Mad About Movies - Summer 2014.1: CARS

[DavidC]

THINK ABOUT THE PROTAGONIST OF THE MOVIE, LIGHTNING MCQEEN. IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, DESCRIBE HIS CHARACTER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE. WHO IS HE? WHAT IS HE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME GOOD THINGS AND SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM?

NOW THINK ABOUT LIGHTNING MCQEEN AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. HAS HE CHANGED? IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, DESCRIBE HIS CHARACTER AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. HOW HAS HE CHANGED? WHAT HAS HE LEARNED? HAS HE IMPROVED? HOW? WHY?

FINALLY, THINK OF A SPECIFIC SCENE IN WHICH LIGHTING LEARNS SOMETHING THROUGH ACTION THAT CHANGES HIS CHARACTER. DESCRIBE THAT SCENE IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES.

SEE YOU ON MONDAY!

[Hiroki83]

Hello folks! "The Cars" is a great movie even I watched it many times.

First, in my opinion, Mcqueen was so arrogant. Then he could not came in first. His overconfidence triggers his failure. He ignored advices of his fellows,as a result, his tires could not endure whole game. This his mind is the enemy that Mcqueen must get over. The story tells this is the mountain he must climb up before call himself as a king.
In addition, the story set up the events Mcqueen understand his weakness kindly. The connection between cars at the old highway stop wakes up Mcqueen's tolerance. The king is the being that leads people as fellows. Under his support and sacrifice, people obey it. Mcqueen helped cars at the old stop. And at the climax of movie, we saw many fellows helps Maqueen. This relationship is necessary for the king as a king.
Finally, my choice of scene is the backyard of the old ford's house. Mcqueen found outdated cups at there. A cup was the object of Mcqueen. He spent whole of his life to achieve it.Yet, the old ford told him this is nothing. All we need is trust with other people. The life of the old ford proofed it. And Mcqueen matured by this event. This is the moment Mcqueen became a man who has the worth to be a king.

See you tmw!

[Eugenia]

Hi!
I love that movie and though I've seen it several times, I always enjoy it. In the beginning of that cartoon the main character Lightning Mcqeen is contradictory car. On the one hand, it's clear that Mcqeen is very talented, confident and he knows exactly what he wants. On the other hand, Lightning reckless, arrogant and very ambitious. His dream is to win the Piston Cup and he can do everything to get it.

In the end of this film Lighting Mcqeen is changed for the better, he learned about friendship and helping others. He understood that sometimes the winner is one who the loser. In other words, Mcqeen has changed his values.

In my opinion, funny rusty car Mater, fancy porsche Sally, the old car Doc and all the cars Lighting met in the small town helped him to become better. However Doc Hudson played the crucial role making Mcqeen realised that the victory in the race cup is not the highest worth in the world. This scene was in the garage when the main character found out that Doc was the famous three-time Piston Cup winner.

[Murad100]

Hello!
Cars is one of my favorite movies.
In the beginning of the movie, Lightning Mcqeen liked to show off, because of his speed and he tried so hard to win the race. He didn't listen to his team and work alone, so he couldn't win the race.

In the end, the character changed and got better because he spent time that old station and saw many good things. Also he figured out that the manner is more important than winning and he should be modest with his friends.

The most beautiful scene that happened when he helped everyone on the station by let them work on him and changed his tires and recolor his body. In addition, when the other car got an accident, he helped him through push him into the end line, which means he became more handsome and he cared more about his friends.

[Kevser21]

Hello everyone..

I love the movie first of all. I watch the movie with a smile on my face Lightning Mc Queen is an arrogant, selfish boaster at the beginning of the movie. He is so selfish that he thinks that he doesnt need anyone in his life. He thinks that he is too talented that he needs others for suscess. At the beginning there is actually nothing good about him, he fires his crew because he doesnt know what teamwork is.

At the end of the movie Lightning is someone totally different. He has learned to value other "people" he has made some friends and even a best friend. While his stay in Radiator Spring he experienced true friendship and family. The cars in Radiator spring taught him unintentionally the values which were missing in Lightning. He had improved a big deal at the end of the movie.

I think the scene where Mc Queen started to change was where Mater called him his best friend, after they had fun with the "cows". Mc Queen looked differently at him. He probably had never a friend and Mater`s sincere attitude impressed him and light up something.

See Y'all