Sunday 23 September 2007

Movie review of ‘Ratatouille’


Everyone can cook, even a rat. It happens in Disney’s new carton movie’ Ratatouille’. Remy is a rat who dreams of being a great chef. He learns how to cook by watching French famous chef Auguste Gustean’s TV cooking program. After getting lost with his family, he goes to Paris alone, and forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, a garbage boy working in Gusteau’s restaurant. Remy stays on Linguini’s head and controlled his actions by pulling his hair. Since then, Linguini cooks amazing meals and rebuilds Gusteau’s rehabitation.
In this movie, Remy is a very unusual rat. He only wants to eat good stuff, and walk on his two feet rather than on four. Moreover, he has a highly developed sense of taste and smell. Therefore, he becomes the poison checker of the whole family. Unlike the other rats, he admires humans, for they can create and cook delicious food. Accidentally, he makes friends with Linguini, a human, and fulfills his own dream by controlling Linguini to cook what he wants. But when he finds his lost family, he has to make a very difficult choice. He wonders whether to follow his dreams of being a fine chef or return to his previous existence as a rat and stay away with humans. Similarly, such kind of question also confuses our human; whether we should believe our fate to live a common life, or try another way of living, change our fate and explore the adventures. The former way of life is very safe, for people do not need to adapt to the unexpected changes; while the latter is full of dangers but excitements. During the process to explore a new life, one can get totally different life experiences and discovers more about the unknown world. However, making such choice, one should have a great courage to following his/her passions even if the entire world was against him/her and overcome the unexpected obstacles or failures, and the perseverance to stick to his/ her dreams. And that is one of the messages the movie conveys to the public.
Even a rat can be a chef, then what else cannot happen? Just as Remy says in the movie: ‘change is nature. And we can make influence. It starts when we decide.’ Follow our own heart, make efforts, and we can achieve our goals.

3 comments:

Brad Blackstone said...

Thank you for all the hard work in watching the film, summarizing it, and critiquing it. I definitely develop an interest in seeing this film thanks to your review.
I'm especially interested when you make the following statements:

"He wonders whether to follow his dreams of being a fine chef or return to his previous existence as a rat and stay away with humans. However, such kind of question also confuses our human; whether we should believe our fate, and live a common life, or try another way of living to change our fate and explore the adventures. The former way of life is very safe, for people do not need to adapt to the unexpected changes; while the latter is full of dangers but excitements."

Yes, it takes a sense of adventure, and innner strength, to "take the road not taken."

Great effort and insight, Vicky!

Unknown said...

nice work, but it seems that I have been attracted by your Thailand trip...

Get back to the business, the post was nice, I feel like watching it through it with your introduction..hehe, work on..

Bonnie said...

I like watching others cooking and i like animations.
so i think it is a perfect movie for me ~