Cars is Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2006)

This movie is so much better than the reviews are giving it, currently around 78%. That's a C+ where I come from and Cars is WELL above average. Lushly animated, rich vivid colors, amazing characterization, the story is high-end Disney, slightly sappy but always with enough spice to keep it from becoming too saccharin. It also busts out of the well worn 'redemption' formula in a few refreshing places. I'm sure Pixar and Disney will make a load of money on this movie, which is great, but they deserve amazing reviews too. This is what movie making should be today, visually stunning, heart-felt, and need I say, original. Heaven forbid that Disney look at the C+ and decide it's a safer bet to make Herbie the Love Bug XIV than it is too make a fresh amazing, original feature like Cars.