of which came out after Finding Nemo. On top of that, you only state Pixar's films. I believe How To Train Your Dragon is an absolute masterpiece, deserving of a mention with Finding Nemo, etc. Then there are the non-Pixar Disney films, like Wreck-It Ralph, and The Princess and The Frog, both of which are great.

Mar 16 - 04:32 PM

I have not seen Wreck-It Ralph, The Princess and The Frog, or How To Train Your Dragon, so I can't speculate on their quality. Oh, and I forgot another one that sucked: Despicable Me.

Mar 17 - 05:53 PM

Oh, and also, I said PRACTICALLY every movie.

Mar 19 - 06:06 PM

Ash J. Gilmore

Despicable Me was great.

Jul 4 - 11:54 PM

If it weren't for Up, Despicable Me would be my least-favorite animated movie. Then again, there's Cars... and Cars 2... God, so many bad ones. Hard to choose.

Aug 1 - 06:44 PM

Ryan Meacham

Joseph, How to Train Your Dragon was a really good movie, but it wasn't Disney, it was Paramount. Despicable Me was Universal. As for DISNEY/PIXAR, the only films I didn't like were Cars (and Cars 2 obviously) and Brave. The rest are fantastic.

Jun 7 - 04:31 PM

Nykirnsu 1

Did you actually read his comment? He said he was only talking about Pixar. Oh, and Monsters Inc came out before Finding Nemo.

Jun 9 - 11:12 PM

Cole Jaeger

Up and Walle do not suck.

May 19 - 05:54 AM

Up was shit. Wall-E was mediocre.

Jun 7 - 03:53 PM

Wall-E is beautiful and emotional in many places without the need for dialogue to portray plot or scenario. It is an incredible accomplishment for any movie to aspire to. Up was a non-traditional bonding adventure with great characters and a satisfying conclusion. You stated Up and Wall-E are "shit" and "mediocre". I suggest you make an appointment with a counselor. There is something wrong with your ability to feel empathy.

Aug 10 - 01:27 PM

Jacob Schaffer

You had some credibility up until the part where you said Toy Story 3 was shit.

Jun 8 - 03:03 PM

Nykirnsu 1

What? Incredibles and monsters Inc... more original than Up and Wall-e? Watchmen for families and however many movies Monsters Inc borrowed from are not original. That's not to say they're bad films (they're both great) but they're far from original.
Oh, and as far as I'm concerned Wall-E and Up are both on par with those films, although I agree that Cars and Brave were terrible.

Jun 9 - 11:15 PM

Verbal Kint

I agree with Brave and both Cars movies but how DARE you say that about Toy Story and Wall-E

Jul 9 - 09:14 PM

Toy Story can suck a woody.

Jul 29 - 10:53 PM

Will Mancini

I'm assuming the only reason Disney is trying to play it safe with this one is to avoid another John Carter. They know that Cars 1 and 2 were kids movies, and that's why they're making this one. They know kids will see it. They're only trying to avoid losing a ton of money again, unfortunately.

Mar 14 - 08:48 PM

d pi

Pfft, I know lots of kids who love Cars and Cars 2. It's talking cars. It's awesome. And the short Planes is based on is pretty funny too.

Mar 14 - 03:44 PM

Lee Augustus

But this over Incredibles 2, really?

Mar 14 - 08:22 PM

Incredibles 2 would be interesting, but the first movie wrapped up nicely. I don't think there is a necessity for a sequel aside from the want of fans to see more of their favorite characters. Instead of a sequel, I'd rather another original film be released.

Aug 10 - 01:29 PM

Marier Villarreal

Like The Good Dinosaur, for example, unfortunately, Pixar has the tradition on making an original story one year and a sequel the next year, in this case, we have Finding Dory.

Aug 13 - 05:23 PM

Chase Nyland

This is absolutely pathetic. I thought Cars was extremely overrated and now I'm convinced that Disney is completely out of ideas. I mean Dane Cook? Really?! I thought he was done with show business and I was happy and content.

Mar 14 - 01:44 PM

Lee Augustus

I like Dane Cook

Mar 14 - 02:58 PM

Chase Nyland

Sorry to hear that, man.

Mar 14 - 03:00 PM

Ulrich Masse

Ha!

Apr 8 - 12:15 PM

Stop smoking weed.

Aug 10 - 01:30 PM

Chase Nyland

I smoke everyday and I hate that assclown.

Aug 11 - 07:47 PM

Jeff Levene

I though Cars at least had some Pixar heart in it. Disney is just abusing creative power here.

Mar 14 - 01:38 PM

Nick Mullins

I am really dissapointed with Pixar on this! they are more creative than this!!

Mar 12 - 08:15 AM

Michael Rosen

absolutely agree, they are completely capable of some of the most innovative and original ideas of the past 3 decades, and unfortunately all this does is reinforce the notion that when push comes to shove.....the dollars win every time

Mar 14 - 09:24 PM

Mike Scott

3 decades really..? lol.. tere first film was in 1995 Toy story.. not three decades... I think u need to give Disney a bit more credit who started everything and has probably 100 different recognizable characters and movies. way more then any other

Aug 2 - 09:00 AM