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Couldn't be more perfect. It's hard to even know where to start, because every piece of it feels top-tier. The movie has that rare mix of elegance in simplicity and beauty in detail, which makes it flow so naturally you almost forget how difficult it must have been to pull off.

Visually, it's stunning: those icy landscapes and facial expressions still feel generational for animation. The songs are ridiculously catchy and powerful, striking the balance between fun, emotional, and epic. And the voice work? Spot-on. Every line and note lands with the exact weight or lightness it needs, which makes the whole thing breathe with life.

But the biggest surprise for me was the story and characters. At first, I worried it would fade into something shallow, but the ending tied everything together in a way that felt both clever and earned. That's why Frozen stands shoulder to shoulder with the '90s golden age classics.

It would be interesting to know how long it took to write this script, which doesn't even meet the most basic foundations of any decent film, almost as if it were deliberately written badly, as a protest against the studio for forcing such a soulless product into the market.

I say that because there are barely any characters or story. There are a few meaningless names, and the dreadful Dane Cook voices the main plane, but it's hard to explain what the plot even is or why we're supposed to care about anything in this ridiculous (and painfully dumb) "Cars world," only with even less personality.

Basically, the protagonist has "the dream of" something, and we watch... the boring, bland, mediocre, and above all painfully predictable ordeals he goes through to achieve it (and to be heroic and perfect in every way), in a flood of clichés with no charm, no humor, no spark, no coherence, no intelligence... nothing of value. Some generous souls will point out the visuals, but in my opinion, they don't deserve our generosity.

The action is phenomenal, and the chase sequences are amazing. On top of that, watching Statham and Johnson go back and forth with their banter has some great moments, and both completely nail their roles as "action heroes." Vanessa Kirby rounds out the hero trio, and Idris Elba plays the villain, both of them easily handling simple roles that fit their talent.

That said, every second that isn't focused on the above is just obligatory filler at its most basic, with the necessary exposition to pretend this is a story and not just a string of John Wick-style action set pieces.

What would normally be just a solid action movie, in my opinion, becomes something slightly better thanks to the visual spectacle and the strong performances from the key players, though even that isn't enough to turn it into a genuinely great film.