# Ratatouille **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282 "2007-05-23T20:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/1 "2007-05-23T20:53:54Z")
Has anyone else heard about this movie? When I first saw it I was like huh? a movie about Rats but then I watched the trailer and its really cute. I promise you will fall in love with Remy:) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VeuP-563Q) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/2 "2007-05-23T20:55:07Z")
It’s been released? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/3 "2007-05-23T21:10:25Z")
Most sites that I’ve seen say that the premiere date will be June 22, 2007. I am eager to see this movie for two reasons: I’ve had pet rats that I loved dearly, and _Ratatouille_ is the creation of Brad Bird, the creative force behind _The Iron Giant_ and _The Incredibles_. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/4 "2007-05-23T21:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I am eager to see this movie for two reasons: I’ve had pet rats that I loved dearly, and _Ratatouille_ is the creation of Brad Bird, the creative force behind _The Iron Giant_ and _The Incredibles_. [/QUOTE] Reason #3: The main character, Remy, is voiced by America’s Funniest Living Stand Up Comedian, Patton Oswalt. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/5 "2007-05-23T21:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Reason #3: The main character, Remy, is voiced by America’s Funniest Living Stand Up Comedian, Patton Oswalt. [/QUOTE] Ooh, I didn’t know that. He is a very funny guy indeed. I saw him on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, and almost laughed myself into an asthma attack. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/6 "2007-05-23T22:12:35Z")
Being a Pixar film, it’s got a predictably diverse and eclectic voice cast beyond Oswalt: Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter O’Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, and John Ratzenberger (a Pixar staple). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/7 "2007-05-24T01:36:41Z")
The story looks sweet and charming, the animation astonishing, and it should (I hope) run Shrek III into the ground. SHame it doesn’t get released here until August. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/8 "2007-05-24T02:15:50Z")
The kids and my wife and I are looking forward to this one. It looks great. BTW: Shrek the Third was funny, but nothing great. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/9 "2007-05-24T02:36:04Z")
Pixar always has this trend where the preview for a movie comes out and makes me go “meh.” Then I see the movie and wonder why I ever questioned their genius. Lather, rinse, repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/10 "2007-05-24T03:09:29Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] Pixar always has this trend where the preview for a movie comes out and makes me go “meh.” Then I see the movie and wonder why I ever questioned their genius. Lather, rinse, repeat. [/QUOTE] I had the opposite reaction with their Incredbles trailer. Found it hilarious, but the movie landed square in meh-ville ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/11 "2007-05-24T14:24:43Z")
This movie looks like so much fun! And, except perhaps for the vast spaciousness of the kitchen, culinarily accurate. The herbs and leeks, for example, were perfect in context and looked exactly as they should. And while making the perfect French omelet is a pain in the _derrière_, it’s an essential part of learning French cooking. I should know, I ruined dozens of them in cooking school…I feel for the main (human) character already. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/12 "2007-05-24T14:28:23Z")
I saw the most recent trailer when I went to see Shrek 3 (meh on that movie). The trailer finally made me want to see the movie. I like most Pixar movies, but they lost me with Cars - thought it was stupid. This movie, I want to see. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/13 "2007-05-24T14:29:49Z")
The cooking aspect of it interests me. Well, the fact that we’re getting Pixar’s take psychologically, and artistically on cooking interests me. So much of cooking is enjoying your space, and your tools, and the look and feel of food. I think they’ll do a great job with it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/14 "2007-05-24T14:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=susan\_foster] I saw the most recent trailer when I went to see Shrek 3 (meh on that movie). The trailer finally made me want to see the movie. I like most Pixar movies, but they lost me with Cars - thought it was stupid. This movie, I want to see. Susan [/QUOTE] I have liked to loved every Pixar movie except Cars. Cars was crap. No not crap, something stronger, it was painful to watch, annoying and stupid. Jim ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/15 "2007-05-24T14:46:43Z")
There are three words that guarantee a great animated film these days: Brad Bird and Aardman We had Aardman last year (with the superb **Flushed Away** ), so now we have Brad Bird. I expect it to be terrific. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/16 "2007-05-24T15:10:02Z")
I like the concept of Shrek and enjoyed the first two movies (haven’t seen the third yet) but when it comes down to a choice between Pixar and Dreamworks, Pixar wins. Every time. This movie looks like a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/17 "2007-05-24T15:39:10Z")
We love Cars (and cars, too; which probably half explains the Cars-love!) and every time the DVD goes in, we watch the Ratatouille trailer. We already talk about “muscling our way past the gag reflex” … and the movie’s not even out! We can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/18 "2007-05-24T16:02:46Z")
Side note: I can’t be the only person who, when seeing the word Ratatouille, immediately thinks of: “Rats, rats for sale! Get your rats! Good for rat stew, rat soup, or the ever-popular ratatouille!” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/19 "2007-05-24T16:27:53Z")
No Bayle, you’re not. And I am looking forward to it too. It looks sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282/20 "2007-05-24T17:08:24Z")
I found the change in how the movie is being sold interesting. The first sets of trailers just suggested that the film was about rats in Paris running around and trying to get food in fancy restaurants, and my reaction was pretty disinterested. The new trailer expands that greatly, with the story now being about a rat who can cook and a cook who can’t working together. It looks far more interesting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratatouille/405282.md?page=2)