SPOILERY SPOILERY SPOILERY

[filkertom]

... But why would you not want to see about nine minutes of Pixar's Ratatouille? (At the lower right of the video window, you'll see a "big" button that helps a lot.)

Comments

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say it was a spoiler. The clips went the way I thought they would, which says a lot for Pixar in that I still _really_ want to see this ;-)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, some people think any information is spoilery. I honestly had no idea what the story was really gonna be about, and the few reservations I had about the movie (I mean, hey, Pixar, Brad Bird) were erased by these clips. I think it's gonna be great.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Good point. I know a few who don't even like to look at the posters sometimes because they give away too much.

When I saw the first trailer, I thought of a few plots Pixar would probably use, then I saw the second trailer and pretty much nailed it, so after seeing the intro to this clip I had a good idea how it would go. But who cares? It's fun to watch! I can't wait to get my own DVD and check out the extras!

[sophia9847.livejournal.com]

Not sold on the story (yet), but it looks AWESOME. The kitchen scenes looked nearly photorealistic (except for the whole cooking rat thing of course). And I suspect the more I hear about the story, the more it'll intrigue me (pretty much what happened with Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo, my 2 fave pixar flicks)

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, that looks so good!! Damn, it's seducing me like everything else Pixar does.

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

A movie for furries AND foodies. How can I possibly resist?

Here's a Problem

[lizard-sf.livejournal.com]

The animation is a bit TOO good. What I saw in that preview was an all-too-realistic looking rat running through a kitchen, diving into food, etc. I have a very strong feeling this will, on a subconscious level, turn off a lot of viewers, causing them to dislike the movie without being able to clearly articulate why. It's a variant on the uncanny valley problem -- a more cartoonish, more humanoid, less 'ratty' rat would not trigger this feeling, but the realism of the design in terms of motion, body shape, and so on, hits the hindbrain. The cute, expressive, face doesn't serve to fully 'humanize' the rat enough.

(And who doesn't think of the famous Fawlty Towers episode with Manuel's "Siberian Hamster" when seeing this?)

Re: Here's a Problem

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

That's one of the main reasons I'm looking forward to this. If they can make a realistic mouse-in-food movie entertaining, then they've got some freaky mad skills ;-)

Re: Here's a Problem

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, I think that's the point. Storytelling 101 stuff -- incongruity and conflict make for a good tale. The only thing more disgusting to most folks than a rat in the kitchen would be a cockroach in the kitchen, and I really don't think they could've made a cute cockroach. Now: What if your rat is a freakin' gourmet chef? That's Ratatouille.

Re: Here's a Problem

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

There's also the sympathetic aspect. I can completely identify with Rataouille. My family's taste in food is low-cost mundane. They'd buy something that tasted like landscaping bark if it cost 25% less than something that actually tasted great. In fact, my mom said I cooked up a batch of chocolate chip cookies all by myself before she knew what I was up to, when I was just old enough to barely read the recipe. She says my excuse was that I was tired of the cheap store bought cookies and wanted something better (I don't remember this at all, as far as I remember I was always able to bake cookies ;-)

So, yeah, I can identify with that rat.