So I finally got around to watching Ratatouille. I've heard quite a few people describe it as Pixar's best film, and while I definitely don't agree with that. I do think it's one of their best. I was skeptical of it at first but it soon grew on me. A big part of the reason was actually because I really loved the setting, I think Paris is such a cool city and the way it's depicted in this film was really amazing. I also liked the unconventional plot of it being around cooking, and the ending of the film did hit me in the feels. One thing that surprised me was all the guns in this lol. Was not expecting the old lady in the beginning to start blasting off her shotgun in the beginning or the scene with the lovers and the pistol. I may be wrong but I don't recall guns being used in any other Pixar film, much less 2 scenes with them so that kind of took me off guard lol.
I do have a few subjective complaints. The first is, I fucking hate rats. I'm sorry but mice/rats are by far my least favorite animals. While watching this I was reminded of why I never watched it growing up. Around the time this film came out my house had a pretty bad mice infestation, which created a deep seated hatred of the animal in my family. So even when it eventually came out on TV we never watched it. Some of the scenes, like the beginning when the lady's roof caved in and all the rats feel out, or when the mice swarm the health inspectors car completely disgusted me. And I know it's ironic complaining about this, considering this is also one of the main plot points of the film but seriously fuck rats. Another issue I had was, that I didn't really like the 2 main characters. They both kind of came off as unintentionally douchy to me. Even towards the end of the film, I don't think I could say I really 'liked' either of them. I did really like the supporting (human) cast, though. Colette was cool, and I thought Skinner made a solid villain, Anton was actually imo the best character in the film and I think I got the most emotional at his development towards the end.
But yeah overall, really liked it. Solid film.
I do have a few subjective complaints. The first is, I fucking hate rats. I'm sorry but mice/rats are by far my least favorite animals. While watching this I was reminded of why I never watched it growing up. Around the time this film came out my house had a pretty bad mice infestation, which created a deep seated hatred of the animal in my family. So even when it eventually came out on TV we never watched it. Some of the scenes, like the beginning when the lady's roof caved in and all the rats feel out, or when the mice swarm the health inspectors car completely disgusted me. And I know it's ironic complaining about this, considering this is also one of the main plot points of the film but seriously fuck rats. Another issue I had was, that I didn't really like the 2 main characters. They both kind of came off as unintentionally douchy to me. Even towards the end of the film, I don't think I could say I really 'liked' either of them. I did really like the supporting (human) cast, though. Colette was cool, and I thought Skinner made a solid villain, Anton was actually imo the best character in the film and I think I got the most emotional at his development towards the end.
But yeah overall, really liked it. Solid film.
