Whoa. The director and co-writer of this film is Brad Bird???? YES! I'm there, dude!
I also didn't know that Patton Oswalt was the voice of Remy, the main character. I love his stand-up and appearances on Conan O'Brien. This may even be better than I originally thought.
Horrible title. Best. Trailer. Ever.
WHat's so horrible about the title? Unless you're referring to it being a horrible pun.
An observation, not a nit: Chef Skinner is a bit of a sell out, creating a line of cheap, microwavable frozen foods using the Gusteau's name. I wonder if this was meant as a Pixar jab at Disney under Michael Eisner, and all the cheap, bad, direct-to-video sequels the company has churned out under Walt's name.
Could be. The bit at the end regarding the pettiness of critics was also likely meant to encompass movie critics as well. Wonder how some of them will handle that.
I think it's a little ignorant of Pixar to make a movie that takes place Paris with only one or two characters speaking with an accent. I know it was made in the US but is it too much to ask to balance a little realism with a talking rat?
How do they do it? I swear... it's not natural! And yet, it's happened again- another great PIXAR hit!!!
I begin to suspect that if Elmer Fudd ever had a widow, she would be the woman at the start of this film.
I noticed that when Linguinie was considering places to put Remmy and tugged on his waistband, the boxers he was wearing were patterned with the Incredibles logo.
Ack! I actually managed to MISS John Ratzenberger- though I saw his name in the credits! Who was he???
Ah, never mind, found him... the head waiter. Thank goodness for Wikipedia! :-)
I saw this today. It was okay. More fun than Cars, I think, with a much better color palette, and I liked all the Parisian details but because it was Brad Bird, I had high expectations.
For one thing, Alfredo Linguini just annoyed me. He was essentially a cipher. A prop. Putting aside the stereotypical Italian name (At least he didn't have the handlebar mustache and stereotypical accent that Tony the grocer had in Monsters, Inc.), we don't learn anything about what his dreams were prior to coming to the restaurant, he's a putz, and not worthy of the affections of Collette, who's too good for him, IMO. He is essentially a puppet, not only in the literal sense of Remy controlling him in order to cook, but in the narrative sense of existing solely as a conduit through which we observe Remy. He's a one-dimensional klutz with no character development.
The other thing that didn't have me thrilled was the ending. If Alfredo and Remy could win over Ego by sitting him down to a brilliantly-made meal, why not do the same with the health inspector? And if Gusteau's was closed, what purpose does it serve to open up Ratatouille? Narratively, has anything really changed? And internally, won't the health inspector check that one out too, see that there is still a rat in the kitchen (and possibly more above it), and shut that place down too?
Still, it was an okay movie.
Duke: I wonder if this was meant as a Pixar jab at Disney under Michael Eisner, and all the cheap, bad, direct-to-video sequels the company has churned out under Walt's name.
Gordon Lawyer: The bit at the end regarding the pettiness of critics was also likely meant to encompass movie critics as well. Wonder how some of them will handle that.
Luigi Novi: I never got that sense from either of those bits, personally.