Instead of going to do the TT last night the family headed to a sneak preview of Ratatouille. Yeah the Disney Pixar movie. So I didn’t get to hit the TT course when times were on average 2 minutes faster than last week. Damn. Oh well.
The movie. Great. I laughed hysterically in lots of it. Knowing the story (from a couple books we’d acquired) towards the end I was wondering how they would make it all work – the books were very brief. It is a fun movie. A bit awe man that’s over the top in some spots. The “chef” rise to fame, the pepper spray, the whole godfather like aura Remy’s dad and family have. The animation was of course superb. However, even better than the movie? The Pixar short leading into it: “Lifted” that… was a RIOT… I couldn’t stop laughing the whole time. Unbelievably funny.
Anyway. Short simple review. Although I wonder why would the health inspector’s face be on the certification sheet in the first place, it all made for an extremely entertaining movie. My oldest though is a bit easily scared by strong visuals, and man she was freaked out when the rats were being shot at with the shotgun and then through the whole waterfall sewer trip Remy took. While visually stunning and I’m sure a CGI’s wet dream to make and render (they all like water for some reason, rain, waves… ya know processor heavy shit) that intensity and visual fright fest could have been either toned down or left out… sure Remy drifting down the stream into Paris’s sewer might have been wicked boring, but… I don’t think it would have changed the story and it would have certainly left the kids a bit less scared. Why is it every kids movie has to have a crazy scary part to it? And speaking of scary I think the old lady with the shot gun was great for an adult intense scary side but also again too much for kids. Sure, many if not most of the kids there were not phased by the violence and the intensity of that sequence, and unfortunately I think that is a terrible thing, not something to be used to support the inclusion of such violence in children’s movies. Oh but that lightning strike. I was laughing to the point of tears when they got hit…
So, overall, good. Wicked good comedy. Fantastic imagery and a pretty damn good story. Anyone can cook!
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we watched Bridge to Terabithia last night
my younger son could not go to sleep afterwards
he was so scared
there was no rationalizing with him
he was not crying
just frightened
great film
but maybe not for a 3 year old
my 6 year old enjoyed it and I feel that it is good for kids to see the relationship of the bully in movies for discussions on who not to behave like and how to respond to such things
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