True. There's nothing wrong with the movie, for that matter. It's a fine tribute to all fire and rescue workers and solidly entertaining, save perhaps for a couple weaker points here and there.
The grandeur of a Yellowstone-esque national park was captured majestically. I appreciated all the "mature" jokes that will fly--no pun intended--over children's heads (e.g., "I kicked Aston Martin," Boat Reynolds in "Best Little Boathouse in Texas," Harvey RV & Winnie Winnebago's adult joke, Dipper wanting a room for after Dusty's and her "second date," a plane on a dating site talking about how many "pounds of thrust" he has in a bonus animated short, etc.) Everything is a pun, parody, or allusion--Howard the Truck, CHoPS=CHiPS, the Grand Fusel Lodge, "Muir" written on the side of the train, etc.
Though it does seem illogical for vehicles to exist in a world seemingly devoid of humans, I was glad they addressed the matter of park wildlife (the "deer" are John Deere tractors, and little balsa-wood planes are birds! Ha.) You can tell they had a lot of fun making this. And one can only assume that the vehicles reproduce by building/manufacturing more of themselves.
Of the new characters, I most liked Windlifter the sullen Native American & Dipper, the lovably creepy overly-attached-girlfriend type.
Excellent voice talent in the form of Hal Holbrook, Fred Willard, Rene Auberjonois, Jerry Stiller, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, John Ratzenberger, and others didn't go to waste. I found this to be a very cute film with the humor, cleverness, heart, and stupendous animation one expects from Disney. Good songs, too.
"Cars" itself may not be Pixar's best in most opinions, but I love it, and Pixar's "worst" is still danged great.
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