an animated feast for the eyes!!!

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2006)

Let me just start by saying that CARS to me was wonderful but I did enjoy FINDING NEMO better. I have yet to watch THE INCREDIBLES (I'm slow sometimes) so I can't really compare this one to that one. Lightning McQueen is a racing car. During one of these races there is a three way tie. The officials decide that Lightning and the other two cars involved (Chick Hicks and The King) will battle it out in a race in California. Los Angeles to be precise. Mack, the truck who is bringing him to Cali, dozes off while moving along while Lightning is asleep in the trailer. That's when four street cars (think THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS) sneak up and have some fun with Mack. This fun causes him to go over in the lane with all the grates in the road to wake you up and let you know what's going on. The bumps cause something to fall off a shelf in the trailer and hit a lever that makes the door open. Lightning rolls out (still asleep) into the middle of the highway. From there on, he rolls his way (or should I say "Speeds"?) into RADIATOR SPRINGS, a town on the outskirts of a major interstate that everyone seems to have forgotten. Everyone except the few cars that still live there and call it home. Anyway, I will stop right there before I give away the whole movie. This movie boasts awe aspiring, lush animation that can only be done by Pixar. But, like I said, I liked FINDING NEMO better. That's not to say don't watch this movie because it sure is a delight.