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Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2008)

I'm just gonna keep this nice and short. The story is about a rookie race car named Lightning McQueen. He's on the verge of becoming the first rookie car to win the Piston Cup, which is the "holy grail" of races. Unfortunately for Lightning he gets held up in a small, down on it's luck town called Radiator Springs. Lightning needs to get to California in time to make it for the biggest race in racing history. But will he? Will he end up loving Radiator Springs? Will he find a love? Will he learn life lessons? Will Radiator Springs become the thriving community it once was? Well watch Cars to find out.
Cars isn't as bad as everyone says. It has fantastic animation (obviously) has some neat ideas, and a bunch of characters. But unfortunately the movie doesn't do a damn thing new. For every question I asked above, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the answer. The movie also goes on for a little too long. At almost 2 hours, it definitely wears on you. Even though it doesn't bring anything new to the table, it still has a very vibrant feel, has some good voice-acting (though Owen Wilson needs some getting used to), and it's pretty entertaining. It's possibly the worst of the Pixar films, but that's really not saying much, since all Pixar movies are fantastic, and this just misses the mark. For example, pretend all the Pixar movies are in a Car race...The Piston Cup. The Incredibles finishes first, and Cars finishes last. But hey, only the big boys are invited to compete in this race, and it's obvious Cars is capable of competing, but it seems the Cars pit crew just didn't work hard enough.