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ratatouille (no spoilers)
Another amazingly original, fun, and uplifting brad bird/pixar film. This was an extremely unsuccessful sounding premise to me (a rat who becomes a french chef) and I only saw it because of the pixar name. Somehow, though, they made it into something great. imo Ratatouille wasn't as good as the incredibles (but I could say that about almost any movie), but I think it's above cars and nemo. Also this one is really geared towards adults, I'm not sure if kids will be entertained the entire time. It definitely gets a high recommendation to go see it from me. |
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
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Another amazingly original, fun, and uplifting brad bird/pixar film. This was an extremely unsuccessful sounding premise to me (a rat who becomes a french chef) and I only saw it because of the pixar name. Somehow, though, they made it into something great. imo Ratatouille wasn't as good as the incredibles (but I could say that about almost any movie), but I think it's above cars and nemo. Also this one is really geared towards adults, I'm not sure if kids will be entertained the entire time. It definitely gets a high recommendation to go see it from me. [/ QUOTE ] I thought incredibles was surprisingly weak sometimes, so if that's your highest, I'm not sure what to think about your rave review of this one. |
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
blarg i agree with almost everything you write, so it's surprising to me that you would think that the incredibles is weak. It's definitely one of my all time top films.
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
My kids, 6 and 11, both loved it, so it has the kid factor. I think it's excellent, although The Incredibles and Cars were better. It's just different than those films. However, one sequence at the end, on critics, is a must see for everyone who has ever criticized another's work. That is classic Brad Bird and worth the price of admission alone.
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
I agree about the ending sequence. in fact I didn't even feel that great about this movie until after I had seen the last 15 minutes.
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
I find it amusing that you felt it necessary to indicate that there were no spoilers here.
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I find it amusing that you felt it necessary to indicate that there were no spoilers here. [/ QUOTE ] I HATE SPOILERS |
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
Excellent film, I enjoyed as much as my 5-year-old daughter. Casting Peter O'Toole for the voice of Anton Ego was brilliance.
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
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[ QUOTE ] I find it amusing that you felt it necessary to indicate that there were no spoilers here. [/ QUOTE ] I HATE SPOILERS [/ QUOTE ] FWIW, I wouldn't have read the thread w/o the comment. So, +1 on the page views! |
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Re: ratatouille (no spoilers)
Such detail in this film!
Nards aside, the rats are anatomically correct - right down to the zipper (the fur line that runs from chin to giblets on a rat's belly). They moved like real rats (bipedal scenes aside). Ears and whiskers moved correctly. Four fingers and a partial thumb, and tails used appropriately for balance made them look like real rats. I was impressed. Other details, like the organization of the kitchen, the textures of the foods, even the way light refracted through liquids were superb. The story was a bit weak, but the characters were amusing enough to bridge that. I thought the short chef was too similar to other Pixar villains, both in appearance and design. I hope Pixar doesn't sacrifice story writing for technology, like certain others have done. Laughed aloud at the ratatouille/critic scene. F-ing hilarious. So unexpected and so funny. Didn't like cars (too cliche), enjoyed Incredibles, Nemo was so-so, and TS2 didn't do much for me. Ratatouille, IMO, is a welcome return to Pixar's brand. |
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