"Ratatah"
(rating: 10/10)
Following "toys, superman, seabed, racing car...", "Ratuitou" has indeed been translated into the ridiculous "Food Story". It seems, As long as Pixar's cartoons are introduced into the country, they will never escape the nightmare of "General Mobilization".
Regardless of the title of this destructive mood, at least after watching the movie, it will make people forget the name with joy. Like Pixar's previous movies, "Ratuitouille" can once again mobilize the cells throughout the body to become full of vitality with the appearance of each picture.
The complexity of Ratatouille is no longer comparable to that of Toy Story more than a decade ago. Most of the toys back then were of various regular shapes, and the material was just plastic. The various foods in Ratatouille already had a variety of materials with different textures, soft and hard. To make these things feel edible in 3D, the difficulty is self-evident. Food is the technical focus of the film. According to some interviews before the movie’s release, Pixar employees went to a restaurant’s kitchen to take a cooking class for the food to look better than it really is. Therefore, when Remy picks up a bread crumb, we can see the texture of the bread. You will only think that it is bread, not the shape and color of the bread piled up by numbers.
Various technical issues other than food, have seen Pixar's genius in previous movies. The performance of the hair is solved on the monsters in "Monster Company". The hair of Remy and his brothers in Ratatouille, the curly hair of Linquini, and the straight hair of Klett are all true to make people want to touch each other. . The flexibility of the limbs was solved in "The Incredibles". In "Ratuitouille", Linquini's movements in the kitchen being dragged by Remy to run around are richer and more natural; the technique of water is as early as "Insects". It’s involved in Secret Service. It reached the culmination in Rescue Lemo. In Ratatouille, Remy entered the sewer and was caught in the turbulent current, and then the water flow transitioned from turbulent to smoother, which is better than that in Finding Nemo. The large area of water in the ocean in "is more delicate; the change of light and color of metal materials in motion is emphasized in "Cars", which makes the pots and pans and the stainless steel stove in "Ratuiture King" be able to It looks pleasing to the eye.
Pixar’s technology can make people jaw-dropping, but you will never be surprised by the technology when you watch their movies. The magic of John Lessert and Brad Bird is that you don’t think about it when you watch their movies. Questions such as "How are these made with a computer?" Pixar’s principle is that technology absolutely obeys the story. Lasseter told the artists who make up the story that you only have to imagine something shocking, not whether you can make it. The task of Pixar's powerful technical force is to conquer the boundless imagination of these artists.
The most precious thing about Pixar is the eternal friendship and affection of human beings in each of their films, whether these emotions are expressed by animals or monsters. "Toy Story" talks about the friendship between the toys, "The Incredibles" talks about the mid-life crisis of Superman's family, and "Saving Lemo" is the love between father and son... "Ratuitou" has the relationship between Remy the mouse and the sloppy ghost Lin Quini In the middle of the friendship, although Linquini once became famous after relying on Remy, he once forgot that it was Remy’s credit. Remy would also let his family steal food like revenge, but in the end they understood the value of mutual support between friends; Remy's constant chatter about his brother Emil about food, although Emil could not understand, he still risked helping his brother; Remy resisted his father's claim that rats could not leave a large family of family members, "food is fuel" and so on. And his father's most important understanding and support for Remy. The harsh, devil-thinking critic Ai Ge, after eating Remy's stew, he thought of a sunny day, and his mother's cooking meal swept away his frustrated memories. All these make the food in the movie full of family affection and friendship. Through the screen, we can't smell the scent of those foods, so we can only feel the taste of those foods beyond the tongue and nose if we use emotion as a seasoning.
Pixar will never forget to add humor big and small in various details, physical, verbal or plot, and so on. When the old lady who had been sleeping with a shotgun was hitting mice, I knew that the first climax of humor had come. This old lady, at any cost, took a shotgun and shot at Remy and his brother. In the restaurant, Remy grabbed Linquini’s hair and "driving" Linquini like a marionette. The idea of "driving" Linquini was really wonderful, especially when Remy tried to "drive" Linquini to walk in the house and open the refrigerator at first. , When picking up food, making noodles, beating eggs, and pouring red wine, those who laugh crookedly have stomach pains.
The best thing is the militarized "management" of a large colony of mice. After the old lady knocked down the ceiling, she found that countless mice "landed" along with the ceiling. The old lady almost screamed frantically. Head, Remy's father yelled: "Go! Go! Go! Get on the boat!" Then all the mice rushed out of the house very quickly but not chaotically, and rushed to the river to ride on the boards, boxes, etc. they had already prepared. The small boat made of materials ran away. At the end of the film, when hundreds of mice helped Remy cook, they also obeyed Remy's organization, divided into groups, and performed their duties in an orderly manner.
The rest of the humor is scattered everywhere. For example, in the kitchen Klett introduced the origins of the chefs. These chefs include gamblers, arms dealers, orphans, and even the assistant chef of unknown origin who claims to have killed people with his thumb and robbed France's second largest bank with an air gun. . There is also Chef Skinner, whose shortness and emotional expression make people want to laugh at him. Lin Quini has always been sloppy and unsteady. Mopping the floor can spread a pot of soup on the ground. When he comes home, he pushes the bicycle into the door and makes the best explanation for the hairy.
Pixar's cartoons, like Hollywood cartoons, like to say some obvious reasons in their lines. Reasoning is not a derogatory term, but it has become disgusting under the principle of "education and fun" for many years, because of our works. The truth is always straightforward to make people vomit. In fact, in every movie, every novel, and even a painting, the author is telling his own truth, including life wisdom, handling experience, and philosophy. The key is how to make some truth flow out with the plot, sound natural and pleasing in the right context.
What moved me most about Ratatouille was not Chef Gustav’s inspirational “anyone can cook”, nor the conversation between his father and Remy about whether it could change reality. The words that moved me the most came from the vicious critic Iger’s comments about Amy’s dishes at the beginning, but it was not “not everyone can be a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere”, not “but there is At times, critics will also take risks, that is, when they discover and maintain new things, the world is always unfriendly to new geniuses and new creations, and new things need people’s tolerance.” But "Many times, the job of critics is very simple, our risk is small, and we also enjoy the lofty attitude of being able to comment on chefs and their cooking skills at will. We criticize arbitrarily, do whatever we want, and sensationalize, but The fact that we have to face is that in many cases, even ordinary junk food is more meaningful than our criticism of it."
This sentence speaks of a precious attitude towards life. Everyone needs to be respected. We can comment on anything without a word, or even scold them badly, but what people should have is to give even one thing to these people and things being commented on. Enough respect for a little bit of value.
One thing that is quite annoying is that when most people comment on Pixar or Hollywood cartoons, they still say that they are naive. In front of Hayao Miyazaki's works, most of Disney's summer archives are like terrible words like "children with a childish mind and far from fully developed".
Pixar, or Disney's works, have the same feelings as all the beautiful fairy tales in the world. They really bring hope to people, bring warmth to the soul, and make everyone feel warm. Such a movie, such a fairy tale, what do you want a tragic ending that you can’t guess, you can’t always have a tragic ending like Shakespeare’s tragedy to be a good work. When we are tired of the dim reality and reality around us, do we have to rely on the darkness and reality to find comfort? Ratatouille did not ignore reality, did not try to change the state of "mouse crossing the street, everyone shouting and beating", did not make the mouse how great, people will still viciously call Remy a "disgusting thing" in the movie, but These are not the main points. We know what the truth of this world is. We know how unreasonable reality is. We know that many things cannot be changed. But when do we start, we must let truth and reality rule our beautiful expectations and imaginations?
This is also the feeling that Pixar has never lost since the beginning of "Toy Story". Sometimes, I just want to be warmed by the most conventional, eternal, and most indispensable things in the world such as hope, family affection, and friendship. Why can't I temporarily become A child, accept it frankly.
"From now on to a happy life" is the end of countless fairy tales. It is also in this increasingly smoggy world. Some cartoons are willing to keep the passages. You can say that this is a kind of nonsense that conceals the reality and sniffs at it. , But sometimes, this is the truest wish that can't be changed in people's hearts that changes over time. Some "childish" cartoons bravely expressed this wish, but you still have to laugh at this kind of bravery, it is simply awkward and boring.
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[Food Story] Ratatouille (2007)
Director: Brad Bird Brad Bird
Screenplay: screenwriter
Brad Bird Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava Jane Pike Wa and other
countries / regions: USA
Production Company: Pixar Pixar Animation Studios
Release: Walt Disney Pictures
Voice: Brad Garrett, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Brian Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, etc.
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