The newest cuteness from Brad Bird (who also did The Incredibles)!



http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/

There are 800 previews this Saturday, June 16th.
In Raleigh, for example, North Hills 14 is playing it at 7 pm.

The normal release date is June 29th.

Discuss.

6/13/2007 10:38:29 PM

I'm looking forward to seeing this...

6/13/2007 11:06:48 PM

^^ How do we get in !?!? Who has passes to that showing?!?!?

6/13/2007 11:36:45 PM

Go to fandango and you can buy tickets online.

I assume you can also stop by North Hills to get them.

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 12:17 AM. Reason : I'll probably see it here in Charlotte- two theaters near me also have preview showings]

6/14/2007 12:14:33 AM

I'm not sure how I feel about you omitting The Iron Giant from your "who also did" line.

6/14/2007 12:41:29 AM

plz 2 forgive me

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 12:48 AM. Reason : anyone important knows that anyway]

6/14/2007 12:47:19 AM

at least its not another fucking penguin movie

6/14/2007 12:50:55 AM

^ yeah, but Pixar had nothing to do with those pieces of shit

6/14/2007 12:52:00 AM

i'm worried bout this pixar movie

6/14/2007 7:41:45 AM

it looks really cute...saw previews for it for the first time last night.

6/14/2007 8:48:45 AM

i'm just worried it's gonna be the most formulaic pixar movie ever

chef meets rat, they become friends, chef gets famous due to rat's good cooking, rat and chef have falling out when it all goes to chef's head, chef has big contest, rat and chef make up and rat gets due

6/14/2007 8:57:31 AM

Brad Bird ain't gonna steer you wrong.

Plus, it has WILL FUCKING ARNETT.

6/14/2007 8:59:07 AM

they better not steer me wrong

otherwise i'll have to change my cgi slogan

"IF IT'S NOT PIXAR, IT'S CRAP"

6/14/2007 11:47:02 AM

^ we all will

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 12:21 PM. Reason : though really, Cars was a slight disappointment for me]

6/14/2007 12:20:42 PM

wow i forgot about cars all together

6/14/2007 12:28:56 PM

Cars wasn't written or directed by Brad Bird, though.

<3 Brad Bird

6/14/2007 3:07:26 PM

Quote :

"^^ How do we get in !?!? Who has passes to that showing?!?!?"

The N&O has some available via their website.

http://www.newsobserver.com/1237/story/575066.html



[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 6:28 PM. Reason : add]

6/14/2007 6:25:54 PM

Did anyone end up going to the preview showings?

6/22/2007 5:53:53 PM

Officer Cat saw it

he said it was dope

btw - free 9 min preview on itunes..i just downloaded it...gettin ready to watch it

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCustomPage?name=pageRatatouille

6/22/2007 6:05:54 PM

whoa

that was crazy lookin

6/22/2007 6:18:08 PM

dear god i can not wait for this movie to come out.

that rat is just so cute :-x

6/23/2007 2:12:08 PM

That little 10-minute preview kicked ass. I am excited.

6/23/2007 6:19:37 PM

just watched it on tvlinks


it was decent

6/24/2007 12:08:26 AM

"There are no cats in A-MER-I-CA"

i miss fievel

6/24/2007 12:56:41 AM

me too, though Fievel Goes West > An American Tail

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TSdN7-qMsjM

6/24/2007 1:08:09 AM

It might just be the acohol talking but I bet that this movie will suck

6/24/2007 2:11:44 AM

Quote :

"at least its not another fucking penguin movie"

6/24/2007 3:42:24 AM

So who has seen this?

6/30/2007 5:08:51 PM

I saw it yesterday.

I think it's the first pixar-esque movie i've seen since... probably Monster's Inc.

and i enjoyed it

6/30/2007 5:11:02 PM

\/ Gotcha.

[Edited on June 30, 2007 at 5:39 PM. Reason : 2]

6/30/2007 5:13:24 PM

i'm fully aware that it is pixar.

i'm saying i haven't seen any pixar or other similar animation-style movies in a looooonnnnnnnggg while.

[Edited on June 30, 2007 at 5:36 PM. Reason : perhaps i could have worded it better]

6/30/2007 5:30:50 PM

There needs to be a showing without kids allowed.

6/30/2007 6:33:14 PM

go to the late night showing.

6/30/2007 9:18:32 PM

while the whole "anyone can cook" thing was a little heavy-handed, it really was an adorable movie

the water in this movie was so well-done <3

6/30/2007 10:25:24 PM

I have no words for how much I enjoyed this film.

GO SEE IT.

Brad Bird, Peter O'Toole, and Will Arnett FTW.

6/30/2007 11:49:12 PM

7/1/2007 2:49:58 PM

Best Pixar movie to date.

period.

7/1/2007 6:41:39 PM

^ seriously

Oh, and I thought Lifted was cute, too.

7/1/2007 7:04:59 PM

Quote :

"i'm just worried it's gonna be the most formulaic pixar movie ever chef meets rat, they become friends, chef gets famous due to rat's good cooking, rat and chef have falling out when it all goes to chef's head, chef has big contest, rat and chef make up and rat gets due "

pretty much the exact plot... but yet, it was still a good movie

7/1/2007 7:28:07 PM

Quote :

"Best Pixar movie to date. period. "

I haven't seen it yet, but there's no way it can be better than The Incredibles.

7/1/2007 7:32:18 PM

you haven't seen it

7/1/2007 7:34:04 PM

there's no way

7/1/2007 7:34:59 PM

I liked it better than The Incredibles

AND I LOVE(D) THE INCREDIBLES

THERE IS A WAY

[Edited on July 1, 2007 at 7:43 PM. Reason : but please, keep judging it against other films before you've actually bothered to see it]

7/1/2007 7:36:28 PM

I saw it, and was totally not feeling it.

LOL'd maybe twice. Maybe I just find no interest in movies revolving around cooking?

GREAT CGI, though.

7/1/2007 8:42:43 PM

I also enjoy the Incredibles, but I'm a Toy Story 1 and 2 man myself.

If it can top those movies, it will be in the running for best movie I have ever seen.

7/1/2007 11:47:31 PM

I saw it tonight and wasn't as impressed as I thought I was gonna be. I really liked the food critic character wise, but eh.

It's cute, but the characters and the story wasnt as interesting as The Incredibles or the Toy Story movies (OMG TOY STORY 3 IN 2010!!). I also know that Meet the Robinsons isn't pixar, but it deserves a shout out too.

7/2/2007 12:08:02 AM

I'm worried about TS3, simply because I love TS2 so dearly as a character piece. Still, they've got the author of Little Miss Sunshine working on the screenplay, so I'm not too worried.

I know in my heart that Ratatouille isn't as well-developed from a character perspective as The Incredibles is, but it feels like a more cohesive unit and I enjoyed it more. The Edna Mode character was great and entertaining, but she could've been cut out without much trouble. Now, I'm glad she's in there, because she's a hoot, but she's not really integral to the story. Every peripheral character in Ratatouille feels natural and perhaps even essential.

I also feel like Brad Bird's got a complete grasp of what can be done with camera moves and the like in CGI, which he admitted he didn't have during the production of The Incredibles. There are no "look what we can do!" bullshit sequences like in Dreamworks/Fox pictures, but there are some beautiful shots and sequences that take full advantage of the "camera anywhere" ideal of CGI.

7/2/2007 2:36:21 AM

if they're making TS 3, didnt the guy who does the voice of Hamm die? maybe I'm thinking of Ernest who does slink the dog.... hmmm someone?

7/2/2007 3:11:16 AM

Jim Varney, who voiced Slinky Dog, is dead.

John Ratzenberger, who voiced Hamm, is still very much alive, and has voiced a character in every Pixar feature film.

7/2/2007 3:28:39 AM

I think it was definitely better than The Incredibles, which I think is a totally forgettable movie...

Not a ton of LOL'ing, but it is entertaining.

7/2/2007 10:36:27 AM