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Quint interviews Patton Oswalt about all things Pixar and RATATOUILLE!!!

first? by gunslinger7000	Jun 16th, 2007 04:20:08 PM
could it be?
Great interview! by ldm882	Jun 16th, 2007 04:28:39 PM
Well done Quint!
I Heart Patton Oswalt by Birdys Piano Teacher	Jun 16th, 2007 04:40:07 PM
His stand-up is great and I love that he's doing his own thing and finally people are noticing. Long live Comedians of Comedy!
nice by Dollar Bird	Jun 16th, 2007 04:48:05 PM
That was a pretty great interview. Oswalt is a favorite, so that helps, but kudos to Quint and the Gang for making sure every last drop of movie geekdom got left in. I loved Oswalt's candor, too. It's refreshing. And, nice little shout out for Vern.
Patton Oswalt should have starred in: by mrfan	Jun 16th, 2007 05:31:03 PM
I Am Legend
Great interview by Bob of the Shire	Jun 16th, 2007 05:40:12 PM
Oh yes it is.
i love the touch of oswalt asking about vern by Holodigm	Jun 16th, 2007 05:41:33 PM
very nice tongue-in-cheek reference to himself
Oswalt is not Vern, Holodigm... by Alonzo Mosely	Jun 16th, 2007 06:01:02 PM
You are getting your reviewers mixed up. Vern is a real, breathing person... Now maybe Patton just might be a certain occasional reviewer for this site, and maybe even his mother, but Vern he ain't...
I cannot wait by Pr_Frink	Jun 16th, 2007 06:15:55 PM
Not only is he the lead in a Pixar flim but he has a new CD coming out next month. One of the funniest people alive today.
Love the album cover by I Own You	Jun 16th, 2007 06:39:23 PM
Reminds me of some of the classic stuff from the seventies
Patton Oswalt is my Effin hero man by chiahead	Jun 16th, 2007 06:51:28 PM
What a great interview!! Thanks!!
MAY PATTON OSWALT CONTINUE TO EAT by Pound Sand	Jun 16th, 2007 06:55:40 PM
Great interview. Stuff like this balances out all the Toshiba HD-DVD shilling nonsense.
thanks for the spoiler !!!!! :( by ludmir88	Jun 16th, 2007 07:34:00 PM
i just save 10 bucks thank you again. .....suckers!!!
youtube clip of Patton by BadMrWonka	Jun 16th, 2007 07:45:10 PM
the video is terrible, but this litle bit about listening to the chipmunks records in slow-mo is HILARIOUS... http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=R69_mZj6YWo
Patton: Your picture above looks like Stephen Hawking by Pound Sand	Jun 16th, 2007 08:16:11 PM
Just get the voice synthesizer, and go whole hog.
One of Disney's best ever... by JackIsLost	Jun 16th, 2007 09:50:13 PM
In the same league as "Pinocchio" and far ahead of anything else released this year. Another Oscar for Bird...
Looking forward to the movie but... by Boondock Devil	Jun 16th, 2007 11:25:20 PM
..I hate the fact that I'll be sitting in a theater with dozens of loud sugar-snortin' kids and parents who either don't have the common sense to threaten to back over puppies with their minivans unless they're quiet. Other than that it should be a good time.
Yeah by The Funketeer	Jun 16th, 2007 11:57:44 PM
I hate it when I go to a kids movie and there's kids there. What are those parents thinking?
Reading is good. by Boondock Devil	Jun 17th, 2007 12:05:27 AM
No problem with kids; just the ones who decide it's more fun to bounce around on top of the seats and talking loudly while their parents just sit back and glare at you for having the seeds to actually shush their child. So I stand by my puppy-squashing minivans.
Seeing it with kids tonight.... by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 12:12:43 AM
Was a lot of fun. Now, granted, kids can be annoying but I am more forgiving of them than annoying adults. And their enthusiasm for the movie was infectious. One of the most exciting times I ever had at the movies was when I saw JURASSIC PARK when I was 11 and at the end, everyone applauded wildly. Looking back, I can see the flaws in that film more clearly. But tonight, at the end of RATATOUILLE, once again the kids burst into applause and I joined them, even though I do think it's silly b/c it's not like Brad Bird is in the balcony taking a bow. But I just totally caved to the kid's enjoyment, only this time I know I will be looking back on this film and knowing it's quality will be untarnished forever. A must see.
Saw this tonight.... by Playkins	Jun 17th, 2007 01:39:02 AM
It was UNBELIEVABLE. Leaps and bounds better than "Cars", in both complexity and visuals. They managed to stay away from the typical "outcast/misfit gone good" cliche and created characters with slightl more selfish motives that end up having a place in the world. The realization of a CG Paris was breathtaking. Although it was really from a rat's eye-view that showed little more than street level, there were some gorgeous panoramas that were hyper-real in appearance. The character animation was so good that I had to occasionally remind myself that it was animation, not because it was photoreal, but because it looked so natural. Can't recommend this one enough.
Nice "Stairway to Heaven" shout out. by Bungion Boy	Jun 17th, 2007 02:04:44 AM
aka "A Matter of Life and Death." One of my favorite films. I've been waiting for years for Criterion to get that thing on dvd. Now I love Patton even more. I too saw "Ratatouille" tonight and thought it was wonderful. So many of my friends are ripping on it for looking too cute and childish. Is it any less childish than the story of a fish who is looking for his son? This ranks up with "Toy Story 2" and "The Incredibles" as one of Pixar's best. I loved every minute and can't wait to see it again. Hope it doesn't get too creamed by Transformers. This should be opening on the 27th instead of Die Hard. It could use the extra 2 days.
Nice "Stairway to Heaven" shout out. by Bungion Boy	Jun 17th, 2007 02:06:21 AM
aka "A Matter of Life and Death." One of my favorite films. I've been waiting for years for Criterion to get that thing on dvd. Now I love Patton even more. I too saw "Ratatouille" tonight and thought it was wonderful. So many of my friends are ripping on it for looking too cute and childish. Is it any less childish than the story of a fish who is looking for his son? This ranks up with "Toy Story 2" and "The Incredibles" as one of Pixar's best. I loved every minute and can't wait to see it again. Hope it doesn't get too creamed by Transformers. This should be opening on the 27th instead of Die Hard. It could use the extra 2 days.
im sorry to say it die hard looks terrible by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell	Jun 17th, 2007 06:52:16 AM
maybe its just the commericals. ill still see it though no doubt. just please be great PLEASE
Couldn't give a rat's ass... by football	Jun 17th, 2007 11:22:45 AM
NEXT...
WHAT? NO SMASHMOUTH? by half vader	Jun 17th, 2007 12:06:13 PM
Forget this crap!
football: by Playkins	Jun 17th, 2007 12:20:56 PM
So- a legitimately good movie comes along and.....you don't care.
"Quint: Yeah, I can’t listen to my funk CD" by GiveMeAnFinBreak	Jun 17th, 2007 03:37:24 PM
"... without thinking of MEN IN BLACK…" I hear what you're saying... but 'my funk CD?' as in Time-Life 'I'm chalk white but I want to appear less so' sampler? As in 'I'm really only comfortable having one funk CD in my collection'?? Sorry, that stuck out.
S1LENCE... by GiveMeAnFinBreak	Jun 17th, 2007 03:42:08 PM
Bush and Cheney had Thompson silenced. It's true. ... okay, so it's a dubious conspiracy theory. Even still, that's the way he wanted to go. Who are you to trash that? If I recall correctly, HST had a choice between slow, painful death by cancer or a quick (in his eyes, noble) death by handgun.
The trailer for this movie... by barnaby jones	Jun 17th, 2007 04:21:46 PM
played before Pirates 3 and the full theatre was silent throughout. One word - BORING. Wall-E on the other hand looks like it could be the E.T for a new generation of kids.
jones: by Playkins	Jun 17th, 2007 04:33:14 PM
So you haven't seen it )other than the trailer). And you're saying it's boring. The Audience FULL of kids I saw it with last night thought otherwise, and they actually saw the movie. There were a group of kids in front of me that laughed almost the entire movie.
oh- by Playkins	Jun 17th, 2007 04:34:23 PM
I don't inderstand your appraisal of Wall-E. That trailer doesn't have enough of ANYTHING to make any sort of judgement.
I hope Wall-E is great.... by JackIsLost	Jun 17th, 2007 04:43:12 PM
But the teaser shows absolutely NOTHING other than a robot that looks vaguely like Johnny #5 compacting trash and then looking up to the stars. In a side note, I hope all the parts of metal he is compacting are the remains of the CARS (cause that movie sucked).
And that speaks volumes don't you think ? by barnaby jones	Jun 17th, 2007 04:55:14 PM
The two shots in the wall-E piece sparked way more interest for me than anything in the full length trailer for Ratatouille. As for the comment on the audience, i'm just telling you what the reaction was and my opinion on the TRAILER. I'm perfectly open to it being a good movie.
Actually, playkins, I admire Bird's work... by football	Jun 17th, 2007 05:24:38 PM
.. and think he's made 3 excellent cgi movies. Though I'm not a great fan of this genre and have no intention of seeing Dreck 3 or Even Happier Feet 2, I don't mind the odd cartoon such as Invincibles. Do I get excited by them? No. Do I think there's one too many being churned out in hope of a fast buck without the quality? Yes I do. Sometimes I swear these movies are just being made so as to pay off Robin Williams' therapy bills. Maybe I'm wrong about this one and I do hope it's better than Cars as I prefer Pixar over Dreamwrecks. Thing is I'm just not excited by this one as I should be. Maybe I'm just getting old.
Die Hard is going to be a blast too by barnaby jones	Jun 17th, 2007 05:31:55 PM
hopfully !
Wall-E's garbage cube by half vader	Jun 18th, 2007 01:12:43 AM
I thought for a second there I saw Boo's disguise, but no. I'll bet you a hundred bucks it's in ONE of those cubes though!
Jackie Earle Haley is Rorschach! by DOGSOUP	Jun 18th, 2007 03:48:05 AM
Wait..who?
Suicide is painless. It brings on many changes by Borgnine JR	Jun 18th, 2007 10:08:23 AM
but I can take or leave it if I please. And you can do the same thing...if you please. Let's remake MAS*H with Patton as Radar!
Sometimes Suicide.. by Lour Reed luvs Frank Zappa	Jun 20th, 2007 09:40:31 AM
can work, especially if it's euthanasia. I think under the right circumstances, like when death is inevitable or very, very likely due to some illness, a person should have the choice to end his/her life early. That doesn't necessarily make them honorable or cowardly, it's just a choice. In my case.. if I knew that I didn't have much to look forward to, I would do it not only to end the suffering but also to save my loved ones money, to make sure they can benefit the most from my death. I think it's selfish to try and live just a couple months / years longer when you know you'll die, using up all of your money instead of using it helpfully. And anyways when a family member or someone close to me dies, as has happened many times, I try to look at it in a positive light.. if I were in their position I wouldn't want the people I loved to grieve for me, I'd want them to be happy and enjoy their lives.. so suicide or not, at that stage it's all the same, better to pass the life savings on than use it on hospital bills.
Patton Oswalt by Cobbio	Jun 20th, 2007 09:53:51 AM
Good interview, Quint! Always great to hear from Patton, even though I only really know him from his CD. Which is hilarious. I've never watched an entire episode of "Reno 911," but I probably will now that I know Patton occasionally guest stars. I'm excited to see "Ratatouille".
Also by Cobbio	Jun 20th, 2007 10:03:09 AM
Also, I think opinions about suicide are based on very personal experiences with it. It's not bullshit, per se, since lots of people around the world take the plunge into non-being, but it's also (sometimes) good for people in extreme pain to re-examine things and try to find a way to cope. Both approaches are valid, in my opinion. But isn't a "Ratatouille" thread? Deep dark issues attack!
A DAMN SHAME..... by Playkins	Jun 20th, 2007 10:31:50 PM
That a topic like SUICIDE has hijacked the talkback for such a brilliant animated film. Proof positive that 90% of the people on talkback come to bitch and argue about incindiary crap. Next topic to argue about: ABORTION & THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Begin!
Funny that he mentioned Vern... by team america	Jun 21st, 2007 08:38:36 PM
...considering that Vern has had some unkind words for Patton's Neil Cumpston persona in the past. I can't say I blame him, though - I'd take a Vern review over a Cumpston any day of the week. That said, though, Patton Oswalt is still one of the funniest motherfuckers working today. I can't wait to see this movie.

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