Ratatouille - DVD
I was having a conversation last week about the apparently arbitrary way in which I like or dislike a film that’s narrative is based solely on it’s genre - over any actual ingenious plot or creative idea. Pixar’s Ratatouille is one such film, as I guess are all Pixar features. And, like I said, my like / dislike of said films seems totally arbitrary. I liked Finding Nemo, Cars and Incredibiles and I didn’t like Monsters Inc, Toy Story and Bugs (you see how this works). Each one of those films is basically the same, but my responses differed wildly. I guess what I’m trying to say is that they all share an equal amount of merit, the ‘good or bad’ element is based solely on personal preferences, mood, preconceptions etc.
I liked Ratatouile, I can’t really seriously offer a lot of reasons why, considering my opening gambit. It might be that the animation is awesome, the vocal work and script is fantastic and the central (largely familiar) conflict between family and the pursuit of an ideal, is subtly and very cleverly handled.
Most likely reason: I’m tired and hungover.
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I liked it.
Were you tired?
I can’t cope with any more of these pixar things.