First Blog

Okay, this is my first Blog, and I want to start it out right. So I decided to start it out with something everyone likes - cute furry animals, and Disney. That's not saying that everyone likes cute, furry animals - there are coldhearted people out there that don't like either. However, the majority will coo and aww over cute, furry animals and Disney, so here goes.

Disney and Pixar has a new movie coming out, it's called Ratatouille. Now, the definition of Ratatouille is some sort of french vegetable stew. Apparently ( not that you really need to know this ) it is usually made with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, and onions, and seasoned with herbs and garlic. In my opinion, doesn't sound too fantastic, but obviously it was interesting enough to base a movie off of.

However, first impressions are not what they seem. This movie is only HALF about a soup. The rest of it is about a rat named Remy. Apparently Remy makes completely delectable Ratatouille. I am probably not the first to point out the wordplay. Ratatouille, if you follow me?

Which is why most people think it is called Ratatouille. Not because there is a food called Ratatouille, but because there is, in fact, a rat in the movie and then a bunch of syllables added onto it to make it sound fancy. Trust me, that was my first impression as well. I'm right along with you guys on the 'oh, it must be a french thing' bandwagon.

Well, in case none of you have any idea what I'm talking about, here's a nine-minute teaser of the movie that makes it look... well, see for yourself.

Remy is quite possibly the cutest little rat in existance, but boy, look at the snozz on Linguini. Poor guy - for some reason he lives in France, and everyone has French accents except for him. Not only that, his parents named him after an ITALIAN food. That's gotta burn. No wonder he's so skittish. Having an American accent on top of being named after spaghetti when you're native to Paris would get you beat up in grade school.

Anyhow, in my opinion everything up until Remy and Linguini started talking was dull. I mean, I'm sure they expected everyone to be dazzled by the effects and pretty animation, but I wasn't impressed. And it doesn't take much to impress me. It doesn't even seem to be that good of a plot.

I do, however, sense that this soup that Remy made is not yet called Ratatouille. There is most definitely some sort of sappy ending where everyone realizes a rat made the soup and they call it Ratatouille in honor of Remy... How cute and predictable.