all i wanted from wanted was some asskicking and angelina jolie. and i got both so i’m a happy campsers. and i’m totally a fan of the mcavoy now. adorable.
^^^ I’m not a big fan of IMAX. IMAX is only good for fly over the Grand Canyon type of movies (scenic movies) but to watch full on action flick, it’s little too much. You are constantly turning your head to not miss anything on the screen… but you end up missing whole lot.
Watched Wall-E and Wanted this weekend. Wall E had really nice environmental and social commentary. I enjoyed it but wasn’t as good as Ratatouille.
Wanted was little too over the top for me. I like action but to have bullet hitting bullets? C’mon. But if you like action, it’s entertaining.
WALL-E was TOTALLY more accessible than Ratatouille. I thought it completely lived up to the critics crying “PIXAR HAS OUTDONE ITSELF AGAIN”...and for the first time, I think Pixar lived up to the greatness it deserves (not Cars, or Incredibles...great story & graphics, but not much else).
This film did all of the above, and added an extremely moving love story. A kid’s movie...a love story. Brilliant.
All the work that went into making it a real kitchen environment and the small details such as callouses on the fingers, burns in the wrists of the chefs.
^^^ I’m not a big fan of IMAX. IMAX is only good for fly over the Grand Canyon type of movies (scenic movies) but to watch full on action flick, it’s little too much. You are constantly turning your head to not miss anything on the screen… but you end up missing whole lot.
Watched Wall-E and Wanted this weekend. Wall E had really nice environmental and social commentary. I enjoyed it but wasn’t as good as Ratatouille.
Wanted was little too over the top for me. I like action but to have bullet hitting bullets? C’mon. But if you like action, it’s entertaining.
WALL-E was TOTALLY more accessible than Ratatouille. I thought it completely lived up to the critics crying “PIXAR HAS OUTDONE ITSELF AGAIN”...and for the first time, I think Pixar lived up to the greatness it deserves (not Cars, or Incredibles...great story & graphics, but not much else).
This film did all of the above, and added an extremely moving love story. A kid’s movie...a love story. Brilliant.
Graphic wise, Ratatouille was more impressive. Organic stuff like human hair/skin/clothing and their movement is much more difficult to execute than flat shiny surfaces like robots/fish/cars/bugs.
Storyline wise, Ratatouille had much more complexity in many levels. By making all the different elements like love story between Linguini and Colette, obligation vs passion of Remy, greed of Skinner, enlightenment of Anton work seamlessly within one storyline is impressive. Wall-E had much more simpler storyline which was pursuit of love by Wall-E and struggle between obligation vs love by Eve. Both movies are good but Ratatouille just touched me more in many more levels.
wall-e: instantly ranks in my top 3
pixar movies, behind ratatouille
and above finding nemo. great
messages weaved into the plot
wanted: couldn’t really get it out
of my head that this goat guy
wanted to follow his father’s
footsteps. it threw me off how far
the plot deviated from the comic.
still very entertaining though.
i hear there is already internet clamor
for a sequel. that would be stupid.
the hammer was much more of a romantic comedy than you might expect from carolla from the man show. i listen to his radio show and it was even a slight departure from how he is on air.
colma was fun although the story got a little lost towards the end. it’s based in colma, a tiny town south of sf which has no more than 2,000 residents, but is the graveyard of san francisco. the town also gets decent revenue from local businesses and with so few people they’ve been able to provide quite a bit for their living residents. they have free cable and probably have other services cheaper.
it’s always cool seeing places you recognize in film and there were some in this film. all the colma/daily city neighborhoods looked like places i’d driven through too.
it’s worth seeing because it has some funny moments and you’re supporting asian american filmmakers as well.
^^^ I’m not a big fan of IMAX. IMAX is only good for fly over the Grand Canyon type of movies (scenic movies) but to watch full on action flick, it’s little too much. You are constantly turning your head to not miss anything on the screen… but you end up missing whole lot.
Watched Wall-E and Wanted this weekend. Wall E had really nice environmental and social commentary. I enjoyed it but wasn’t as good as Ratatouille.
Wanted was little too over the top for me. I like action but to have bullet hitting bullets? C’mon. But if you like action, it’s entertaining.
WALL-E was TOTALLY more accessible than Ratatouille. I thought it completely lived up to the critics crying “PIXAR HAS OUTDONE ITSELF AGAIN”...and for the first time, I think Pixar lived up to the greatness it deserves (not Cars, or Incredibles...great story & graphics, but not much else).
This film did all of the above, and added an extremely moving love story. A kid’s movie...a love story. Brilliant.
Graphic wise, Ratatouille was more impressive. Organic stuff like human hair/skin/clothing and their movement is much more difficult to execute than flat shiny surfaces like robots/fish/cars/bugs.
Storyline wise, Ratatouille had much more complexity in many levels. By making all the different elements like love story between Linguini and Colette, obligation vs passion of Remy, greed of Skinner, enlightenment of Anton work seamlessly within one storyline is impressive. Wall-E had much more simpler storyline which was pursuit of love by Wall-E and struggle between obligation vs love by Eve. Both movies are good but Ratatouille just touched me more in many more levels.
Graphic-wise to me as a movie-goer I can resign to the fact that Ratatouille was more difficult to execute.
But to that, honestly I felt Ratatouille tried to cover too much. Linguini and Colette’s relationship had shaky build-up (and the resolution where he just “gets her back” because of the success of the restaurant to me felt a bit far-fetched). It DEFINITELY had a side-plot feel and a rather one-dimensional one at that.
Fighting his destiny with Remy was compelling, Skinner’s “greed” element was just a story prop to build an antagonist. If you took him as a serious character study, I’d be surprised. He builds absolutely no merit to the depth of the film except to drive it forward.
The BEST character imo was Anton Ego, especially when he first tasted Remy’s Ratatouille. that was truly a powerful scene.
But with Wall-E, the fact they had absolutely no dialogue (for the first half-hour), and used ROBOTS to convey human emotions...it was like a romantic silent film on steroids.
Plus, it had much more pertinent social, modern commentary along to boot. /two cents.
All the work that went into making it a real kitchen environment and the small details such as callouses on the fingers, burns in the wrists of the chefs.
And I don’t see how better graphics is an “end-all” that automatically makes Ratatouille a better film than Wall-E. It can have the most stunning present-day CGI/Graphics/whatever editing with a Titanic budget...but if the story doesn’t hold up, it means absolutely nothing.
Could be accused of being kinda gay and wussy (not in a homoerotic way), but at the same time I haven’t seen a film like this that covers how men relate to each other (friends/brothers/fathers). Direction was sometimes annoying with dialogue and scenes being needlessly repeated, but overall I think it was a good film and worth watching.
All the work that went into making it a real kitchen environment and the small details such as callouses on the fingers, burns in the wrists of the chefs.
And I don’t see how better graphics is an “end-all” that automatically makes Ratatouille a better film than Wall-E. It can have the most stunning present-day CGI/Graphics/whatever editing with a Titanic budget...but if the story doesn’t hold up, it means absolutely nothing.
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within anyone?
Because Ratatouille tried to bring a visual to taste. When Remy would try combinations of things.
The little things do count. I’ve worked ina kitchen, everyone gets burns, cuts, scars, etc. They bothered to add those details.
I have no idea what its like to be in space with the Spirits of Gaia or whatever running loose, so maybe I missed out on little details in FF.
Wall-E told a traditional tale in a new way. It’s not to say it wasn’t good. BUt the story, nuances and details of Ratatouille make it better. And I am a Brad Bird fanboy.
^^^ I’m not a big fan of IMAX. IMAX is only good for fly over the Grand Canyon type of movies (scenic movies) but to watch full on action flick, it’s little too much. You are constantly turning your head to not miss anything on the screen… but you end up missing whole lot.
Watched Wall-E and Wanted this weekend. Wall E had really nice environmental and social commentary. I enjoyed it but wasn’t as good as Ratatouille.
Wanted was little too over the top for me. I like action but to have bullet hitting bullets? C’mon. But if you like action, it’s entertaining.
WALL-E was TOTALLY more accessible than Ratatouille. I thought it completely lived up to the critics crying “PIXAR HAS OUTDONE ITSELF AGAIN”...and for the first time, I think Pixar lived up to the greatness it deserves (not Cars, or Incredibles...great story & graphics, but not much else).
This film did all of the above, and added an extremely moving love story. A kid’s movie...a love story. Brilliant.
Graphic wise, Ratatouille was more impressive. Organic stuff like human hair/skin/clothing and their movement is much more difficult to execute than flat shiny surfaces like robots/fish/cars/bugs.
Storyline wise, Ratatouille had much more complexity in many levels. By making all the different elements like love story between Linguini and Colette, obligation vs passion of Remy, greed of Skinner, enlightenment of Anton work seamlessly within one storyline is impressive. Wall-E had much more simpler storyline which was pursuit of love by Wall-E and struggle between obligation vs love by Eve. Both movies are good but Ratatouille just touched me more in many more levels.
Graphic-wise to me as a movie-goer I can resign to the fact that Ratatouille was more difficult to execute.
But to that, honestly I felt Ratatouille tried to cover too much. Linguini and Colette’s relationship had shaky build-up (and the resolution where he just “gets her back” because of the success of the restaurant to me felt a bit far-fetched). It DEFINITELY had a side-plot feel and a rather one-dimensional one at that.
Fighting his destiny with Remy was compelling, Skinner’s “greed” element was just a story prop to build an antagonist. If you took him as a serious character study, I’d be surprised. He builds absolutely no merit to the depth of the film except to drive it forward.
The BEST character imo was Anton Ego, especially when he first tasted Remy’s Ratatouille. that was truly a powerful scene.
But with Wall-E, the fact they had absolutely no dialogue (for the first half-hour), and used ROBOTS to convey human emotions...it was like a romantic silent film on steroids.
Plus, it had much more pertinent social, modern commentary along to boot. /two cents.
I guess I was able to relate to Ratatouille little more at a personal level. Being an Asian, most kids grow up with certain expectations. To be able to pull away from that and to pursue what makes you happy was a pretty powerful message to me. And I loved the ending cause Remy was able to fulfill his dream and at same time, make his family proud of him. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Wall E. It just didn’t touch me the way Ratatouille did.
Oh yeah, I’m also Brad Bird fanboy (Iron Giant is my fav movie after all). He completely changed how Pixar deals with human characters in their movies. You can totally see it after Incredibles, humans are less realistic but more stylized… which I love.
All the work that went into making it a real kitchen environment and the small details such as callouses on the fingers, burns in the wrists of the chefs.
And I don’t see how better graphics is an “end-all” that automatically makes Ratatouille a better film than Wall-E. It can have the most stunning present-day CGI/Graphics/whatever editing with a Titanic budget...but if the story doesn’t hold up, it means absolutely nothing.
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within anyone?
Because Ratatouille tried to bring a visual to taste. When Remy would try combinations of things.
The little things do count. I’ve worked ina kitchen, everyone gets burns, cuts, scars, etc. They bothered to add those details.
I have no idea what its like to be in space with the Spirits of Gaia or whatever running loose, so maybe I missed out on little details in FF.
Wall-E told a traditional tale in a new way. It’s not to say it wasn’t good. BUt the story, nuances and details of Ratatouille make it better. And I am a Brad Bird fanboy.
With FF, you didn’t miss out. It was considered the most animation-cutting technology available at the time. But it failed miserably both critically and box-office-wise because the story SUCKED. Big time. It made absolutely no sense. I used FF as an example of great graphics, but still a crappy story.
I guess my only disagreement is the stronger story goes to Wall-E because it was not only accessible to all, but executed much better on character scale, tightness of the script, etc.
You do have me there, Mike. Brad Bird IS the shiz.
