Ratatouille

Its amazing how companies like DreamWorks and Pixar are able to bring to life the most amazing characters, from sports cars to insects to rodents. Here we have one of the most despised rodents that has ever plagued man, a rat, and the genesis’ at Pixar have turned him into a loveable and enjoyable character that kids, and adults, have fallen for. With the added life lessons of always going for your dreams and believing in yourself when others don’t the audience is taken on a fanciful ride through the culinary world of Paris, France. The wide range of characters that are presented here gives every member of the audience to identify with, from the outcast to the know-it-all to a person that is over compensating for losses, there is some one for everyone to see something in.
When a passionate rat by the name of Remy discovers a way to express himself through cooking he unwittingly teams up with a novice cook and shows that some of the best cooking comes from the heart. Even with the drama and the little bit of action that is involved in this film, the comedy and light-heartedness is what carries the story all the way to the end. The characters that are introduced are enjoyable to watch, even the villains, from Remy’s family of rats to the quirky cooks at the restaurant we’re given an abundance of character types to fall in love with. There are some emotional states within the film that maybe to much for a younger audience, but these are what helps draw the adults into the story and with the humor sprinkled in the whole family gets to laugh hardily.
With the established style of animation that Pixar has developed through the years the audience has come to expect nothing but the best, and when they’ve seen it they don’t think that anything else is possible. But hold on, the creative minds in this company never stop thinking and the world is given another whole new universe to play in. With each new movie that is put out we’re shown that imagination is not dead and that there are minds that do look in new directions and not just back at the old. I for one have enjoyed every one of Pixar’s feature films and shorts and just can’t wait for the next one to come out so that I can expand my mind and imagination beyond the limits of this world and reality.