Ashamed, it has been more than three months since I watched the original English movie last time. So when I first entered the theater and sat down, I couldn't adapt to the way of watching movies with subtitles and listening to the original sound. Fortunately, I quickly got back the feeling. The reason why I want to watch this film is for the high score of 8.4 on IMDb, which is second only to "Spirited Away" in the ranking of animated feature films. Until two-thirds of the film was released, I couldn’t find out how it was better than Pixar’s previous films, leaving aside the technical aspects (Pixar’s technology flow is mainly shown in short films, and the technology of feature films is just Serve the story), the story is plain. Haha, the film is getting better at this time.
When you see the title of "Food Story", how about cooking? When you see the conspiracy surrounding the will, revenge? Inspirational when seeing Linquini become famous in one fell swoop? When seeing the two people's affectionate kiss, love? When seeing Remy and Linquini quarreling, betrayal? One after another about the possible themes of the film unfolded in my mind, no, not at all, such a theme is not enough to exchange such a high reputation. Its subject term only appeared at the moment when the picky food critic was rejuvenated. The term is: understanding. I also understood why I used the food Ratatouille praised by gourmets as the title of the film.
Yes, it means understanding. Because of understanding, Remy and Linquini reconciled as before; because of understanding, she returned to him; because of understanding, Dad brought the family to help Remi; because of understanding, the foodie wrote an excellent review . And their understanding is based on such a concept, that is: Anyone can cook. When this idea appears at the beginning of the film, it may still feel like a slogan; when it appears in the film, it may still feel like a chain of clues; when this idea appears at the end of the film, it is the theme of the film.
If just "understanding", the lethality of the film will not be so great, its greater lethality can be tapped from the title of the film, the original name has been mentioned before, here is not the "ratatouille" this watch It’s really cool that the translation of the title is not correct, but the name "Food Story" from the "General Mobilization" series. "Nation Mobilization" is basically synonymous with Pixar animation in China. From toys, bugs, monsters, seabed, superman, cars to food, the protagonist of Pixar animation has changed from "non-human" to human and human for the first time. Animals are equally divided, and for the first time a world inaccessible by humans has returned to the world. To put it more bluntly, Pixar, an animation factory immersed in a dream world, made animation truly integrated into the real world for the first time. Animation is no longer the idealization of real life, and it is no longer a dream machine for all living beings.
This story is so realistic that Lin Quini, who doesn’t know how to cook, can only serve the plates. There is no miracle of the frog turning into a prince; the famous restaurant can only be closed because of the rat that everyone shouts and beats. The miracle that the chef is regarded as a star; the gourmet can only lose his job because of writing an incredible review, and there is no miracle that everyone pursues the food. Everything in this story operates according to a living reality. If the role of the mouse chef is replaced by a genius idiot, then everything in this story may happen in reality. The unreasonable and unreasonable imagination and creativity that audiences want to see in a certain anthropomorphic world of fairy tales, fantasy, and exaggeration that audiences want to see in Pixar and even Hollywood animations is no longer the main theme in this film. Integrity, bravery, and kindness, the universal values that Hollywood animation has always promoted, are not reflected in this film. What this story is about is how people should understand each other in real life.
So what impressed me most about this film is that when the foodie's attitude turned 180 degrees, a guy who was originally the least popular in the story seemed so amiable. It is worth mentioning that the voice of the foodie is Peter O'Toole, who is not old. That pure French English is really elegant, and it doubles the charm of the character. When he understood the true meaning of food, we also understood him. "Understanding", such a simple vocabulary is so important to this world.
Then I want to say something related to the movie. Someone once asked me why I like watching movies on the big screen. My answer is that I like the graininess of the pictures on the big screen. Yes, this is the answer, this is the answer I want to enter the cinema. This kind of texture brought about by the lack of exquisiteness has a more real feeling. For this film, some of the pictures look like real shots. And the charm of watching a movie in a movie theater is by no means limited to its sound effects and its picture quality. In fact, the feeling of the movie theater itself is a very wonderful experience, the profile of the audience’s faces in the dark air, the kind of fascination with popcorn. The fragrance, the fate of the same breath when watching movies.
Back to the movie. At the end of the film, Pixar gave an unprecedented show of 2D, which matched the style of the film, and was also very European and jazzy. When the film was finished, the lights came on, and the audience got up. I sat there quietly, recalling an unspeakable sense of beauty. As the little Pixar lamp went out, the last one left. Back at home, lying in bed, turning on FM91.5, just a few dialogues from the film were broadcast, Xin Xinran, and went to sleep.
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