8 Mind-Blowing Tricks Famous Movies Subtly Played On You

6. The Rocks Are Car-Shaped So It Feels More Real - Cars

Cars was doomed to failure (at least with adult Pixar fans; it remains one of the company€™'s biggest merchandise spinners) from the moment of its conception. The aims were adolescent (after The Incredibles gave us a Watchmen styled mid-life crisis, we seemed to be devolving into generic moral territory) and the character designs were just a little too cartoony; surely everyone imagines cars with headlights for eyes, not windshields?

It€™'s this sort of knee jerk reaction that led to the film's bottom drawer reputation; it may not be Pixar's best, but if you ignore Mater it offers a real charm. It's in the imagination stakes where Cars stands alongside the best, with the world feeling exactly like a motor ruled version of our own.

As well as the petrolisation (not a word, but like many of my made up ones it should be) of the everyday elements of the real world, the geography has been warped. In the same way we see people in them, the clouds and rock formations are shaped like Car parts.

Many people noticed this, but few appreciated the effect it had, making Radiator Springs feel like it actually existed, of course making its fate all the more emotional. Well, for those who gave the film a chance.