Eric Poon

Some don't like the movie because it didn't follow the "script" --- the come up or comeback story of a determined individual with so much to prove, beating odds, overcoming obstacles, finding transcendence in one self through the mud of grit. I thought the movie was leading in this direction, too, and I was completely fine with that. But I was wrong. The movie wasn't about the self, and for me, it was about the relationship between time and people, and relationship between people (or cars, I suppose). In hindsight, that was what the first movie was about too, though the value was portrayed in different ways. This time around, it is about a newer level of maturity that the main character had to discover. Or maybe, maturity doesn't elevate to a higher plane, but rather evolves to find itself cover a larger ground. The movie had comedic moments as well. The characters felt coherent following the previous movies. It felt apt to reflect the premises of the movie to athletes of our own, usually hitting prime at 30s of age and having to witness younger, more energetic rookies come into the game with a newfound explosiveness and approach to the game, whatever it may be. Random thoughts from the movie: Where he is, is where the other was. Where he is, is where the other will be. Time is cruel, but at least we have each other. In my layman opinion, this is a near-perfect closure for the cars trilogy. Several times throughout the movie, I was deeply emotional and touched, hilariously by a movie about talking cars. It is a pity to see that not everyone appreciates Cars 3 as I do, but such is what makes life interesting; and me a fucking weirdo for typing this out at 2am. Damn, I still have work tomorrow (or later today? One sounds right and the other is technically right, huh).

Watched it when I was around 15 and had a good impression with it.