Originally Posted By Santa Monica Being a Pixar movie, I had always looked forward to it. But after watching the 9 minute preview, I can't stand the wait. I can't believe how much life are in the characters. The way Remy acts when he starts to add ingredients into the soup (that little finger waggle as he realizes what else might help it). Those little details add so much to the characters. I find it amazing that they can do this. Also, the way Linguini gasps when he realizes Remy understands him. The voice acting is incredible. And then the music is terrific in the trailer. My eyes welled up at the end. I cannot wait.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: I cain't wait my OWN dang self! Just hope they shows how them French folks cooks up a mess a frog legs whilst watchin' the movie. Might give me some good ideas fer a whole new way a eatin' 'em!
Originally Posted By Rsey103 The trailer for Rat was the best thing about the Robinsons.... Love the idea of a rat who wants to be a chef in a French kitchen. I'm sold! And...hi, Witches! Haven't seen you on here in a while.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Ain't seen yerself, neither, Rsey103, ducklin'. How's tricks? (Uh, fergit I asked that. Orddu might be lurkin' 'round here an' the last thing we oughtta be talkin' 'bout is tricks!!
Originally Posted By Dlmusic Shrek the Third's Rotten Tomatoes score has fallen to 43%. While opening weekend is guaranteed to be huge, maybe word of mouth will kick in? It's almost depressing thinking about how much money this movie is going to make opening weekend considering how bad it seems to be.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Personally IMHO I think part of the reason for Cars opening success was a general want of people to like the movie. I think many Pixar and Disney fans WANTED to like Cars. I hope I am wrong, but after seeing the preview, I'm not overly excited. Of course I said the same thing about Pirates 1, and the franchise Pirates 1,2 and soon 3 are my favorite string of movies of all time...so it stands to reason that I am dead wrong. As with Cars, I hope that I am. Either way, just like Meet the Robinson's, they WILL get MY ticket money. We see all Pixar Films in the theater.
Originally Posted By DAR <<It's almost depressing thinking about how much money this movie is going to make opening weekend considering how bad it seems to be.>> It's going to make money next weekend too with Memorial Day coming up.
Originally Posted By jnemo We have just returned home from a preview of Ratatouille and I have to say I have not laughed so much in a long, long time. It is so funny, and the colors and background is just beautiful. It has a wonderful story to tell. Before the show we also saw the Pixar short Lifted started us laughing, another great one for Pixar. I would recommend this movie to anyone.
Originally Posted By ni_teach I just saw the film a little while ago and I must say that it is GREAT!!!!!!!! Without question the BEST film of the summer. WOW... It looks great, has a great story and is very, very funny! JUST GO AND SEE IT!!!!!
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct We just got back from seeing the movie tonight. Great movie! The theater was packed and the audience applauded at the end. Many stayed to watch the credits. This movie seemed a little more adult but the kids loved it - I heard very little squirming from the little ones. The "cuteness" factor in this movie was not as high on this movie like CARS. The charaters seemed a little more adult I think. Good movie - go see it !!!
Originally Posted By MadAboutMickey Yes, I saw it yesterday. It was adorable! After seeing the ads, I was worried that it would be another one of those movies that shows all of the gags in the commercial (Ahem, Meet the Robinsons, cough cough), but I was wrong! It was very funny. I highly recommend it.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i just saw it this afternoon and i have to agree with madaboutmickey, it is adorable and funny! The detail to everthing, the food, the scenery,etc. is so amazing! And the soundtrack was very nice, kind of a french jazz type music, i really want to buy the soundtrack. but to be honest, i think this is my favorite pixar movie so far, before this one my favorite was monsters inc.
Originally Posted By ctdsnark I've said it before,I'll say it again,especially after seeing Rataouille:Nobody makes CGI features like Pixar.They put a great deal of thought in their work,and it shows onscreen. I could be wrong,but I think this is the first Pixar feature that makes absolutely no references,visual or otherwise, to the previous films. {At least,none that I saw.}
Originally Posted By Elderp I enjoyed the movie, the intro was lacking, in fact I thought the closing credits should of been the opening credits. The story was strong in my opinon. I love the querkiness of the characters and my only regret with them is that there wasn't enough time to talk about them more. I really liked the pacing and especially the pacing of the jokes. Pixar in my opinion did a good job not to disclose, in my opinion, their best jokes in their trailers. I will be interesting to see how this movie does. I think it is a must see for every Disney fanatic but I don't know how it will do with the under 8 crowd, which we all know is Disney's bread and butter. The only other real competition to this movie is Transformers and Surfs Up. I don't see Transformers making a dent but Surf's Up has a had a lot more publicity than Ratatoulle, so it could be interesting. On a seperate note I am looking forward to seeing that Bee Movie. It looks like it will be really good based on the trailers.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just saw this last night, and really liked it. It looked amazing and was entertaining throughout. Compared to other Bird films, I liked it better than Incredibles, and almost as much as Iron Giant (a sadly overlooked film). Compared to other Pixar, it's not quite in my top rank. Compared to Nemo or TS2 it had fewer big laughs, and those films earned some honest tears too, which Rat. didn't, but Pixar sets the bar very high. (Cars was the only one I thought was just "good," rather than really good or excellent). This one was really good and a return to form after Cars. And Ratzenburger must have disguised his voice or had a very small part, because I know he was in there, but I didn't notice who he was.
Originally Posted By ChiMike He was the head waiter. You can pick up on it when he shoves himself against the doors in the kitchen in a panic. I too think Cars was the weakest film.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>I could be wrong,but I think this is the first Pixar feature that makes absolutely no references,visual or otherwise, to the previous films. {At least,none that I saw.}<< Linguini had Incredibles underwear. There is supposedly a cameo of Family Dog from Bird's exceptional work on Amazing Stories, and in carrying forward Bird's tradition there should be a Frank & Ollie reference. And for that matter, there should be a Pizza Planet truck somewhere too.
Originally Posted By Buzz Lite-Snack Simply Incredible. Pixar's best film to date. Every scene is in purpose of the story. It's smart, it doesn't pander or dumb itself down for the audience - This is Pixar at "Lady & The Tramp" level storytelling. Relaxed, ingenious, comfortable in their own skin. Not the funniest or most adventurous tale . . . just simply: Artist's at the peak of their craft. Telling a heart warming story - and blowing your doors off in the process. I am seriously trying to figure out in my head if this is not one of the 3 best animated films of ALL time. Snow White, Fantasia, Ratatouille? Pinnochio, Snow White, Ratatouille? For me, it is THAT good. I was lucky enough to see it for free at the studio Cast Member screening Saturday morning - and I can't wait to see it again, and again on my dime. I don't even want to get into how superb this is visually - there has never been a better computer animated film - visually - it's not even close. From the reflections in spoons, the texture of velvet, a river in broad day light, wine pouring from a bottle, diffused light through night-time fog, scratches on a piece of wood . . . . it just goes on and on, and yet none of these things take away from the story or scream LOOK AT ME! You just have no choice but to see them - the fluidity with which a character chops vegetables, the rings of a sliced purple onion - if you move your eyes away from the main characters you are always treated to a visual feast. This is one of the most lush, detailed, visually stimulating films I have seen in my 45 years. BUT - really, this movie succeeds because of it's story and it's characters. Pixar has not just raised the bar many, many notches - they have raised it a couple of floors. My favorite Pixar films were The Incredibles & Finding Nemo (no particular order) - but they have both taken a backseat to Ratatouille. My only small quibble was that to me it felt about 10 minutes too long - but I still can't figure out WHICH 10 minutes could be excised (I'm sure the Pixarians felt the same dilemma and ultimately decided there was no fat to be trimmed - the story is what it is)- but by the end of the film I no longer cared - and I was sad to have to leave the world they had created. Bravo Pixar. Bravo. Now bring me one of those dessert trays!
