Film Analysis

Cars 2 (2011)


OW: Lightning McQueen returns to Radiator Springs to see his girlfriend Sally and his best friend Mater

CtA: Lightning McQueen is asked to come to Japan and Europe for a big race series called the "World Gran Prix"

RotC: McQueen wants to stay in Radiator Springs for a while and spend some time with Sally and Mater.

MtM: Mater calls into a radio tv show and is talking up McQueen which basically makes it so McQueen has to go.

CtT: McQueen flies to Japan to participate in the races.

TA&E: Mater flies with him to the races and his entire pit crew is there as well. A group of "lemon" cars wants to eliminate the new biofuel being used in the races, so they'll do what they can to make people think it's unsafe. Francesco Bernoulli, an Italian formula race car is McQueen's biggest opponent in the races.

AtIC: The Races start and McQueen is about to win the race when Mater says something into the headset making McQueen think he should do something which then causes him to lose the race to Francesco.

TO: McQueen gets mad at Mater and makes Mater leave him.

R: Mater becomes a secret agent and figures a lot out at the same time McQueen is figuring things out and they realize that they need each other.

RB: Mater is about to get killed and McQueen doesn't want to race anymore, but his crew talks him into it. Mater gets out of the situation he's in and see's McQueen in the middle of the race. He uses a lot of his secret agent things to get McQueen to win the race even though it was accidental. He was just trying to get away form McQueen after he realized he had a bomb on him that the "lemons" wanted to use to kill McQueen since he was still using the biofuel.

R: They figure out the bomb is voice activated and they figure out who's voice it is and get him to deactivate it.

RwE: Mater and McQueen go back to Radiator Springs after solving everything and realize they should never leave each other.


The Hero's Journey Model

The Hero

The Outsider

This is just a man trying to get along in life. Goes to school and work. Doesn't have many friends. His family is pretty wealthy, but he didn't just get what he wanted. He had to actually work for something if he wanted it.
Then one day, he got a call from one of his buddies out is Missouri asking him if he could come out and record a rap with him. The problem was, he's white. He'd be coming from what no rapper has come form before. Wealthiness and a pretty good life overall. Sure he was poor at one point and his parents could barely afford to keep food on the table, but he doesn't remember those days.

Will he go out to Missouri?
Will he be treated differently because he didn't go through the same things as every other rapper?
What will come out of this rap if he does go and record it?

Song Blurbs

1 Day - Plies
Guy's best friend died and he wishes he could bring him back, just for 1 day, to show him everything that's happened. Show him his son, how he looks just like him. How his girl is just messing up now. She's rollin' with the wrong guys. It's his worst enemies. Everyone was with his Mom and taking care of her, but after the funeral, no one gave a shit about her anymore. Everyone forgot about his best friend, except for him and he misses him - a lot!


Stressin' - Ace Hood
A young man screwed around in life. Everything seems to be going wrong for him. He got another girl pregnant. He's going to be evicted. There's a warrant with him name on it. He's questioning everything he's done in his life. He feels like he hasn't done anything right.

Did You Wrong - Pleasure P
Marcus realized he messed up, but so did the girl. He wants to build the relationship back up. He loves her. He's tired of everything that went wrong and wants to just move on. He wants her back and he's willing to do anything to get her back. He loves her and wants her to love him. He doesn't want to waster his or her time anymore. He realized she's worth a lot more than what he thought he before. He knows the easiest thing to do is to just leave her, but he knows that he needs to work things out with her.

Could I Be Famous?

My Dad tells me everyday that I can rap. I just need to pursue it. The problem is, I'm scared to get in front of people and perform. He wants me and my sister to perform at the school talent show. He wants us to do a song together where I rap and she sings.


If I can just overcome my fear, I know I can do it. I can become famous. I just have to try.


Key:
Setting: Green
Plot: Pink
Character: Blue
Conflict: Red
Theme: Yellow

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Wanting

I wanted you,

You acted like you wanted me too.

You lied and made me cry.

I always had a reason,

but you always had an excuse.

I have 2 choices,

I don’t know which one is right.

50/50 baby,

Do I give up or do I try try try?

The Golden Rapper

He starts Rappin’,
He’s in love with it now,
He needs to stay out,
Don’t pull the gun now.

Now the man is in the bed,
And the one he loves is dead,
She’s laid down to rest,
Now he’s one of the best.

He’s watchin’ her sleep,
Then he hears the door creak,
He’s in so much pain,
The man’s wearin’ a chain.

He’s layin’ on the floor,
And watchin’ it pour,
It feels too warm,
He knows he won’t wake in the morn’.

He has too much doubt,
The clock’s gonna run out,
He was wearin’ the crown,
But it’s over now.