Ratatouille

[Twoback]

Mizzou's pick for the best film to date of 2007 didn't even hold up two weeks.
Your best film so far this summer is Ratatouille, which may be the best ingenious animated film of the past three decades. It's not unusual for a movie set in a beautiful city to make you long to visit the place. Rat leaves you dying to visit Paris, and it's a freaking cartoon.
Brad Bird is one creative dude.

 

[Chi City 81]

Spup cannot pronounce the name of this movie. It's pretty funny, actually.

 

[rico_the_redneck]

Your best film so far this summer is Ratatouille, which may be the best ingenious animated film of the past three decades. It's not unusual for a movie set in a beautiful city to make you long to visit the place. Rat leaves you dying to visit Paris, and it's a freaking cartoon.
Brad Bird is one creative dude.

Agreed on all counts. This is the best movie Pixar's done IMO and the way they make Paris look at night is just gorgeous. I am of a fan of Patton Oswalt's comedy and his character "Spence" from the "King of Queens" so it was odd in a good way to hear him voicing the main character.

 

[alleyallen]

Took my son to see it over the weekend and he stayed glued to his seat the entire time. There were also plenty of opportunities for me to laugh as well, and the whole cooking theme left me freaking hungry by the time the credits were rolling.

 

[murciélago]

Our movie reviewer said it was average.

He hates movies, I think.

 

[alleyallen]

Our movie reviewer said it was average.

He hates movies, I think.

See the movie and you'll see just what they think of reviewers, be they movie or food critics.

And I can honestly say I've ever ONCE used a movie review to decide whether or not to actually, y'know, watch a movie.

 

[MileHigh]

Saw it on the its opening weekend and it was fabulous. Bright, witty, funny. The animation, as usual, was incredible. I thought it was 10 times better than Shrek the Third.

 

[alleyallen]

Saw it on the its opening weekend and it was fabulous. Bright, witty, funny. The animation, as usual, was incredible. I thought it was 10 times better than Shrek the Third.

Still haven't seen Shrek the Third, although Little Man did as part of a day-care field trip. He liked it, but he also likes the original Batman Movie with Adam West and Burt Ward (Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romero...)

On second thought, maybe he has better taste than I give him credit for...

 

[StormSurge]

I love Pixar & I love Patton Oswalt, but I didn't like Ratatouille as much as previous Pixar movies. It seemed to drag on and I just wasn't as entertained as I was watching other Pixar flicks. It was still better than Shrek the Third. :P

 

[Born to Run]

I'm with Storm. I have no complaints about the movie. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't as high on it as many on the board.
I didn't think it was all that funny.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Sorry for the minor threadjack... Haven't seen Ratatouille yet. But I did see License to Wed with the wife yesterday and we both loved it. We also both enjoyed Shrek the Third. So Ratatouille will be added to the list of movies we need to get out and see.

 

[mediaguy]

Why is a cartoon two hours and 20 minutes long? Haven't seen it, and I'd still like to, but if a big part of your target audience is children, why so long? I thought "Cars" was long for kids at 1:45, and this one is freaking "Gettysburg" by comparison. It's called editing: look into it.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I loved it... Not as good as Incredibles though...

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Mizzou's pick for the best film to date of 2007 didn't even hold up two weeks.
Your best film so far this summer is Ratatouille, which may be the best ingenious animated film of the past three decades. It's not unusual for a movie set in a beautiful city to make you long to visit the place. Rat leaves you dying to visit Paris, and it's a freaking cartoon.
Brad Bird is one creative dude.

It should be noted that my pick for the best film of the year (Sicko) is a documentary and not even in wide release yet... Good comparison though...

 

[CUinthenewsroom]

Sorry for the minor threadjack... Haven't seen Ratatouille yet. But I did see License to Wed with the wife yesterday and we both loved it. We also both enjoyed Shrek the Third. So Ratatouille will be added to the list of movies we need to get out and see.

Agreed. Saw Wed last night and laughed the whole way through. Not as good as Knocked Up, but it was good.

 

[alleyallen]

Why is a cartoon two hours and 20 minutes long? Haven't seen it, and I'd still like to, but if a big part of your target audience is children, why so long? I thought "Cars" was long for kids at 1:45, and this one is freaking "Gettysburg" by comparison. It's called editing: look into it.

I didn't even notice that it was so long, and neither did my energetic and potty-trained 4-year-old. It certainly didn't seem that long.

 

[Editude]

Quite good, with a good theme (and well-handled ending). Not quite as funny as it could have been, and it seemed more geared toward adults than kids.

 

[joe king]

I haven't seen Ratatouille but I'm already sick of it. I hate the Disney promotion/marketing machine.

 

[Idaho]

Saw it on the its opening weekend and it was fabulous. Bright, witty, funny. The animation, as usual, was incredible. I thought it was 10 times better than Shrek the Third.

Not saying much. Shrek3 sucked.

My 13 year old saw Ratatouille at a screening a week ago and said it was awesome. Tried to take the munchkins yesterday and the showings were sold out. I'll try again Saturday.

And the only purpose a movie reviewer serves for me is to tell me how many minutes the movie lasts (gotta plan down to the nanosecond these days) and if there is objectionable material in the flick. I pretty much read only the last paragraph of a review.

 

[Idaho]

Why is a cartoon two hours and 20 minutes long? Haven't seen it, and I'd still like to, but if a big part of your target audience is children, why so long? I thought "Cars" was long for kids at 1:45, and this one is freaking "Gettysburg" by comparison. It's called editing: look into it.

Is it really that long? The listing I saw had it at 110 minutes.