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Ratatouille is a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish.

The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited October 2007 in Social Entropy++
It is also the name of the next big kick ass Pixar film coming out on June 29.

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The new full trailer is out. And as per Pixar's usual, it looks awesome. Not to mention it's being directed by Brad Bird and stars Patton Oswalt. How can you go wrong?

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So else is excited as hell for this movie?

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19939
    This summer is sure to draw you to the theater to find out why Spidey turns to the Dark Side, how Captain Jack comes back from the dead, and to see Harry's first kiss. With all the sequels, you might you just get a hankering for something tasty and original. Leave those leftovers behind and go out for some gourmet in Pixar Animation's 8th feature film Ratatouille.

    Ratatouille is not only unique among the ordinals this year, but also unique among other Pixar films. Forget cute toys, silly bugs, cuddly monsters, adorable fish, and super heroes. Rats are where it's at! Directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles, 2005 Best Animated Feature), the story follows Remy the Rat (voiced by comedian Patton Oswalt) from his home in the French countryside to the foodie heaven of Paris.

    Speaking from Pixar's small edit room, Bird explains, "It's a story about a rat who has extraordinary senses of taste and smell and he's drawn into cooking. He's not satisfied making a suitable rat-living off the compost heap."

    Through an unfortunate accident, Remy and his family are forced to leave the quaint country and are washed down river to Paris where Remy gets separated, but fortuitously ends up at his favorite chef Auguste Gusteau's restaurant. There he meets a young garbage boy named Linguini who recognizes Remy's cooking abilities and they soon form a heart-warming partnership. But a rat is death to a kitchen and a kitchen is death to a rat and so keeping Remy out of sight while Linguini cooks to his instruction is cause for much hilarity.

    Bird continues, "Everything is laid out very carefully to begin here and gradually take you down this path, it's very hard to drop people in the middle of this. But we are excited about making the unbelievable believable and viable. We all recognize that the idea was wonderfully absurd and ripe for animation. How to get the audience to come along one step at a time has been a challenge, but also a delight, because it's a particularly physical comedy."

    The animation and attention to detail on Ratatouille is what you'd expect and more from Pixar. A tank of rats sat in the animation hallway for more than a year for research on how the little creatures moved their feet and paws, what happens with their tail as they run and how their noses and ears work.

    "This is my first rat," says Oswalt. He's never voiced any other animals and he never even thought about it because Pixar "puts so much humanity into their characters that you don't feel like you're playing an animal." He recalls, "I went into a pet store and I was looking at rats in a cage and how they relate to their food and each other. Then I started thinking the key to the character is his obsession and passion with food. He's trying to rise above his ratness in a way. I started reading a lot of great food writers and critics about stuff they were passionate about and angry about. They were a great resource for 'here's how a foodie thinks.'"

    Unknown to Bird, Oswalt was a self-proclaimed foodie before he was ever approached for the role. He has followed celebrity chefs for years. "I'd love to see Thomas Keller's take on the food of Oaxaca," says Oswalt. So, he was able to particularly identify with his rat alter-ego when Remy becomes distressed over bad cooking on Linguini's part. "I don't get angry because things are bad. I get angry because things that are good are being done badly. Things that I love are in the wrong hands or someone is ruining it."

    But how do you convey the notion of food on screen? Pixar animators took a crash course on cooking and gourmet consultants were on hand to tell them about food, textures, and how kitchens are arranged. The same sub-surface light scattering technique that was used on skin in The Incredibles was used on fruits and vegetables to give them a hyperrealism. More than that, the characters talk about food and how it tastes and feels. There is also the use of music and abstract imagery to show what a certain taste is like.

    But how will it compare to previous Pixar flicks? Bird recalls, "I was lucky enough to work with a lot of the old Disney masters when I was a kid and one of the things they always pushed was that they always considered themselves students. This studio also has the frame of mind that we are all students and we are always trying to top what we did before."

    And with that, he becomes visibly excited when he whispers "Peter O'Toole is the grim eater food critic!" Obviously icing on the cake for award-winning Bird, and for us as well. Ratatouille is sure to spice up our regular movie fare on June 29.

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  • Geebs61Geebs61 Ruiner PortlandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    SO ELSE

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BRAD BIRD

    Cars was good but a bit disappointing, but this is BRAD BIRD so it's going to be awesome.

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  • QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm looking forward to Giacchino's score

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  • iusehappymodiusehappymod Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I thought this looked pretty outrageous.

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oh look


    The Geek made a Pixar thread

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    Th...This actually looks awesome, I'm sorry I doubted Bird.

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  • LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    My pet snake dislikes all this pro-rat propaganda.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm never hyped to see Pixar movies and then I see them and love them

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  • Geebs61Geebs61 Ruiner PortlandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    You're making me install a quicktime plugin...

    This better be good.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    blankspace247 wrote: »
    Th...This actually looks awesome, I'm sorry I doubted Bird.

    For your pennance, say twenty soooopeerrrmaaaannnns and go in peace my son.

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I never saw Cars.

    But I have enjoyed pretty much every Pixar film before that, except for maybe Toy Story 2.

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  • RedeemerRedeemer Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This looks super cute

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    The Geek wrote: »
    blankspace247 wrote: »
    Th...This actually looks awesome, I'm sorry I doubted Bird.

    For your pennance, say twenty soooopeerrrmaaaannnns and go in peace my son.
    Oh goddamit.


    I've got something in my eye.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    man, look at that aspect ratio.

    widescreen is kind of getting out of hand don't you think

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Shit, there's only one N in penance.

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Patton Oswalt is a pretty awesome dude.

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  • jpegjpeg ODIE, YOUR FACE Scenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The hair and cloth caught my eye as looking really fucking good and realistic.

    I want to see this.

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    so I just type in this box and it goes on the screen?
  • DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    ive been told to be like a handsome patton oswalt
    which is like...
    not very handsome really

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    rawk

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The Geek wrote: »
    Shit, there's only one N in penance.

    uhh, you are wrong

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    does quicktime just no longer work for anyone else?

    mine just freezes my entire computer for 30 seconds until i can move my mouse... quickly... to close it out

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    jpeg wrote: »
    The hair and cloth caught my eye as looking really fucking good and realistic.

    I want to see this.

    I remember hearing that there were animation teams for the incredibles purely for hair and water.

    seriously that one scene in incredibles where
    The plane crashes into the ocean and elastigirl comes up out of the water and her hair is wet,

    that's the most impressive moment animation wise in that movie I think.

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  • DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    the lips dont match.
    was it made in french first or is my computer just getting lazy

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  • KrummithKrummith DJ Logic Death can't take me until I finish my backlogRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I've been looking forward to this for a while. Pixar is one of the few film makers who's product very, very rarely fails to please.

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Brad Bird has yet to top Iron Giant.

    This does not look to break that trend.

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  • DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    naporeon wrote: »
    Brad Bird has yet to top Iron Giant.

    This does not look to break that trend.

    he's done like one movie since

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I have loved every Pixar movie more than the last
    except Cars
    That was very disappointing

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I blame cars

    on larry

    (I don't want to legitimize his subtitle by typing it out)

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Cars was just way too... John Lasseter: fish out of water story, funny side characters, happy ending, bla bla... I mean, I enjoyed the film, but we've seen it all before

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Just when I thought I could love Patton Oswald no more, he shows up in Fairly OddParents.

    The man is a GOD.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I loved Cars for the cars.

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  • iusehappymodiusehappymod Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Just when I thought I could love Patton Oswald no more, he shows up in Fairly OddParents.

    The man is a GOD.

    LINKY LINKY EGGS AND BINKY

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Randall_Flagg wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Shit, there's only one N in penance.

    uhh, you are wrong

    Shit, I meant only one N in the first part as opposed to "pennance" as I originally typed it.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Seriously, Paton Oswalt is like a tiny being made of pure awesomeness. And bitterness.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Randall_Flagg wrote: »
    I blame cars

    on larry

    (I don't want to legitimize his subtitle by typing it out)
    Except that's incredibly stupid because he was just a voice actor for a freaking side character and there were many more serious problems that made that movie middling

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    iusehappymod wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Just when I thought I could love Patton Oswald no more, he shows up in Fairly OddParents.

    The man is a GOD.

    LINKY LINKY EGGS AND BINKY

    I can't find it. :(

    He played the Crimson Chin's comic writer.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    iusehappymod wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Just when I thought I could love Patton Oswald no more, he shows up in Fairly OddParents.

    The man is a GOD.

    LINKY LINKY EGGS AND BINKY

    I can't find it. :(

    He played the Crimson Chin's comic writer.

    Oddly appropriate, being that he's such a comic fanatic himself.

    Also, that's one of the only "kid's" shows that I can watch and laugh hysterically over.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    I am most certainly looking forward to this film.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    iusehappymod wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Just when I thought I could love Patton Oswald no more, he shows up in Fairly OddParents.

    The man is a GOD.

    LINKY LINKY EGGS AND BINKY

    I can't find it. :(

    He played the Crimson Chin's comic writer.

    Oddly appropriate, being that he's such a comic fanatic himself.

    Also, that's one of the only "kid's" shows that I can watch and laugh hysterically over.

    Did you see the TV movie "Channel Chasers"?

    That was the greatest thing ever. When they get to the Dragon Ball Z channel and everyone turns chibi and freak out about it was excellent.

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