Ok, my stupid question of the night...

[Archae]

That movie Ratou(howeverthefuckit'sspelled) from Pixar looks good.

But what the hell is it about? :shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Rat who wants to be a chef, I think.

[Lex]

2. I'm looking forward to seeing it!

Yes. I am. I'm 42 years old and I admit I'm looking forward to seeing this Pixar film.

I think it's about a rat who wants to become a chef so he goes to Paris.

:hi:

[northzax]

3. a rat who can cook

teams up with a human chef who can't. hillarity ensues.

[Lex]

4. A review here

Ratatouille is as fresh as the art of animation has given us

Thursday, June 28, 2007

- Christy Lemire

The Associated Press

Ratatouille may be the first Pixar movie that is so advanced, so sophisticated that it doesn’t feel as though it was made for kids.

On a fundamental level, sure, children will probably enjoy watching the animated adventures of Remy, a plucky Parisian rat who leaves the colony to pursue his dream of becoming a gourmet chef. There’s some slapsticky physical comedy, and writer-director Brad Bird, the mastermind behind The Incredibles, keeps things going at a lively, engaging clip.

But there’s nothing silly or childlike about it. If you stop to think about it, the main character is experiencing an existential crisis. Stay with the family and safely sift through garbage, as his rodent ancestors have done for centuries, or risk loneliness, abject failure and worse - death - by chasing after a loftier goal? Heady stuff there.

Ratatouille is also visually wondrous in ways that are both lush and intricately detailed, in ways that seem to have been tailored more toward grown-up tastes and sensibilities. It would seem that computer-generated technology couldn’t get any better, but wow - it just does. The multitude of animators clearly paid close attention to facets of our daily lives that we take for granted: knife marks on a cutting board, the way raindrops splash when they hit the sidewalk, the glow from a street lamp. Sitting through Ratatouille, it doesn’t take long for you to forget that you’re watching an animated movie and just allow yourself to become immersed in this glorious realism.

The filmmakers also have done marvelous things with perspective, often allowing us to see what it’s like through Remy’s small, beady eyes. We feel as though we’re rushing down a sewer or scampering through walls and underneath serving carts, trying to avoid being squished, and it’s thrilling.

http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_RelishArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351794336&path=!entertainment!movies!&s=1037645508976