I saw Cars last night with my daughter, and I’d have to say, I think it may be my favorite Pixar film yet. That’s not an easy statement to make, considering Pixar’s arsenal of top notch movies (Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bugs Life, Monster’s Inc., The Incredibles, Finding Nemo). I also suspect that I will be in the minority here, but not by much.
The only two real contenders in Pixar’s line up are Finding Nemo and the original Toy story, and believe me when I say that I enjoyed Cars only half a hair more than the latter two. Cars was definitely the most visually appealing of them all, but what did it for me was the movie’s setting. It was very nostalgic and that was the clincher.
That’s all I’ll say though. I give Cars a 9.5 out of 10. Oh, and I highly recommend going to see this movie on a rainy Saturday night, with about 100 screaming children who are up way past their bedtimes, strung out on an endless supply Junior Mints. It really amplifies the experience. 
By the way, check out this unbelievable tidbit from Rottentomatoes.com.
“The addition of reflections in practically every shot of the film added tremendous render time to the project. The average time to render a single frame of film for “CARS” was 17 hours. Even with a sophisticated network of 3000 computers, and state-of-the-art lightning fast processors that operate up to four times faster than they did on “The Incredibles,” it still took many days to render a single second of finished film.”
