I also watched
Ratatouille. It was a good movie and all, but I had some reservations.
The film never quite managed to convince me to suspend disbelief and accept the notion of a rat chef. I think that's because the nature of the rats was somewhat awkwardly defined. They're somewhere between the rabbits of
Watership Down, who are intelligent and have personalities, but still behave like animals, and the fully anthropomorphic mouse of
Stuart Little, who wears clothes and generally behaves like a human. It kept highlighting that Remy isn't just a chef in rat form, he's a "real" rat, and that reminded me of how silly the premise is.
I could also have done with a little less slapstick and a somewhat more meaty story. Finally, there's one black character in the movie, and he has one single line: "This is some bad juju!" That just makes me cringe.
On the positive side, there's a moment of true beauty near the end of the film which
literally had me in tears:
Spoiler:When Anton Ego tastes the ratatouille.
