Ratatouille Review
Ratatouille is an extremely unique movie, with the story coming out of two writer’s minds instead of being based on a fairytale. Of course, Pixar is known for their creative minds, but this movie is a complete deviation from the norm. Rats are usually seen as disgusting and unlikable, but this movie is both a fan favorite and very well reviewed, with the characters being memorable and the tone of the movie being perfectly French. Ratatouille is a modern classic that has inspired children, their parents, and film reviewers. The animation and anamorphism, music design, and character development all contribute to the film’s success.
Ratatouille takes place in mid-1950’s France, in the midst of a food revolution. Food critics …show more content…
Their movements animated in a way that brings to mind the style of old Mickey Mouse and Popeye shows, called rubber-hose animation. This fluid, bouncy, and slightly inhuman way of moving differs from the way that the rats in Ratatouille are animated. The juxtaposition between the human’s enlarged features and movements and the rat’s more realistic animation and human actions makes the watcher relate more to the rats than the humans. These human actions used by animal characters is called anamorphism, which is originally the word referred to as the attribution of human forms to gods… now commonly considered as the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects or natural phenomena”(qtd. in Atkinson …show more content…
Most of the characters begin the movies as an unlikable personality, however there are multiple characters that have complete 180’s in their personalities, and others that have a more natural shift. Linguine goes from am insecure, unemployed boy to a confident restaurant owner. Remy achieves his dream of being a chef, with his father’s approval. My favorite example from this movie, though, is Collette, Linguine’s love interest. She is a bitter chef in Gusteau’s restaurant who is rarely noticed for her talent. When she is tasked to teach Linguine to cook (of course, she’s actually teaching Remy), she goes on a defensive rant warning him against under-appreciating or double-crossing her. “How many women do you see in this kitchen? Only me. Why do you think that is? Because haute cuisine is an antiquated hierarchy built upon rules written by stupid old men.” She says this with a knife in her hand, “Rules designed to make it impossible for women to enter this world. But still, I'm here. How did this happen? Because I am the toughest cook in this kitchen. I've worked too hard for too long to get here and I am not going to jeopardize it for some garbage boy who got lucky.” This quote resonated with me, as Linguini said nothing offensive. Collette was so used to having to defend her talents that she immediately took the offense route, as this monologue was said with a knife to his
Ratatouille is an extremely unique movie, with the story coming out of two writer’s minds instead of being based on a fairytale. Of course, Pixar is known for their creative minds, but this movie is a complete deviation from the norm. Rats are usually seen as disgusting and unlikable, but this movie is both a fan favorite and very well reviewed, with the characters being memorable and the tone of the movie being perfectly French. Ratatouille is a modern classic that has inspired children, their parents, and film reviewers. The animation and anamorphism, music design, and character development all contribute to the film’s success.
Ratatouille takes place in mid-1950’s France, in the midst of a food revolution. Food critics …show more content…
Their movements animated in a way that brings to mind the style of old Mickey Mouse and Popeye shows, called rubber-hose animation. This fluid, bouncy, and slightly inhuman way of moving differs from the way that the rats in Ratatouille are animated. The juxtaposition between the human’s enlarged features and movements and the rat’s more realistic animation and human actions makes the watcher relate more to the rats than the humans. These human actions used by animal characters is called anamorphism, which is originally the word referred to as the attribution of human forms to gods… now commonly considered as the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects or natural phenomena”(qtd. in Atkinson …show more content…
Most of the characters begin the movies as an unlikable personality, however there are multiple characters that have complete 180’s in their personalities, and others that have a more natural shift. Linguine goes from am insecure, unemployed boy to a confident restaurant owner. Remy achieves his dream of being a chef, with his father’s approval. My favorite example from this movie, though, is Collette, Linguine’s love interest. She is a bitter chef in Gusteau’s restaurant who is rarely noticed for her talent. When she is tasked to teach Linguine to cook (of course, she’s actually teaching Remy), she goes on a defensive rant warning him against under-appreciating or double-crossing her. “How many women do you see in this kitchen? Only me. Why do you think that is? Because haute cuisine is an antiquated hierarchy built upon rules written by stupid old men.” She says this with a knife in her hand, “Rules designed to make it impossible for women to enter this world. But still, I'm here. How did this happen? Because I am the toughest cook in this kitchen. I've worked too hard for too long to get here and I am not going to jeopardize it for some garbage boy who got lucky.” This quote resonated with me, as Linguini said nothing offensive. Collette was so used to having to defend her talents that she immediately took the offense route, as this monologue was said with a knife to his