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Topic: Ratatouille and Lifted
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted July 03, 2007 09:10 PM
We just got back from seeing Ratatouille a few minutes ago. It was a great story and the animation was absolutely fantastic. Strange though, how Pixar does so many things well, but their animated human beings still look kind of plastic, and nowhere near as realistic as Dreamworks'. The scenery and objects were absolutely photo-realistic, though and quite beautiful too.
I realize the point of the story is to learn to overcome preconceptions and let people (...or whatever) become who they are capable of being, but I guess I'm not there just yet because the sight (and the thought) of all of those rats running around the kitchen at one point made the hair stand up on my neck. It's interesting too: every time a big animated film comes out the fast food chains come breaking down the door for the merchandising and cross promotional deals....not this time!
Funny, as I was sitting there watching the awkward young man talking to his new rat-friend I realized this might just be a kinder, gentler Willard!
The fact that they were able to make so much from kind of a risky concept like this says a lot about Pixar's talents as story tellers.
("Lifted" would be nice on a 200 foot reel!)
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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