Cars - The Movie

After taking moviegoers magically into the realm of toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and superheroes, the masterful storytellers and technical wizards at Pixar Animation Studios ("The Incredibles," "Finding Nemo," "Monsters, Inc."), and Academy Award®-winning director John Lasseter ("Toy Story," "Toy Story 2," "A Bug’s Life"), hit the road with a fast-paced comedy adventure set inside the world of cars. Lightning McQueen (voice of OWEN WILSON), a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town’s offbeat characters –including Sally (a snazzy 2002 Porsche voiced by BONNIE HUNT), Doc Hudson (a 1951 Hudson Hornet with a mysterious past, voiced by PAUL NEWMAN), and Mater (a rusty but trusty tow truck voiced by LARRY THE CABLE GUY) – who help him realize that there are more important things than trophies, fame and sponsorship. The all-star vocal cast also includes free-wheeling performances by racing legend Richard Petty and Cheech Marin. Fueled with plenty of humor, action, heartfelt drama, and amazing new technical feats, CARS is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages.

I went to watch this movie with 2 guys and a gal. My partners were Richie, Rebec, & Jason. I was glad that the guys liked the seats that I have choosen for them, At the top centre row of seats. We watched quite a late show, considering the fact that all of us took a cab home after the movie. Rebec was saying that she was honoured to have 3 bodyguards to protect her. 1 of them even shared a cab home with her!

I would give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. Thanks for the realities of life shown in the movie.

Before the movie, we had dinner at Gailee & Friends at Cineleisure Orchard. Its a cafe that served like Cafe Cartel of the old, where we had to write down our orders on a piece of order form and pay later at the cashier before food was served. But unlike Cafe Cartel, there wasn't any service charges levied. The food was not bad but again the service was not that fantastic as the waiter and waitress kept making mistakes about what we ordered. The prices were a bit on the high end but considering the amount of food we had, I guessed it was worth it. It could have been more, if not for the UOB card discount.