Michael Giaccino had the cutest speech at the animation awards last night and I had to share it with all of you …
So he was saying he was having breakfast with his three kids around the time Ratatouille had just come out, the older 8 1/2 and 10 year old were talking about how much they loved Ratatouille and the youngest 2 1/2 year old was chowing down on cereal and not saying anything.
There was a lull in the conversation, and the youngest child suddenly says, “I didn’t like Ratatouille.”
Silence! (As the older kids stare, shocked.)
“I liked Cars better.”
X)
So Michael proceeds to say “SO when I get home tonight, I’m waking a certain child up to show him - SOMEONE ELSE LIKES RATATOUILLE.”
Hahaha.
Isn’t that adorable? X)
I er, pretty much understand the cuteness behind this (or at least I’m trying to comprehend it), but erm, I’m thinking the youngest child’s reaction to the film might not be a rare case as I myself did not find Ratatouille that entertaining the first and only time either. I assume that after that 2 1/2 year old watch the film once again, probably at an older age when he could understand what moral values and aspects of beauties the film would present, then he would find it as entertaining as I find Cars when I watch it a couple times more.
In truth, I did not like Cars when I watch it the first time either, and the same goes for Ratatouille (which was why I considered Pixar films to have its standard of value lowered [hold your rocks and stones, people]). I guess I was watching it with the point of view of a child, hoping to catch something as exciting as a superhero knock down, or a great white chase sequence, or simply a fun rodeo scene with Jessie and Woody. But I guess both Cars and Ratatouille did not bring them the first time I watch them, and not being a fan of food (or cars), this added to the insipidities. I can see why the young child likes Cars as toddlers often take great interest in fast moving racecars zooming past strips of asphalts and burning rubber by split ends of a second, but food probably interest them of a lesser extent…
However, similar to the case of me and “Cars,” after watching Ratatouille a couple more times, the toddler would probably see the real message and what makes the film so great; its manner of relating to you in the same manner every other previous Pixar productions had successfully done so far.
Eh, who knows, maybe the kid just likes to be playing with cars. LoL
I didn’t understand the last quote about “someone else like ratatouille.” I’m probably just not getting it because it’s in text.
But anyway, at least his kid still loves a Pixar movie hehe. They’re lucky to have a dad that works for Pixar.
At first I didn’t like Ratatouille when I saw it in theaters but once I bought the dvd I fell in love with it. It’s moved up in my “Pixar faves” list.
Same goes for Cars. Something about seeing Cars in theaters really made me dislike it a lot. For a while I had labeled Cars as a horrible failure and found it unbelievably boring. Then finally when I watched it again, I began to like it and see what was so great about it. I just recently bought the dvd and I’m now loving it just as much as the other Pixar movies.
Pixar seems to have that whole “you have to watch it twice to get it” effect lately. That’s definitely not a bad thing. I love it when movies reveal more and more about itself after watching multiple times. It just shows the depth of the plot and the talent and hard work that goes into it.
I’m guessing he’s basically saying that since Ratatouille won the award, someone obviously liked it But then again, I’m not entirely sure. That’s just my guess.
Awww, that was so adorable of his kids. While we are on the subject of Mr. Giacchino, I want to say that he is one of my favorite composers of all time. I have him on my ipod. I love the work he did with Pixar, including TI, OMB, and Ratatouille.
Nothin’ to analyze here guys - the joke really was that younger kids are more into playing with cars than the depth of understanding Ratatouille. (But the charm of ‘Ratatouille’ is that most kids like it anyways and adults are able like it all the same for a different reason). And that he wanted to wake his kid up to prove that obviously other people liked the movie enough to give him an award for it.
I didn’t understand the last quote about “someone else like ratatouille.” I’m probably just not getting it because it’s in text.
But then again, I’m not entirely sure. That’s just my guess.