Ratatouille

[ajp]

We saw it last night, Tuesday, with the kid's school as a fundraiser (can't make Saturday unfortunately). Enjoyed it. It was a fun movie. Won't say anything else until you all have seen it, but it took a direction I didn't expect. But must say, absolutely thoroughly enjoyed the "short" they played at the start. Hope you all enjoy the day on Saturday, those who are going.

[KeithS]

I'm really looking forward to seeing this film! I'm interested in your direction comments Anthony. I've got a basic idea of how the movie runs, so I'll be interested to see if it is different from what I expect!

I've managed to avoid most spoilers etc about this movie - all I've seen are the trailers. Roll on Saturday!

[churros]

Booked a trip to the Pixar Exhibition and saw the movie all in one day! Fantastic animation! Really enjoyed the story!

[mushu mama]

I'm not going to make it to this movie till next week now so a heads-up for any spoilers in the posts would be great.

Hope you all have fun on Saturday.

I can't wait to see this one.

~ Lisa ~

[sandie]

We saw it at Downtown Disney and loved it - with have a number of Rat souviners now!

Sandie

[KeithS]

Yep - Della and I really enjoyed this one.

I couldn't believe the quality of the animation. There was a point in the movie where Remy was talking in the rain, and I completely forgot I was watching animation - until I realised it was a talking rat and I went "Oh yeah, this is not real!"

The story is great with lots of humour, action and comedy.

If you haven't seen it - go now!

Oh, and if you like Pixar shorts, their new one is titled "Lifted" and appears before Ratatouille. It is very funny. You can view it online here:
http://www.jumpcut.com/create/edit?movi ... 0423CEF5B0

It has been online since mid-July, but I kept it to myself as I think we should all see it on the big screen at the cinema first! Now that it is out, I don't have a problem sharing this link with you But don't spoil it - see it at the cinema first!

[sandie]

We loved the short - it had us laughing and put us in a receptive movie for the film. The animation was breathtaking - I agree with you!

[ajp]

Are we allowed to discuss the movie yet?

[mushu mama]

I'm seeing this tonight - can't wait

~ Lisa ~

[mushu mama]

after more aborted attempts than is reasonable, I finally saw Ratatouille today.

I can't believe nobody is talking about this fantastic movie.



~ Lisa ~

[KeithS]

I can't believe nobody is talking about this fantastic movie.

We ALL wanted to speak about this film, but out of respect to those who hadn't yet seen it (errr...I guess that meant you Lisa ) we've been hanging off until we got your permission!!

So let the fun begin.

This film deserved a lot more ticket sales than it got. Unfortunately, I think adults would have gotten a lot more out of this film than kids, but once again it was promoted as a kids film (hmmm...haven't we had this conversation before Lisa?!?) This was old fashioned story-based film making - it didn't matter that it was about a rat, it was a film with character, depth, heart and humour. This deserves next year's Oscar for best animated film.

I could continue on, but I'll let the next person on here take over...!!!

[mushu mama]

We ALL wanted to speak about this film, but out of respect to those who hadn't yet seen it (errr...I guess that meant you Lisa ) we've been hanging off until we got your permission!!

Ok... permission granted
I stand by my earlier statement....
C'est Magnifique... N'est pas?
I LOVED THIS MOVIE.

and I'll take you back to one the earliest discussions we had here....

Ratatouille? What do you reckon came first, idea and then the clever title or the title and "you know that sounds like a movie about a rat". Greg

This is what I thought of when I saw the name of Linguini's restaurant at the end ( not that it surprised me one bit).
This movie was full of clever 'play on words' moments Very Pixar and very impressive in its delivery. Very grown up. And yep, we've discussed that I do believe Keith.
Having said that, both my kids loved it - but then they are older I guess. The cinema was full of little kids and their grandmas - and my daughter assured me that I was the only adult giggling all the way through ( much to her disgust )

And OMG the animation was just awesome. I can't remember a better animated movie. When Remy was washed down into the bowels of Paris I was just blown away at the way it was done. And I could almost smell the frazzled fur when he and his brother got zapped by the lightning in his attempt at what turned out to be souffle au champignon.
Actually, I couldn't possibly say all the bits of this movie that I loved. It was one of my all time favourites already. I want to go to Paris all over again now.
The scenes around Paris were amazing and the architecture was just brilliantly reproduced.
This is one that I will be going to see again.Particularly seeing as I missed the short at the start....

it had it all.... Paris, French cuisine , rapier wit and moped chases.... what more could you ask for?

Oh... and I picked Linguini's parentage as soon as the letter was waving around in his hand at the start.


~ Lisa ~

[ajp]

I agree with the comments on the animation. There were a few moments on the movie when you had to consciously remind yourself you're watching a cartoon!

We also loved the movie and everything about it. Great story, very funny throughout and very very Pixar! This will be a classic with Nemo and Toy Story for sure. I will be watching this over and over on DVD to catch all those great lines!

[KeithS]

Ratatouille has won the Best Animated Film Oscar at today's Academy Awards.

More updates to come...

[ajp]

Congratulations to all and sundry at PIXAR!