spell "racecar" backwards....

did you know that the word "racecar", when spelt backwards is also "racecar"? :) words like this are called "palindrome" - interesting erh? picked up this new term from one of the tv-mobile commercials on the new animation-movie "cars".

i'm pretty much a kid-at-heart person, but as much as i love animation-shows, i don't watch them as much as i'd like to. i've been wanting to watch "cars" since they started showing the movie trailers/ commercials. friends who watched it all loved it, so i knew i couldn't let myself miss this again (i didn't get to watch the much raved about "finding nemo" or "the incredibles" previously). anyway, tonight after work, i somehow dragged my unwilling girl-pal to watch it with me (her first reaction was - "eww... what? cartoons?" hehe) anyway, she asked me if the movie would make her laugh, and i promised "yes".... so we got the tickets.

for the first 15 mins. of the movie, i was a tad bit bored - maybe all that F1-type race cars details didn't quite appeal to me. for a moment, i thought i'd made a wrong suggestion and my friend was going to nag at me for the rest of the night. but fortunately, the next 1.5 hours went on brilliantly! the story development, the characters' personalities started to show.. and the graphics were so well done, you'd wish you could go to "that place in the movie - radiator springs" for a real holiday. beautiful! moving! sweet! hilarious! witty!.... the list goes on, i'm impressed! ok, now i'm going get the DVD for keeps :)

pixar has done it once again - "cars" is certainly an animation movie not to be missed. if you think this is a cutesy kiddy show, think again. it's cute, but it's also every bit "adultish" with real-life teachings and meanings behind it. in fact, i think it's probably a little bit too profound for kids below 10.

watch "cars" trailer here

cars-characters to look out for (i love them all!):
- lighting (of course, he's the main lead)
- sally (sweet, sexy)
- hudson (wise, loveable)
- mater (old rusty but trustworthy)
- guido (hahaha... you will know why after you watch the show)