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RE: Ratatouille, the best 8 bucks I've spent in a long time.

Posted by halfnote (A) on June 30, 2007 at 21:18:47

In Reply to: Ratatouille, the best 8 bucks I've spent in a long time. posted by Tony D. on June 30, 2007 at 20:44:27:

Also enjoyed it quite a bit, as the audience in attendance seemed to as well. However, most of it went over the head of my five-year-old daughter. One of the better computer-animated movies, certainly. But no Toy Story, or Toy Story II, or The Incredibles (the best of the best, in my estimation), even though it's a creation Pixar and director Brad Bird, who ws also responsible for The Incredibles. The main problem? One of the main characters, Linguine, is a bit of a sot; he's just not a stronge enough presence to carry all the time on screen he given. On the contrary, he is weak and recessive by nature. In Toy Story, you have Woody and Buzz, by way of contrast. And all the characters are strong in The Incredibles. Heck, I know it's just a cartoon, but I still want a strong protagonist. I want the central character to be well-drawn and involving. Linguine is deliberatey drawn as something of a wet noodle, so to speak. I think this was a strategic flaw. It's OK for a character to be weak and illicit sympathy and still be a strong central character. Chaplin and Keaton showed that. This guy borders on the annoying a bit too much for the film's good.

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