Saw "Cars" last week..

jcaut
jcaut Posts: 1,849
edited June 2006 in Music & Movies
I'm not one for posting many movie reviews. (And now you know why! Ha.Ha.) Anyway..

I have an 8-y.o. son, and obviously he was the motivation behind going to the theater, but I enjoyed the show. It was a lot more entertaining than I expected. Cute show, with enough adult-level material to make it interesting, particularly for fans of NASCAR.

Right after we saw "Cars" we moved over the the IMAX theater and watched a NASCAR show and also a fighter pilot movie- I don't remember the acutal names, but they were fairly short (~1hr) presentations designed to wow you with the huge screen action. I had never seen IMAX (I'm a hillbilly-redneck type, Nascar fan, y'all :)) so I was impressed.

Jason
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited June 2006
    Sweet.
    Cars is on th blind buy list, I avoid the theater most of the time but the kids do get me to go every now and then.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited June 2006
    me and my girls went and seen this on opening day, funny movie and did have some adult stuff to keep ya interested...
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited June 2006
    What "wowed" me about cars was that during the race scenes it did not seem like animation. With debris blowing across the track when the cars passed by down to the incredible surround effects or cars racing, I was awed.

    Though the movie was not as good as Shrek, the animation and the surround sound was tremendous. Definitely a buy for me.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited June 2006
    My wife told me this is a must buy.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2006
    Yeah, my niece told me the same thing, but I am not going to ruin it by going to the theater.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited June 2006
    I took the girls on opening day and on a friday... theater full of kids and they were good.. No annoying **** around, kicking seats or anything. I havent been to the theater in several years.. It was a good time. except our soda and skittles ran us 8 bucks
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited June 2006
    I was wondering how long it would take before this movie made the forum... We saw it and liked it, though it was a bit slow in the middle. We'll buy it. :D
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  • apc
    apc Posts: 779
    edited June 2006
    Took the family to see it Sunday and we all enjoyed it. New Rave theater opened in town with DLP projection that really looked good and had a crisp soundtrack to boot. Anyone else tried a Rave? They have more legroom than any theater I've been in and extremely comfortable, highback, lumbar-supported, reclining seats.
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