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 Monday, July 2nd, 2007 - 2:55pm - [Direct Link] I think I'll create a movie rating scale: 1: Don't bother seeing it 2: See a friend's copy 3: Rent it 4: See it in theaters 5: Buy the DVD So last Friday I got an email from one of my professors at DigiPen. The faculty was skipping school to see a movie, and the students were encouraged to follow. The movie was Ratatouille (pronounced "rat-a-tooie"). It's Pixar's latest, and is the story of a rat who wants to be a cook. The animation was wonderful, and I loved the story. There were a few odd parts. For example, the rat can't magically talk to the humans, so when he's interacting only with humans he doesn't speak. Then we get some narrative overlay of the rat talking, and it's a bit startling, as you haven't heard his voice in a while. They also played loose with some time transitions using a narrative overlay to pass time, which felt a little out of place. The movie was hilarious, heartwarming, and had great lessons in it. I couldn't help but parallel the rat's learning to cook with my learning to draw. Raratouille is a definite must-see. I'll be buying it when it comes out on DVD. I'll give it a five. Then, on Saturday, Mort and Bin from Booster Logic fame invited me over to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I'd heard a couple negative reviews about it, but went and saw it anyway. It wasn't a waste of my money, as I enjoyed seeing it. It wasn't a meaningful movie like Ratatouille, but it managed to keep itself interesting enough most of the time. My friend Ryan wrote a review that said there wasn't enough action. I complain that what fighting there was is difficult to follow. The movie did the typical "stretch time out way too far" when the horrible things were happening at the end, but I've gotten so used to it that it didn't bother me that much and I was able to enjoy the movie without it doing more than slightly irritating me. If you like comics, the Fantastic Four series, or "save the world" movies, then you should see this in theaters. Otherwise, it's probably worth a rent later. Three point five.
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