Before Ratatouille came out, I was already a rat fancier with a strong interest in cooking, but seeing this movie provided me with even more fuel for those affections. Plus, it gave me a whole new movie and a whole new set of characters to utterly adore, and to watch and experience time and time again. And nothing could be more wonderful than that.
In a more negative sense, you could say that it wound up being a massive drain upon my bank account…what with all the Ratatouille merchandise and memorabilia I took to collecting in the years that followed.
This movie helped fuel my love of cooking. It did not, however, make me a better cook Pretty much the only foods I can make successfully are Mr. Noodle and toast, but that doesn’t stop me from trying. It also (in part) helped me decide to get a pet rat. They really are playful, and very intelligent.
Yeah, your friends sound a bit like my brother - he’s never even met my rats, but he thinks I’m strange for keeping them as pets. I don’t come from a hugely rat-fancying family, unfortunately - though I think my dad is finally starting to warm up to them.
When I first mentioned wanting a rat, my mom was a bit shocked, but open to the idea: “As long as I don’t have to touch it” she said. Now her, my step-dad, and the rest of my family actually like him, especially my little sister, although she only sees him once in a while (she lives with my dad). My mom even holds him sometimes
I have to say, Ratatouille changed my life because of the character of Colette.
I saw so much of myself in her, both elements of what I was and of what I wanted to be. She inspired me to write her back story. That initial step into the fanfiction world was what got me started in creative writing. Now I’ve written a whole novel with my own original characters and I’m working on another one.
So, Ratatouille changed my life because it inspired me to write, thus introducing me to a form of art through which to express my creativity.
Oh yeah! So much stress, always moving, in a croweded area. There’s no room for mistakes! Being a junior chef in my school’s Culinary Arts Academy was enough stress. I can’t imagine how chefs in four star resteraunts do it!
Awesome! It’s great to know how to cook. Actually, Ratatouille is what got me interested into Culinary Arts, and I was enrolled in my school’s Culinary Arts program for two years in high school.
Pretty much the only foods I can make successfully are Mr. Noodle and toast, but that doesn’t stop me from trying. It also (in part) helped me decide to get a pet rat. They really are playful, and very intelligent.
Are you published? I’d love to read your novel!
It’s all original.