Ratatouille

Tension: Will Remy be caught? Will the head critic like the food? Theme: You can choose your family and do what you love, even if they’re not always compatible. Don’t hide who you really are. And of course, “Anyone can cook!” Inspiring to me as someone who reelates the most to Linguini in the kitchen lol. Writing: There was one point in the movie where I was like, dang, this is actually about the relationship between the father and son and what it means to belong amidst differences. I loved the ghost-conscience and how self-aware it was and it being shocked to find out Linguini is his son haha. The short little chef villianous guy was pretty good too. He could totally be someone labeled crazy either way. Man, if they didn’t have that one quick blip with the french couple with the gun and then kissing to establish what french cinema is like, I don’t think the kissing scene would have worked in this scene. I mean, she literally was holding pepper spray and he just kissed her out of nowhere because of Remy. Great tensions all around though. I’m glad Linguini had a strength with roller skating as a waiter otherwise I would have been frustrated. And that Remy had his own flaws despite his super-strength when it came to cooking. Thought it was funny that he could smell better than anyone else so they had him sniff for poison and became dependent on him. Kinda wish I got more out of the guy who had a criminal past lol. Not even his past just like caring for Linguini since he was one of the first. Also I can’t believe a bad review killed the chef in the beginning I laughed at that. Voice Acting: Lots of gret differentiation with accents and other stuff, just characterized really well. Animation: Yay for synthesia moments or whatever they’re called. Overall a lot of fun stuff they did with this without making it repetitive which I imagine would be hard with a movie mainly about cooking. And just giving cooking tension in general is difficult. Sound: Loved the soundtrack and all the little clings and clangs. Editing: I’m sure there were some well timed cooking montages that I can’t remember or just the boss’s downard spiral montage was pretty good too.