Very very poor I went to see this film today with my son because he wanted to see it. I have to say that I was quite disappointed. He said he liked it but the way he was sitting in the cinema seemed to say otherwise.
I have not seen the Cars films so I had no idea what to expect. The film logo for both films is similar so I was expecting some sort of connection. Other comments basically confirm this to be true, some even say it is a rip off.
Again I can't comment on this, but if it is true, it's really all a spin off from other stories like The Ugly Duckling. An inferior plane dreams of being one of the best and many other planes (but not all) laugh at him, some however give him support. This carries on, the plane gets better and better and then he DOES become the one of the best. Basically like many stories of this nature, the main character basically goes from zero to hero over time. Such an idea has been used countless times.
I expected so much more from Disney as they have produced countless classic films and programmes. Well I guess we can allow them the occasional flop with their success rate, can't we?
I noticed that many Disney films tend to have humorous lines here and there or humorous sarcasm, but they were absent in this film. After watching the first half an hour, it was clear that this was going to be a poor film. I looked at the clock on my mobile and sighed to myself that there was another hour left.
Quite often, I find myself falling asleep during anything which bores me and this happened then. I was dozing on and off, however I saw more than enough to see how poor all this was. I did not fall asleep during Lés Miserables, The Lone Ranger (2013 version), Despicable Me 2 or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the original Swedish version). I saw all these films at the cinema and did not fall asleep. All these films were longer than Planes. Coincidence? No, they were all just better films!
That's saying something when The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo got me perplexed until about halfway through before I actually understood what was going on. Planes is a family film (well aimed towards children more) with a very simplistic plot, great animation and even the voice of John Cleese, but it just wasn't enough!
It's all such a shame. I hope if there is a sequel planned that they take comments like this on board (I'm not the only one complaining here) and make it much much better. Well let's face it, they couldn't make it much worse.
I'm glad my son liked it, but it wasn't something I would have gone for and if it was, I would have been very disappointed.