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It\u2019s rare for a children\u2019s movie to leave the viewer with more questions than answers. Brevity is their whole point. In a relatively small window of time, kids get a two-for-one special: entertainment and wisdom. Given their limited attention span, the last thing a child needs is a film chock-full of loose ends to distract from the crux of the story. And while some writers, directors, animators and studio executives might think that a kid won\u2019t notice incompetence, they couldn\u2019t be more wrong. Children can be just as unforgiving as adults when it comes to movies, which is probably why, until this week, I couldn\u2019t ever bring myself to rewatch \u201cCars.\u201d<\/p>

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Growing up, I was a Pixar evangelist, obsessed with the studio\u2019s excellent output. Their films dazzled me to no end and pushed my imagination past its furthest boundaries. But beyond the animation itself, the writing was always truthful. Pixar films are known for their gut-wrenching sincerity, speaking to kids with as much candor as they do adults. That earnestness was always my favorite element of their work. The beautiful, sometimes brutal honesty brought me back to \u201cMonsters Inc.\u201d and \u201cFinding Nemo\u201d more times than I could count. Without fail, the miniature version of me would blubber at Sully the polka dot monster reuniting with Boo, and Marlin the clownfish traversing the ocean to find his son. I had to pause momentarily while writing this paragraph just to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.<\/p>\n

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(Jeff Gritchen\/MediaNews Group\/Orange County Register via Getty Images)<\/span> Cruz Ramirez, from the Disney\/Pixar movie \u201cCars 3\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

By the time \u201cCars\u201d rolled around, I was of the mind that Pixar could do no wrong. But that was before I understood that what goes up must come down. And with their seventh studio film, Pixar plummeted to the ground with such a force that I began to question my undying devotion to an animation studio. Could my beloved Pixar, which had already anthropomorphized so many things, really make something so upsetting and perplexing, and on so many levels? I can still remember the sunlight\u2019s glare as I walked out of a summer matinee 20 years ago, the harsh daylight illuminating all of the questions lingering in my mind about this alternate reality where everything looks the same; where humans never existed, yet cars somehow did.<\/p>\n

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So long as \u201cCars\u201d could make Disney billions of dollars, the film itself being a veritable clunker was a non-issue. By allowing its primary cinematic output to be devalued, Pixar sold off its imagination and lowered its artistic standards \u2014 a mistake the studio is still struggling to come back from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How do the cars eat? How have they built entire cities and extensive infrastructure with no thumbs? If there are child cars, how do the adult cars have sex? What is birth like? Do the children grow into adults, or are their smaller car parts replaced with larger car parts \u2014 and if so, how do they retain their consciousness during this process? If there are racecars, sports cars, and beat-up jalopies alike, are the cars born into their occupation? Do they live in a caste system? What came first, the sprocket or the oil? I\u2019ll spare you, but I could keep going for hours. These questions haven\u2019t left my mind for two decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cCars\u201d invites a type of rumination no child should ever have to endure, especially during summer break. But these lingering queries are hardly the film\u2019s worst feature. Aside from being terribly boring and overlong, \u201cCars\u201d represents Pixar\u2019s first blatant step toward becoming a capitalist behemoth, an animation studio that would continue to prioritize money over media to this day. In fact, the film\u2019s dullness only underscores the significance of this transition. It didn\u2019t matter that \u201cCars\u201d was the studio\u2019s worst-received film to date, or that its worldbuilding was so nonsensical it would become a sticking point for viewers over the next 20 years. What was important was merchandising: toys, theme parks, soundtracks and franchises. So long as \u201cCars\u201d could make Disney billions of dollars, the film itself being a veritable clunker was a non-issue. By allowing its primary cinematic output to be devalued, Pixar sold off its imagination and lowered its artistic standards \u2014 a mistake the studio is still struggling to come back from. Though those effects weren\u2019t immediately visible.<\/p>\n

For animation at Pixar\u2019s level, a single two-hour film requires years of production work. This was especially the case during the 2000s, when software and processes were not as sophisticated or streamlined as they are today. The three films that succeeded \u201cCars\u201d \u2014 \u201cRatatouille,\u201d \u201cWALL-E\u201d and \u201cUp\u201d \u2014 were all in some stage of pre-production before \u201cCars\u201d hit theaters in 2006. That trio of films saw Pixar to the end of its golden era, indicating to audiences that the studio still had plenty of novel, workable ideas and no shortage of valuable life lessons to impart to its young viewers. Beyond that, they were also beloved by critics and audiences alike, with \u201cWALL-E\u201d deservedly earning a spot in the Criterion Collection in 2022, designating the film as a significant work within the medium of cinema. I don\u2019t know a single person who would say the same thing about \u201cCars 2\u201d without a gun pointed at their head, but I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n

For Pixar fans, the writing was on the wall as soon as \u201cCars\u201d premiered. The film didn\u2019t share the same ambition or expansive scope as its predecessors. And while there\u2019s nothing wrong with that per se, being so confined to a single location is one of the movie\u2019s most glaring missteps. Directed by John Lasseter, the film is a love letter to classic Americana, as seen through the unsettling bug eyes of a cast of automobiles, led by the arrogant rookie racecar, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson). After a spate of big wins, Lightning is about to face his biggest race yet, competing for the Piston Cup. But on his way to the race, a minor road accident leaves Lightning stranded in Radiator Springs, a tiny town off Route 66 that\u2019s seen better days. There, Lightning gets to know the town\u2019s colorful cars and discovers that glory isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be if you have no one to enjoy it with.<\/p>\n

That may be a nice lesson to learn, but it\u2019s a real snooze to watch. If you\u2019re not a fan of cars, there\u2019s little to admire about the character design. And although the animation is typically stellar, there are few opportunities to truly appreciate all of the work that went into creating this world.<\/p>\n

Whereas \u201cFinding Nemo\u201d gave viewers an intimate view of the ocean\u2019s vast beauty, and \u201cA Bug\u2019s Life\u201d provided a close-up view of the imperceptible universe microscopic organisms spend their lives in, \u201cCars\u201d is content with simply mirroring what the eye can already see. These are the kinds of places humans can already go, if they so wish. \u201cToy Story,\u201d at the very least, saw this same everyday world through a new lens, asking children to wonder what it would be like if their toys had entirely separate lives outside of playtime. The only thing about \u201cCars\u201d that fuels a child\u2019s fantasy is replacing humans with automobiles in an environment that looks exactly like ours. And even then, I\u2019d argue that conflict is more puzzling than inspiring. (Again, I must wonder: If the real Jay Leno, known for his collection of classic cars, plays a character named Jay Limo in the film, does Jay Limo also . . . collect cars? And if so, are these being imprisoned? There are morally and ethically dubious questions aplenty.)<\/p>

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(JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span> A model of Lightning McQueen from the Disney Pixar movie \u201cCars 3\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

None of these middling elements would be particularly grating if it weren\u2019t so apparent that \u201cCars\u201d had an ulterior capitalist motive. I don\u2019t agree with applying gender to toys, but it seems more than convenient that the Western world\u2019s most successful animation studio happened to create characters that could be easily transformed into the same type of toy that\u2019s been marketed to young boys for decades. \u201cCars\u201d merchandise fit nicely alongside Hot Wheels and model trains, something you could put in a child\u2019s hand and have them zooming along walls for hours on end. Other Pixar films got the toy treatment, too \u2014 this is Disney we\u2019re talking about \u2014 but I can\u2019t be convinced that the House of Mouse wasn\u2019t delighted that the figurines for the characters in that summer\u2019s Pixar tentpole already had a massive, built-in customer base.<\/p>\n

The numbers don\u2019t lie, either. By 2011, \u201cCars\u201d had moved $10 billion worth of merchandise alone, which Lasseter attributed to the strength of the story. \u201cWhen you see a child out there in the world having a toy of our character, it means they really, really love that character.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I must wonder: If the real Jay Leno, known for his collection of classic cars, plays a character named Jay Limo in the film, does Jay Limo also . . . collect cars? And if so, are these being imprisoned? There are morally and ethically dubious questions aplenty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And while that may be true in some cases, there\u2019s no accounting for how much money was spent by adults \u2014 relatives taking a chance on a random Christmas gift for their nieces and nephews, parents trying to placate a kid crying in the toy aisle with an impulse buy. The number of licensed toys I had as a kid for characters I really didn\u2019t give a damn about is embarrassingly exorbitant. I don\u2019t buy that any kid watching \u201cCars\u201d wants a Lightning McQueen racecar because of Owen Wilson\u2019s dry dialogue and tepid jokes. It\u2019s because he\u2019s a car! It\u2019s because he goes fast! It\u2019s because he can jump off stuff while kids make a \u201cvroom\u201d noise! The appeal has nothing to do with the quality of the film itself and everything to do with cars being a recognizable part of everyday life.<\/p>\n

Looking to keep up that enormous success, \u201cCars 2\u201d and \u201cCars 3\u201d followed in 2011 and 2017, respectively. The former is a truly abysmal \u201cspy film,\u201d if you can degrade the genre by calling it that, while the latter is the best in the franchise, which isn\u2019t saying much. Neither movie does anything particularly interesting with its characters, but what\u2019s most frustrating is that the humility Lightning McQueen learns in the first film is essentially tossed out the window. If these sequels prove anything, it\u2019s that \u201cCars\u201d was never about the insights it could provide the audience, but rather, the money it could extract from their wallets.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the follow-ups indicated to Disney that other Pixar franchises could be a viable revenue stream, no matter the public\u2019s response to the films. \u201cCars 2\u201d was received more poorly than any Pixar film at the time, and yet, a third film in the series was ordered anyway \u2014 followed by \u201cCars Toons,\u201d the animated short series that ran from 2008-2014 and the Disney+ miniseries, \u201cCars on the Road,\u201d in 2002.<\/p>\n

And while \u201cToy Story\u201d was Pixar\u2019s first film to get a sequel, there\u2019s an immense difference in overall quality between the two franchises. The main \u201cToy Story\u201d franchise has yet to take a major stumble because the franchise has great bones. Its roots are in imagination, which means there are plenty of additional narratives to conceptualize. The same can\u2019t be said with cars. Once you\u2019ve watched one drive, you\u2019ve seen them all drive, though I\u2019m sure Elon Musk and all of the Tesla Uber drivers who have watched me struggle to open that ridiculous door would disagree.<\/p>\n

The \u201cCars\u201d franchise may have, God-willing, come to an end, but Pixar is still suffering the consequences. There\u2019s no doubt, \u201cCars\u201d lowered the bar for the studio. Suddenly, a film that was just fine could be deemed a runaway, billion-dollar success. Adequacy became the studio\u2019s M.O. Instead of knocking the ball out of the park every time they stepped up to the plate, Pixar started to strike out frequently, deferring to more sequels and spinoffs to bring in nostalgia dollars, and half-baked original films like \u201cOnward\u201d and \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d that recycle elements of the studio\u2019s most beloved films and regurgitate them in dingy packaging.<\/p>\n

Though all hasn\u2019t been entirely lost. \u201cSoul\u201d was quite beautiful, tinged with the innovative, educational spirit of early Pixar, and \u201cHoppers\u201d did a wonderful job combining fantastical story elements with a grounded, human edge. Maybe with \u201cCars\u201d safely in the rearview mirror, and me having just exhausted my one bad pun per story with this sentence, Pixar can return to consistent greatness. But with two more franchise sequels on the horizon, and thousands of persistent questions about those dastardly anthropomorphic cars floating around my head until the day I die, I\u2019m not quite ready to move on \u2014 at least not until I find out why the cars have passenger doors if there are no humans.<\/p>

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