This my first time watching it in probably 10-15 years! There was so much going on! WOW.
The characters were so good! The main characters felt very well flushed out. They interplanetary off each other so well. The cinematography was great during the kitchen scenes and over Paris.
There were some things I didn't like (the kiss scene, the last 5 minutes feels like truncated part of 20 minutes worth of important story, some of the narration is excessive (I also hate first person narrators in stories that don't use it for anything), Bechtel test flunking, there are straight up mistakes in the script, seemingly justifying false arrest, and the fumbling of the anyone can cook thesis .
I loved the conflicting ideologies of the characters and how they highlight each others strengths and weaknesses. I disagree with a lot of what Remy was about, which makes the resolution praising him hard to swallow. I think it represents a flaw in common theological thinking. The movie was perfectly fine showing Remy to be wrong about the dangers of rat-hood earlier in the movie, but it is forgotten about and suddenly doesn't become important again later.
There should have been a longer kitchen scene at the end. We must see the rats cook more! The human cooking was filmed with such tension; the ease in which the rats could cook felt patronizing considering how difficult the human cooks had it! That also makes the "exciting climax" not exciting! I want to see those rats sweat! And i want to see them rewarded for hard work, and not be subject to extermination or any form of subjugation. (Ratatouille 2 would have been wild if they made it.) They should have found room while the critic was waiting to have more cooking tension. Linguine should have served his own dish! The climax of this action scene should have been placed elsewhere so that other plot threads could have been addressed.
One thing could have saved the only female charater of this movie-- Linguine isn't Gusteau's son. Collette forged the documents to oust the chef because no one liked him. It would have given her something yo do besides being a fuck prize to one of the most sex-less characters I have ever seen. It would have contributed to the movies themes of not following unjust laws.
Ahhh! This movie has so many enticing ideas, but the execution is often not to my liking! There was a lot to like, though. I look forward to watching it again and having another big think!
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