Genre: Animation
Rating: ****.5 (one of the highest ever that I’ve given for animation films)
Ratatouille - a sort of French peasant dish during summer months. Made of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, garlic, herbs lightly sauteed in olive oil. Nowadays, it seems like they add eggplant too! YUM!
Anywayz… It was the HIGHLIGHT of my week ok, and the fact that I was meeting up with my friend. Sigh.
Had lunch at Corduory first though, the bratwurst blah blah blah, sauerkraut and mashed baked potatoes almost made my stomach flip. There were such huge sausages and so little potato. Actually I got the dish more for the potatoes rather than the bratwurst, and for once, these people were generous with the meat rather than the staple -_-
Ratatouille is about a rat with a wonderful sense of smell, who yearns to cook but knows too well that the kitchen is like a minefield for him. Linguini, is the bumbling son of reknowned ex-chef Gasteau, who is due to inherit the restaurant. However, he really can’t cook for nuts, and so he hides this Rat under his hat to give him instructions in order to churn out loads of gourmet cuisine. It’s ridiculous really, as the rat controls his actions by pulling on his hairs. -_-
It’s not really the storyline that makes Ratatouille such a great film, but the richness of colour and music, and the inspirational theme of looking forwards with courage and being true to oneself.
