First Reaction

:laughing: :laughing: I don’t know why this made me laugh, but it did! And to be honest, you’re the only person I’ve ever heard say that they hate cheese.

I thought it looked pretty interesting. For some reason I disliked the waiter’s hand in the clip, but I have no idea why it bugged me at the time. I don’t have a problem with it now.

When I first saw the trailer I got so excited!! I thought it was going to be a great movie and I was right! :smiley:

Well, I have been a huge fan of Pixar my entire life, since the first time I saw Toy Story when I was just a little boy. Then Monsters, Inc. secured me as a true fan, you know, not just one of those talkkers. However, being a fan is just kind of where it stopped. That is until I saw Ratatouille. THis movie blew my mind, in so many ways. It was so funny, so intelligent, and most of all, so beautiful. I didn’t see it in theaters and I immediately regreted that once I saw the film. This really is the movie that made me obsessed with Pixar. Without it, I don’t know if I would be here on Pixar Planet today.

Me too! I’ve always loved Pixar films since I was a kid, but this was the first one that I saw and actually looked at the design. The film is just so gorgeous to look at… I’m sure that you could take a screenshot from any scene in this movie and still find something beautiful in it. That’s not to say that Pixar’s earlier films weren’t beautiful, they just never struck me in the way Ratatouille did.

I also love the characters- they’re all flawed but likeable (well, to me they are). Also, the way the film quietly ends is incredibly brave for an animated film- the climax isn’t action-packed or loud, the film reaches it’s natural conclusion.

Infact, this is the movie that made me really obsessed with Pixar as well.

That’s sort of how it was for me. I remember that after seeing Cars I thought, “Hey, that movie was pretty good. I think I kinda like this Pixar company now.” and after seeing Ratatouille I said, “Okay. I’m a fan now. I wonder what their next film is all about?” And after seeing Ratatouille was basically when I became a major Pixar fan.

I like Ratatouille,it was good but I think it’s a little overrated.I did like Remy,and Colette was OK.Linguini was a [spoil]very weak[/spoil] character and I [spoil]hated[/spoil] him and Colette’s relationship because it felt [spoil]forced[/spoil]…It was good but not all that as people say it is…

P.S:I spoiled certian words and phrases so that fans wouldn’t be hurt…I wish people would do that with Cars… :confused:

Hey, you don’t have to put a spoiler over your opinions, CarsLuver. :slight_smile:

I love this movie, but I have to agree - Colette and Alfredo’s relationship was very forced, but that is completely in Colette’s character to jump into something like that. Alfredo may be considered a “weak” character because he is just very insecure and I don’t think he holds a very high respect for himself. To me, that is a very relatable sort of character, because we all are insecure and we think that we are worth nothing, but we just need someone to come into our lives to show us who we can be. That is what Remy did for Alfredo. He helped him find his job, and yet, at the same time, was helping Remy in pursuing his dreams. :slight_smile:

But I really don’t like Colette. She just feels so… fake. She feels like the stereotypical “French snob”-type character and that really bugs me. :confused: It feels very obvious that she is totally wrapping Alfredo around her finger, because he is so insecure and he would fall for whoever makes him feel like he’s worth something. Their relationship doesn’t seem as though it would last very long. Just my opinion. :confused:

I guess the number one reason why I love this movie so much is because, even though it’s about cooking, I relate it to being about any dream you have in your heart. Remy did everything he could to pursue his dream - even though he had to leave his family and friends behind. The movie tells people who have big dreams to never stop pursuing them, even if everyone around you (including your family) tells you that you are too small to do it, or you don’t live in a big enough place for it to happen (I have heard that before).

And here’s a quote to end my extremely long explanation:
“All your dreams can come true… if you have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney.
I think that quote matches Ratatouille perfectly. :slight_smile:

Yeah,I agree completely with you post.The thing about Linguini though was that he totally pushed Remy out of the way when he and Colette got together,kinda like betraying his friend,which I think is messed up considering Remy was the only friend he had…and he dosen’t take charge of things as opposed to main characters like Woody,Lightning McQueen,or Flik.He just allows people to take advantage of him,which I think is very weak-minded… :confused:

Well, like I said, if he’s insecure, of course he’s gonna let people take advantage of him, it’s almost like he can’t help it. I did find it wrong that he totally forgot about Remy… but I think that was because he was too obsessed with Colette at the time, and he needed a reality check in order to set his mind right again. Remy raiding the food pantry really helped with that, I think.

Not everyone can take charge in a situation (I can’t :laughing:), so that’s why I felt that his personality was more relatable. I could relate to how he couldn’t stand up for himself, because I am very much the same way. It’s all a matter of how much you can relate, I guess. :confused:

My first reaction to the trailer (not the teaser, because there you didn’t have a great insight of the movie) was of great excitement.

I mean, after the slight disappointed with Cars, I had the strong feeling that now we were about to see a very imaginative piece with a terrific story and oh so unbelievable animation.

It turned out I was right. The movie is a masterpiece, an to the date, still one of my favorites.

I’ve said this before, but Ratatouille really was the very first time I started doubting Pixar when normally I had been following every new film since Toy Story. I can only remember seeing the teaser really well on the Cars DVD and just not getting it. I don’t think I could quite get the whole premise of it, and I thought it seemed “out of the norm” for Pixar cause it was all about cooking. I don’t think it was because it was about rats, but that I couldn’t find it as imaginative as their other films, which is why I skipped it entirely in favor of Wall-E. I think it took seeing how good Up was (another Pixar film with an odd, questionable concept) for me to finally go back and start warming up to the film. I’ve been finding it a lot easier to connect to the story now that I see it in relation to art and how any aspiring artist can relate to Remy in that way. Ironically, I had been in cooking class before and was always complaining to myself that “I don’t want to be here. I want to be in art class!”, but Ratatouille reminds me that cooking itself can be an art, though not the kind of art that everyone would prefer. What’s nice about “Anyone Can Cook!” is that it can speak of all kinds of arts besides cooking, so anyone can relate their passions to it.

I also think it helps to know that Brad Bird himself couldn’t get into the film right away either when he was asked to direct. One of my favorite lines of his from the deleted scenes is actually “You’re looking kinda cheffy today!”, which he says came out of not knowing a thing about cooking.

I don’t really remember my reaction to the trailer. Like, I really wanted to see the movie, but because it was PIXAR and Brad Bird, not Ratatouille. When I saw it, on the opning day, my birthday, however, my mind was totally blown. I almost cried at the end. <3

Anyway, Collette and Linguini never bothered me. I thought it was cute. Sorry. :stuck_out_tongue:

Ok…what’s the Sorry and the smiley after supposed to mean? :confused:

Teaser = Didn’t really click with me.
Trailer = Adored it. Watched it over and over. Goosebumps! It looked so different from other family-friendly (not just animated) movies I’ve seen and heard of, and that excited me. Sometimes my favorite films turn out to be ones that I couldn’t figure out the basic outline for from watching the trailer, and I just couldn’t tell what was going to happen. Plus, the artwork shown in the trailer was gorgeous!
Actual film = I found out last minute about a sneak peek screening that was actually nearby and actually still had tickets available. The first time, I was not in love. I liked it, and I certainly loved some parts (some of my favorite scenes: Anton Ego eating the ratatouille, the other cooks discovering Linguini’s secret, and the very end in the new restaurant). After each and every viewing, however, my admiration for the film grew. It kept growing until it went from the bottom half of my Pixar rankings to the top tier, behind The Incredibles and Monsters, Inc. and tied with Toy Story. It’s such a wonderfully told story.

So BASICALLY, I went from feeling lukewarm to falling in love. I’ve probably seen Ratatouille about 10 times since its release in 2007, which is waaaay more than my other most beloved movies.

That I’m sorry if it bothers anyone, but I still don’t see what the deal is.

What,what are you talking about?Nobody’s making a big deal about anything…

Just tht everyone hates their pairing so much.

Theyr’e just not a popular pairing like Lightning/Sally or WALL-E/EVE,or even Bob/Helen Parr… :confused: