After the long and arduous effort that Disney's Pixar Studios had exerted to produce history-worthy animations, only a named few had made out to the all-time favourite list. This includes the unforgettable Finding Nemo, Toy Story - the animation that made my childhood days awesome, the heartfelt Monsters, Inc. and finally the brilliantly structured The Incredibles. Everytime Pixar would launch another animated film, audiences would expect that it would be better than the last. Question was, did Cars made it through the light? My verdict. No.
Cars is actually bright to the eyes, filled with wonderful animations, captivating Western sceneries and engaging characters - it's all a Pixar stamp pad. It contains a lot of moral lessons that Pixar films had been advocating for over a few years now, lessons for the family, friends and enemies alike. Lessons like bravery, humbleness, perseverance, belongingness, courage and love. Cars has it all, and it is a good film for the family to watch and enjoy. Now what it lacks, is the heart. It is not as powerful a Finding Nemo, or The Incredibles. I'm not comparing here but I since we're talking about the whole Pixar 'scenario', let's just get this over with. Cars surely lacks the emotional edge that Finding Nemo struck us mightily, or Monsters, Inc. had shown us subtly. Lightning McQueen (Cars' protagonist) didn't do a collosal heroic act like what the tiny Marlin did to find his son Nemo around the whole blue ocean. There are great things provided in Cars like what Lightning McQueen did at the end of the film, learning that winning isn't everything, but great isn't majestic.
The talents behind the characters were good but not really inspired. Owen Wilson behind Lightning McQueen felt like a rookie indeed, and everone else were too ordinary. Well, as for me, I just glued myself into my seat and did enjoy the last racing sequence in the film, that's about two-fifth of the whole movie. At the end, you'll somehow realise that Cars was worth the watch at all.

Rating: B