aiyaiyai HEYLOO hehe let's talk abt this beauty.
my prime motivation to revisit this childhood classic was to see if lightning mcqueen's personality would live up to his human form thirst-trap reel. and, it does tbh. going into this, i was fully expecting some turbo-esque, zero-to-hero type race car trope but, that wasn't it??? my childhood memory fails me. i didn't remember a single thing abt the plot, but watching this was an absolute treat. pixar has done it again.
mcqueen's ascent from being an arrogant and cocky i-feel-like-punching-him one-man team to being a lesser arrogant but still cocky i-have-friends-now was great. the found family trope in a small town definitely gave hallmark christmas movie vibes but it was done wonderfully tbh. it's not all about winning in this one. it's winning, but looking back to where you came from and being happy abt it and having all those ppl behind u who u are winning FOR.
so this movie was honestly one of the better animations i've seen. it only has a 9 coz there was something missing which i can't put my finger on. who knows, the next one MIGHT be better. i definitely will keep thirsting over human!lightningmcqueen for ages to come coz dayum. he's. wow. the blonde hair suits him. the ferrarri duo were my favorite. sally was cool too hehe. let's see how the next one is.
