I’m sorry I never have time for long well thought out posts these days.. but I had to share..
Kelly and I just got done watching Ratatouille.. the Disney/Pixar smash from last summer…
We were going to watch Superbad, but the disc was scratched, and I had picked up Ratatouille to see if Liam liked it.
I learned 2 things.
1) Ratatouille is wrong for really young kids. It will vary between too slow and too scary.
2) I LOVED it. I was the best animated film for me since The Lion King, or maybe the first Toy Story.. I was transported, involved, and inspired. It was truly a feel-good piece of cinema.. and one that impressed me as a FILM first.. and then an animated film. Its funny, involving, and brilliant.. and I can;t recommmend it enough..
Just don’t watch it hungry.. you’ll want to cook!
Of the two rat movies last year…
…Ratatouille was the better of the two. Flushed Away was nice enough but had no panache, no inventiveness, and while clever in spots, it wasn’t inspired. We’ve had the pleasure now to watch both on multiple occasions at our house – what is it with 6 and 3 year olds and the compulsive need for multiple viewings of animated features? – and even as I type, completely by coincidence, the girls are taking in yet another viewing of Ratatouille. One upside – they both want to visit Paris now, though we’ll have to see about a tour that let’s you see the city from a rat’s point of view. (Actually, one of those is available, of a sort: http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/paris00.asp.)