Cars is one of the latest movies brought to us by Pixar. This is one that I had been looking forward to seeing for a while, especially since everyone who seems to see it, has nothing but good things to say about it. Unfortunately for me, I did not care for this film. Don’t get me wrong, the animation was fantastic. Probably the best animation to date in an animated film. My problem with it was the story. It just wasn’t that good. To be truthful, its not that it isn’t good, its just so predictable and it’s a story that has been done a thousand times.

Cars tells the story of a rookie race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who has had so much success in his short racing career that it goes to his head. He fires his racing team, which we find out he has done 3 times already in the past year, because he feels that he is better on his own. He dreams of being the fastest, and most popular race car in history. In the very beginning of the film, he ties with two other cars in the Piston Cup race. This means, that the three cars must now race again in a week to determine this years racing champion. On his way across the country to the race, he gets separated from the rig that is carrying him there, and finds himself in a small town in the south. During his adventure into this small town, he ends up ruining to road, and is sentenced by the local judge to fix the road before he can leave.

It’s at this point in the film where the story just gets old. Here you have this hot shot, big city race car, that seems to care only for himself. He is focused on one thing and one thing only, and that’s Racing. It is in his time, fixing the road, and staying in this small town, that he realizes that he’s to focused on his racing, and not enough on his friends (which until he came to this small town, he had none). He learns to value hard work, friendship and even love. It’s a good story, but like I said, it has just been done to many times in film and animation. Believe me when is say, that I understand how important it is to sometimes slow down and just enjoy the view. It’s a lesson I have learned long before Cars came around and felt as if it needed to remind me again. This is a movie that I would recommend to those who just love great animation. If you can get past the fact that the story really offers nothing new, except for Cars that have tongues, then see this movie. If you want a great story to go along with the best animation you will have ever seen, then don’t see Cars.