This film is fantastic! Pixar has yet another great film to add to their impressive repertoire. Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Brad Bird, who wrote and directed The Incredibles, has produced a film with subtle humor, heart, and very profound truth.
Ratatouille is the story of a rat named Remy who has a passion for gourmet food and cooking. He is inspired by the great Parisian chef Gusteau who famously says "Anyone can cook." This quote is the main theme for the film, but in a different way than it appears on the surface. The rat Remy becomes separated from his rat clan and is swept through the sewers of France to Paris where he arrives at Gusteau's restaurant and befriends a clumsy kitchen worker, Linguini. This story is combined with the perfect aesthetic elements to create another Pixar masterpiece.
The animation in Ratatouille is the best Pixar has produced thus far. The immense attention to detail is very evident in each frame of the film. The scenery of Paris is brought to life through these details along with the care in making each food dish look good enough to eat. The screenplay by Brad Bird is very witty and profound with its simple, yet meaningful language. The characters he created are very memorable with unique and fully developed personalities. These great characters are brought to life by the wonderful voice talents of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, and especially the great Peter O'Toole. His character Anton Ego, the gothic food critic, is one of the film's treasures.
Pixar puts forth the best it has to to offer to create a wonderful message that holds so much truth for everyone, especially today's youth: it tells people that no, not anyone can do anything, but if you have the talent you don't have to be limited by your surroundings or your upbringing. I think this is refreshing to hear because often, children are lied to when they are told they can do anything, when actually not all of them can. But it offers hope to the ones who may feel limited by their social class. It also exposes the fact that most people try to put up false facades of themselves to hide who they are in order to feel accepted by the social standards we create in our society; it shows characters with this flaw, but ultimately they accept this reality and learn to be true to themselves. This thread, I think, is very common throughout the Pixar films, and they present it very well. Ratatouille is my new Disney-Pixar favorite! "Ce film a pleine de joie de vivre!"
Pixar puts forth the best it has to to offer to create a wonderful message that holds so much truth for everyone, especially today's youth: it tells people that no, not anyone can do anything, but if you have the talent you don't have to be limited by your surroundings or your upbringing. I think this is refreshing to hear because often, children are lied to when they are told they can do anything, when actually not all of them can. But it offers hope to the ones who may feel limited by their social class. It also exposes the fact that most people try to put up false facades of themselves to hide who they are in order to feel accepted by the social standards we create in our society; it shows characters with this flaw, but ultimately they accept this reality and learn to be true to themselves. This thread, I think, is very common throughout the Pixar films, and they present it very well. Ratatouille is my new Disney-Pixar favorite! "Ce film a pleine de joie de vivre!"
Rating: * * * *
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Trying the blogging thing again I see.
p.s I'm watching Mean Girls right now.
I really wanted to write about movies again. I didn't like my old site name and username anymore, so I changed it and started fresh. I love Mean Girls. "Regina George punched me in the face one time--it was awesome!"
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