Cars 2 (2011)
I guess it has to be done. Let's take a look at Cars 2. The Movie: Cars 2 is the 12th movie from Pixar, and the final film directed by John Lasseter before he moved exclusively to producing. (Lasseter has recently stepped away from Disney and Pixar.) With this movie, Cars became only the 2nd Pixar movie to have a sequel, after Toy Story, which had already had two sequels. Cars 2 came after a string of successful Pixar films, including four straight winners of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3), with the last two having received Best Picture nominations. Given all this, Cars 2 was seen as a big let down. Some fans felt that there were several other Pixar movies more deserving of a sequel. Some people viewed it as a cash grab by Disney, since Cars merchandise was among their biggest sellers, but that was more likely just another reason Disney was ok with the movie. In reality, Cars was the pet p...