Driven by good pacing, some substance and amazing animation

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2014)

"Cars" is a Pixar production that I think is mediocre. What drives this movie thought is the animation, the speed and attention to details. The animation is detailed with the vehicle movements and environment,it's cool and entertaining. In another words the CGI is just topnotch when this movie came out. When it comes to the plot, it's in a universe where cars are alive like humans except they are cars. And revolves around a hotshot NASCAR that lives in the fast-lane and has a cocky and a bit of a narcissistic attitude. Until he has no choice to be among different people and that changes his perception and mentality, while also changing him to become a better race-car. So yeah, this is a story that has been done before, I can actually think of couple of movies from the top of my head that has the similar or even same premise. Except this time it revolves around characters that are cars. I wasn't excepting much from this movie, nor did it exceed my expectation. But it's a very watchable movie, that is a fun ride...At least the first time around. I also thought the character development is good in this, not great but they did a pretty darn good job developing multiple characters. And by the end, I actually sort of cared for the characters. And making talking vehicles likable and have certain amount of emotions for is actually a commendable task in my opinion. I remember when I first saw a Chevron promotional animation as a kid and thought it would be cool if they made a movie out of it. And I would have eaten this movie up as a kid and for that I also give it credit, since this is suppose to be a family film. Overall, this isn't a groundbreaking Pixar movie or all that memorable. But the animation with a bit of substance actually makes this one a good watch.
7.2/10