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A Couple Of RATATOUILLE Reviews Come Squeaking In!

First.... not really. by W3bzpinn3r	Jun 16th, 2007 03:00:15 AM
:)
Pixar by Zorak5	Jun 16th, 2007 03:35:58 AM
hasn't put out a truly great film since Toy Story. The Incredibles was good, but every other Pixar effort I seen has just been... boring. The quality of animation is always high, but the stories mediocre. Ratatouille looks like more of the same.
I would have to agree with the 2nd review... by GobBluth06	Jun 16th, 2007 05:03:19 AM
I saw Ratatouille as well and I completely agree with the 2nd review. It's not bad but its definitely not the kind of Pixar film we're used to. Thats not a bad thing though. I would love to see Pixar go in new directions. I am really looking forward to Wall-E! Anyways, I do agree that one of Ratatouille's main problem is that people are not going to be expecting to see what they get. They're going to see the next Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, etc... They're not going to be expecting to get a kind of plain kids movie. Thats what I felt about Ratatouille. It's just a plain kids movie. Nothing memorable really at all. I'm being generous calling it a kids movie. I don't think any kid under 12 will find this movie entertaining once the "hey look, cute furry rats!" aka first 5 minutes of the movie phase has passed.
Patton Oswalt is doing voice acting for several years. by DerLanghaarige	Jun 16th, 2007 05:15:49 AM
So I'm not surprised that he is good in it. (Did you know that he is Professor Dementor in "Kim Possible"?)
Was that Bomb-Voyage in the background? by Horseflesh	Jun 16th, 2007 06:49:50 AM
Someone who's seen it back me up here... was that the Incredibles villain in that one shot doing pantomime or was that just some generic mime character?
"seems like another instant classic" by lost.rules	Jun 16th, 2007 08:23:15 AM
Instant Classic? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Why is this getting so much aicn coverage? by krushjudgement	Jun 16th, 2007 02:08:00 PM
I like Brad Bird and all, but this just isn't blowing up my skirt. Also Patton Oswalt sounds like Nathan Lane. It makes me want to shove #2 pencils into my eardrums.
Disney no longer deals with McDonalds... by Deadwood Dan	Jun 16th, 2007 02:35:28 PM
Disney didn't re-up with McDonald's over licensing because they didn't wanna be associated with fat kids.
krushjudgement - check out the ads by theBigE	Jun 16th, 2007 03:00:33 PM
Hmmm - ads on this site promoting Rat and intel computers, if you haven't noticed. And you still wonder why it gets AICN coverage? C'mon, Pixar has a great track record, and any movie fan should be excited about their next film.
Just got home from preview screening... by darshn22	Jun 16th, 2007 08:46:34 PM
It was amazing...
2ND REVIEW by david19	Jun 16th, 2007 09:08:37 PM
Bad hack writers smell like a dead skunk on a hot june day. It annoys the hell out of me when I read retarded reviews like the one Gunpowder Throw-Up Poo Poo Eggs wrote. The guy thinks he's funny apparently, and for some reason peppered his entire review with cuss words just cause its kitchy, and uses an inordinate amount of parantheses to add in little side jokes for us all to laugh at. You are an idiot. You're writing for RATATOUILLE, a kids movie, not fucking Die Hard 12. (Oops was that an unnecessary use of the word "fuck"?)
Saw it tonight... by Wungolioth	Jun 16th, 2007 09:12:58 PM
Loved it! My 12 yr old daughter loved it, and she was real iffy on it going in, but I convinced her to go because it was a sneak peek. I will say that the theater was far from crowded, so that might be a bad sign from the boxoffice standpoint. Did anyone else find that it didn't attract a big crowd? If I had one gripe, it was Garofalo's horrible French accent, I could hardly understand every other word of her dialogue. It always seems harder when someone is putting on an accent, they should have hired an actual French actress who could speak English, it might have come off better. I looked at that mime, Horseflesh, but nothing about him screamed Bomb Voyage to me, but you never know, Pixar love to throw in little in-jokes like that.
Saw Snaek Peek by darquelyte	Jun 16th, 2007 09:16:15 PM
Great! Theater was full too, so that's great. The word of mouth from this preview might help this movie. I know many people that said it would freak them out to see a rat cooking, even in a cartoon. I told them they need to grow up. Brad Bird knows his stuff. Truly.
That would be Sneak Peek by darquelyte	Jun 16th, 2007 09:16:33 PM
Oy.
Best film of the year by JackIsLost	Jun 16th, 2007 09:25:43 PM
Just got back from a sneak preview. Brad Bird is a frickin' genius. This movie was so funny, so warm, so smart... no modern jokes, nothing. Peter O'Toole rules! Give him an Oscar for being in a cartoon, that would be fitting given how many times he's been overlooked. Kids in the audience absolutely flipped... first time I have EVER seen a movie get a standing ovation (or maybe they were just clapping as they stood up...). Anyway, the applause was long and loud. This will probably be the biggest hit of the summer. Linguini getting drunk cannot be missed.... who cares if it's rated G. BFD.
I add my applause for this one- by gunslinger7000	Jun 16th, 2007 09:36:06 PM
saw the sneak tonight with my wife and daughter. It was incredible. I think it's Pixar's best movie yet. Great stuff.
I add my applause for this one- by gunslinger7000	Jun 16th, 2007 09:36:08 PM
saw the sneak tonight with my wife and daughter. It was incredible. I think it's Pixar's best movie yet. Great stuff.
Saw sneak peek in Houston-Loved IT! by mychallenge	Jun 16th, 2007 10:26:19 PM
Our family of four saw the sneak peek tonight and loved it. I don't usually laugh out loud at movies, but I did - so did my 8 year-old! We did not leave the theater raving, but the more we reflected on how much we laughed - without bathroom humor - the more highly we rated the movie as a whole. Animation and expressions are incredible from a technical point of view. Humor was clever and not predictable. Plot had some interesting sub-plots that all came together in the end. Funny double-meaning of the food critics final review - can we say, "Take THAT, movie critics!" ??? From our family of four - Great movie that does not insult your intelligence! Thanks Pixar - Disney!
Hands down the best movie of the year by SifoDyasJr.	Jun 16th, 2007 11:23:14 PM
And tied with Toy Story 2 for the best Pixar movie, IMO. I had lower expectations on this one and was totally blown away. How can anyone stomach a Dreamworks animated movie after seeing this?
AGREE BEST film of year by twinski	Jun 16th, 2007 11:32:59 PM
Easily so. Wow. This is a film. Not an animated film. They simply use the talking rat as an actor. This had the look and feel of an all time classic. Will see this again in the theater.
Filthy Pixar Spies by Damer1	Jun 16th, 2007 11:47:05 PM
Are everywhere... and they appear to be posting tonight.
PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT PLANT by J-Dizzle	Jun 17th, 2007 12:37:14 AM
PLANTS! ALL OF THEM PLANTS! PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT, PLANT!
One More Filthy PIXAR Spy by Poetry-In-Motion	Jun 17th, 2007 05:03:15 AM
I have to agree with David19's take on the 2nd reviewer. I saw the preview in my town earlier tonight (a completely packed house) and I was simply blown away by this film! As an aspiring animator & rabid PIXAR and Bird fan, my expectations were high going in, yet I could not have been happier with the final result. If the audience reaction was any indicator, Ratatoille will be HUGE this summer, and deservedly so. BTW, I also found the inebriated Linguini scene to be hilarious, but have to wonder how this made it into a G movie (especially when the character hardly looks 17?)Also, The New Cruelty (1st reviewer) was dead on about the pepper spray bit, by far the single funniest moment in recent cinema.
How I would rank Pixar's efforts... by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 07:54:07 AM
1. Ratatouille / 2. Finding Nemo / 3. Toy Story 2 / 4. The Incredibles / 5. Toy Story / 5. Monsters, Inc. / 6. A Bug's Life / 7. Cars ---- I consider Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life to be pretty good even if they are really too "cute" for their own good while I think Cars is an incredibly weak movie that really doesn't work at all.
Poetry-In-Motion... by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 08:18:55 AM
Hardly the first time someone had drank alcohol in a G-rated Disney film. If memory serves, pirates are drinking rum in "Peter Pan" and in "Sleeping Beauty", the two dads get completely shit-faced. Didn't "Pinocchio" get drunk at Pleasure Island? Hard to remember... Anyway, seems to be okay as long as it's played for laughs or (in the case of "Pinocchio") as cautionary tale...
It sure beats the crap out of the sequels!!! by shartron	Jun 17th, 2007 10:14:40 AM
This is why we go to the movies. I actually was paying attenton to every detail in this film. Absolutely beautiful animation. I think this is a film for ages 7 and above. A lot of families had toddlers and infants at this screening that lost interest. Even my 4 year old was getting fidgety. The humor and dialogue is geared for a slightly older audience which is great. That's why Pixar is superior in every way over other studios. They care about their product. Also, we had the worst previews in history before this film: Underdog, Daddy Day Camp with Cuba "Murphy" Jr., and Bratz the Movie. Pure garbage! At least the short Pixar preview for Wall E was nice.
Saw it last night at AMC Hoffman 22 by Kentucky Colonel	Jun 17th, 2007 10:51:01 AM
Got there early with the wife in tow (she let me know that it was playing, in fact) and had a ball. Nope, it's not "The Incredibles", but then again, it ain't "Cars", either, which is good. The play of the light was fantastic. Some Parisian streetscapes were photo-realistic without being too "real". I, too, found the occasional stiffness in the animation (characters climbing steps...gotaa work on that) and why is it that the only folks without a ree-dick-you-luss ack-scent were the two leads? And, I don't think the kiddies will go apeshit o'er it. For myself, I loved the hell out of it (Jill, too) and will be putting it on my shelf when the DVD is out 6 months from now. I, too, also loved the "100% Motion-Capture Free" tag at the end of the credits (which as always are worth sitting through, but hey, I'm a credits-watcher). Remember the days when it would take two or three years for a movie to come out on home video? Now, I've got to find a recipe for Ratatouille. Looks yummy!
Review from CA by PBoy	Jun 17th, 2007 11:32:47 AM
I saw a screening last night with my 5 year old daughter. We are very picky when it comes to what our children can watch. We are hesitant to take them to see PG movies like Shrek. The studios seem to put stuff in there just to avoid a G rating at all costs. Well, Pixar seems just to make movies to make good movies. The ratings don't seem to make one difference. Anyway, Ratatouille was amazing. It is sophisticated on every level. While my daughter didn't get some of the themes or jokes she still enjoyed the movie and we often were laughing at the same great physical humor. I think they need to cast Linguini in that Danny Kay remake. The visuals were stunning and felt great to look at. I would nominate this film for cinematography at the next academy awards. I wouldn't be suprised if it did get some non animation nods this next year. I know I sound like a Fan Boy and the truth is I love animation. It's just that this film really stands a part from other american films as of late. I am a firm believer in the idea that animation is not a genre and should not be shoe horned into being only for kids and full of smart ass talking animals. Even though this had talking animals they were not smart-assed they were just smart. So in conclusion I loved it My Daughter loved it and now my wife, who loves cooking and is a brilliant chef, can't wait to see it.
An American Rat in Paris by football	Jun 17th, 2007 11:41:48 AM
Surely a more suitable title, non? That said those pesky Yankie rats get everywhere. Had one in my Antartica cabin's portaloo only the other week. Needless to say I gave him a wise crack he didn't forget.
another review from CA by Eternal Watcher	Jun 17th, 2007 01:53:30 PM
Near-packed house at a UA theater. Finally a movie that's not a rerun, I mean sequel, with a good story. It's not just about cooking, and a little guy making it big, it's about trust and relationships, too. This is Best Animated Feature at next year's Oscars. Sorry, Shrek
Yay. Can't wait to see it. These guys know how by superninja	Jun 17th, 2007 11:04:22 PM
to make movies!
EMBRACE THE G RATING! by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 11:14:24 PM
Seriously, it's become as meaningless as the R-rating (as it seems no amount of violence warrants an NC-17). "2001: A Space Odyssey" is also rated G but I wouldn't recommend trying to use that as a babysitter for the kids. To anyone who sits this one out because it's rated G, you're loss... this is one of the best films of the decade.
YOUR, not "you're" by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 11:15:34 PM
Damn typos.
freaking fantastic by drave117	Jun 18th, 2007 02:08:54 AM
I caught an advanced screening of this on Saturday night, and I was utterly blown away. A work of pure beauty, and the most fun I have had at the movies all year. Our screening was completely packed. Standing room only. It received two standing ovations. One the second the credits started to roll, and another after the credits were finished. At least 20% of the sold out theater stayed all the way through the credits, which I have NEVER seen happen. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Brad Bird is America's Miyazaki. I can't wait to see what his upcoming live action project will turn out to be. The opening short was hilarious, and beautifully animated. It drew a great reaction from our crowd. The teaser for Wall-E was also very well-received. Frankly, it made the team behind Robots look like little bitches. This li'l guy wasn't even remotely humanoid, he was only on screen for maybe twenty seconds, and in that short amount of time, he won over the entire crowd by displaying more heart and soul in twenty seconds than was in the entire length of Robots, the film that [stupid] people are calling it a rip-off of. So, yeah, it was a good evening. I can't wait to see it again in a couple of weeks, and this time I will know to bring food with me. I have never seen computer-generated food look so delicious.

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