[novakru]

Cars

You know... I really didn't dig the lead character's narcissism and really didn't believe the 'I am a good guy now' routine after the typical heartwarming 'life lessons' he had to learn.
I say he went right back to his self indulgent behavior within a week.
If he had never gotten lost, he would have ended up at his race and probably would not have won due to the typical overconfidence most egotistical high performance vehicles have.
Which, in turn, would have been such a blow to his shallow hull that he would have turned to some sort of cathartic self-searching for his inner race car.
If not by his own volition, definitely would have been somewhere in the much mentioned 'contract'.
The Sally character would have been a better focus, because even with her short descriptions into her 'other' life, it would have been fascinating to see how her crossroads came to be.
Mater was the comic relief but had such a sadness to his innocent outer shell that you start to wonder if he presents himself this way because there is not much else under the hood or he is just the simple 'good ole boy' everybody likes, but doesn't really want to invite for family dinners?
The really tragic character has to be Doc.
I just don't have the words or inclination to go into how I feel about Doc, but let's just say...his character moved me to tears...many times.

My 2 year old watches this movie at least 4x a day, so I have plenty of opportunities to delve into the vast emotional miasma this movie has on So Many levels....