My thoughts exactly when I watched Luca yesterday as well.I watched pixar's Luca yesterday. I saw some divided reviews on it, mainly about the stakes not being "high" in this one compared to some others. I myself really enjoyed it, yes it's a more feel good story between friends but not every pixar movie has to have crazy adventures or high stakes. It also gave me a lot of miyazaki, ghibli vibes in some scenes. The characters were likeable (although the bad guy was the most cliché one) and animation was stunning!