I LOVE Pixar. TS, TS2, and Monster's Inc are all in my top 100. It's just that....after those three, the quality goes down signficantly for me. The films are good still, but they just aren't....special. I don't know. Maybe it was because I was a kid when I saw those films, and am grown up now(though I'm still very much a kid). Or maybe its because the films I have just actually...not been as good. Or maybe it's both. I don't know.

Fact is that, I think Pixar has lost its edge....and I think that all will change with Wall-E. I don't know why, but everything about that project screams "fucking brilliant."

You'd have to be a kid I think - both the 5 and 7 year old we brought with us said "it was too long" and were bored senseless. Mark my words, this is the first Pixar movie that, in it's attempt to be a fantastic film for adults, forgot about it's youngest demographic.

I totally expected to like but not love this film. I figured it would fall below The Iron Giant and The Incredibles. Boy was I wrong!

When Ego experiences the Ratatouille, the film really transcends its genre.

A+


I have to add I was extremely creeped out when all the rats started working in the kitchen.

I'm glad you loved it! It's always good to have loyal on one's side

I was creeped out too. In fact, I was surprised that the film did not shy away from showing rats in an..unwholesome way. Like, at th very beginning with the silhouette of the evil-looking rat before we get to see the cute Remi.

In general, any time there were more than two or three rats on the screen, it started to gross me out. The whole clan running out of the house or the kitchen was just...argh!

That was one of the great things about this film for me was just how "ratlike" the rats were. I expected them to act more like people when I went in to see it.

Also, anyone else found the cook who (allegedly) killed a man with his thumb hilarious? When towards the end he shows his thumb to the diminutive chef...priceless.

I have to add I was extremely creeped out when all the rats started working in the kitchen.

Chuck Jones >>> Avery >>> H&B

With over 6,000 votes and still a 9.0 average this is now freaking #33 on the IMDb Top 250. I wonder how far it can go...

hmmm

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize that only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more.

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who thinks ego's speech was sort of inspired from the reviews that cars received? not the whole thing but parts of it. just a thought.

I really doubt Pixar is as childish as M. Night to pull something like that. I think it's just an honest observation of Bird's, considering his first two films received unanimous praise from critics. Also, it's not as though the critics trashed Cars, they simply felt it wasn't up to par with Pixar's other works.

Such a wonderfually written and acted speech. Easily my second favorite scene of any film this year (first is Ego's "food-tasting" revalation).