Ratatouille
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"Somepirateguy" on the JHM forum linked to this Luxo article. According to the article, the Pixar HQ is expanding and adding on 1,300 more jobs!
http://pixaranimation.blogspot.com/2004 ... ia-hq.html
http://pixaranimation.blogspot.com/2004 ... ia-hq.html
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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And back to Ratitouille...
Not much to say after 72 pages, but this one is definitely my favorite pixar and the best US animated film I've seen in a long time. Of course, Pixar has just been on a non-stop roll (well, can't quite say that coz I haven't seen Cars yet.) Toy Story 2, Monsters, Nemo and The Incredibles were all 9/10 or 10/10 efforts in my book.
Where Ratitouille eclipsed them all in my mind was that it seemed to genuinely be of the stuff that good ol' children lit comes from. That is, if Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and Nemo are expanded picture book fare (and I think they are--if made into books they'd not be too substantial) and The Incredibles is basically a comic book, Ratitouille falls into the same territory as things like Cleary's Mouse and the Motorcycle, etc. To be honest, too many animated films are aimed at a 5 year old audience with enough flex to allow for everyone else. Ratatouille was aimed at about 8-11 I'd say, with flex for everyone else. How refreshing that difference feels!
Not much to say after 72 pages, but this one is definitely my favorite pixar and the best US animated film I've seen in a long time. Of course, Pixar has just been on a non-stop roll (well, can't quite say that coz I haven't seen Cars yet.) Toy Story 2, Monsters, Nemo and The Incredibles were all 9/10 or 10/10 efforts in my book.
Where Ratitouille eclipsed them all in my mind was that it seemed to genuinely be of the stuff that good ol' children lit comes from. That is, if Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and Nemo are expanded picture book fare (and I think they are--if made into books they'd not be too substantial) and The Incredibles is basically a comic book, Ratitouille falls into the same territory as things like Cleary's Mouse and the Motorcycle, etc. To be honest, too many animated films are aimed at a 5 year old audience with enough flex to allow for everyone else. Ratatouille was aimed at about 8-11 I'd say, with flex for everyone else. How refreshing that difference feels!