Started working full-time this week, even though there's still a couple of days more before term starts again but I've got plenty of stuff to do and datelines to meet already! But nonetheless I caught perhaps the last movie that I will get to watch for months today - Cars.


McQueen showing off his 'lightyear' tyres in his dedicated wallpaper. Oh man, do I love derivative terms from Physics!

Oh my did Pixar did it again!

I always preferred Pixar's cartoon over Disney or any other productions. Pixar's animation felt sincere and was always a job well done. Their cartoons alway manage to touch my heart and is always about something simple - Friendship or Family. They brings a life and most important of all, a personality to the characters they create.

Pixar's animation always had a plot as thin and simple as a sheet of tissue paper. One could effectively guess the plot after the first 15 minutes or so. But that does not stop it from becoming a classic. Cars started off Lightning McQueen, the lead car in the animation racing on tracks. He was a rookie, arrogant, fearless and a show off, in other words, he was a jerk, a complete jerk. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that dear McQueen will be humbled and transformed to Mr Nice at the end of the show. The only piece missing was, how did that happened.

Reflecting back, many of us may be just like Lightning McQueen, a rookie in the workforce chasing after the dollar. We may be clouded by the finishing line in front of us, trying to make sure that we cross that line before others do but had forgotten what really makes one a champion. McQueen figured that out and truly became a champion, will us figure that out too?

All in all, Cars is a heartwarming and funny animation with a great soundtrack to boot. We may never see talking cars but these cars can be more human than we are. Highly recommended by me and sucre to watch before schools kick in.

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