Scene-Stealing Scenery

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2006)

Throughout "Cars", the scenery (including deserts, mountains, trees, and waterfalls) looks so realistic you'd swear the cars were digitally inserted into film footage! The overhead shot of the Los Angeles raceway and the scenes of thousands of cars in the bleachers are the most elaborate scenes that Pixar has ever done. The "starring" cars themselves are as anthropomorphic as Pixar could make them, a vast improvement over Disney's old cartoon,"Suzie, The Little Blue Coupe." Each car has a distinct personality. The best are Tow Mater, the tow truck, and Fillmore, the 1960s Volkswagen bus who, if he were human, would be referred to as an "old hippie." Lots of clever car-related gags too. And the closing credits, where the cars are watching movies at the drive-in, are the best part of the film!