Is this a Cars bash-fest, or what?

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2007)

I haven't seen Ratatouille yet, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Just like I enjoyed Cars. I really fail to see, from reading the reviews, what makes Ratatouille so much better than Cars, and what makes Cars such a gosh-darn "dismal disaster" as one reviewer puts it. I know that this is not the place to plug Cars, but for heaven's sake. Whenever I find myself mourning America's slower, simpler past, I think of Cars and its soundtrack and the beautiful way the film evokes a bygone era.
I think a lot of people just weren't able to relate to the talking cars, and therefore didn't get the movie, so they feel a need to cut it down. But everyone loves a talking rodent.