datautisticgamer-74853
So far, this (spoiler alert!) is the only 1 I would give to a "Disney" movie, and even then, I'm just being generous for the animation, which for DisneyToon standards is watchable. But considering how the rest of the film is the most tediously insufferable I've ever seen, the animation works against it. The story is far from innovative and is executed in the most predictable way possible, and right away, you will want to assume that Dusty wins the race (which ACTUALLY happens, as if DisneyToon wants to appeal to under 2-year-olds). The characters virtually never take a break from speaking or doing something else, and plenty of the foreign planes (come to think of it, how are cars and planes, and presumably everything else, constructed in this world anyway?) are just stereotypical. The jokes are closer to cringeworthy than not hilarious, including an oil sight gag that is supposed to substitute for fecal matter. And speaking of that, 2013 happened to be among the worst years for modern animation, alongside 2006. DisneyToon, we didn't need you throwing more on top of that biohazardous, malodorous pile. How disappointed are we at John Lasseter for even green lighting this? Plenty, as this is a film that should be avoided at all costs. It's just another shameless cash grab under Disney's flag to sell more RC planes and such, but offering none of the possible appeal of Cars.
mwcrunner
I know this is suppose to be sort of a spin off of Cars, but this film didn't have the Pixar logo with it. Also the characters in this look cool but they're very similar to the characters from Cars. Now I have a little brother who likes the movie Cars and that has the Pixar logo with it. Now this Dusty Crophopper is very similar to Lightning McQueen and his goal is to be a racing plane other then a crop duster. Now I've never known about plane racing as a sport until now. Also this old plane from World War 2 is sorta like Doc Hudson aka the Hudson Hornet and this green plane named Ripslinger is like Chick Hicks and he doesn't become a villain until Dusty joins the races and in the end he ends up crashing into Port potties and gets covered in car do do. There's also this one part in the movie which is pretty dark where the World War 2 plane tells about his past and some of his fellow fighter planes end up dying while attacking a German ship. Now in the end Dusty becomes plane racing legend just like Lightning and everything works out well. Still the whole plot of this film is very similar to the plot of Cars and this film just didn't seem to have very much laughter or emotional moments in it like other Disney films do. So like in the title of this review, this Disney film just didn't seem to have the right amount of heart in it and Frozen is way better then this. The Lion King is also one of my favorites.
policy134
It is not easy to find faults with animated films these days because there are so many being made these days. Let's remember that it takes a ton of work to make a good one, and you almost feel double disappointed when the film does not live up to its intended effort.Like I said, I admire the effort it must have taken to put this out. The problem is that it lacks a truly original story. This is such a formula script that I almost felt sorry for the actors who intended to elevate it and they do, but only slightly.The animation is very high standard but let's not forget that it's style have been tried out two times before, starting when we first saw Cars. There is little difference here but as I said, it's very well done.The script is so formulaic however, that it brings the whole enterprise down. There is also a problem with the lead character. He is just too goody two shoes for us to care much about his struggles and without colorful supporting characters to back him up, I am sorry to say that you feel completely let down about two thirds into the whole thing.So, what to do. Shall I recommend this movie just because of the effort that was put into it? Sorry, I can't. There are too many outlets for entertainment these days that it would be a terrible waste to see something so inferior for that kind of money a movie ticket will cost you today. Save it for a rainy day on Blu-ray, which I am thankful that I did.
Writer_Commentary
I saw this movie on an airplane once since I figured it would be appropriate. I know that it has some connections to Cars, even if it isn't Pixar. While I heard good things about Cars and bad things about Cars 2, I was wondering how a movie like this would fare. Well, I think that the film was good in the end. It may not be entirely realistic, but it's a cartoon so it really isn't supposed to be. I admit that the whole plot of the movie can be a bit obvious and predictable, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Planes was a good use of time on that long flight. The subplots may not be what you expect, but that makes them all the more better. I hope that you enjoyed the film like I did.
AD
