Probably the over the top violence. I at first found it to be a bit out of place with the pacing of the rest of the movie, but then thought about it and figured the impact was so much closer to actually experiencing violent acts in real life because of them seeming too exaggerated and out of place. Too often in movies the violence has little impact on me even when it is over the top. Of course very violent movies have done well before, but it I would still have to say that has a little to do with it. Some people may have felt it jarring, like I did, except that in the end I found it was that juxtaposition of the intense violence against the beautifully shot slow and quiet scenes that made the film excellent.
He's the son of the chef man who owned that restaurant. His name is Alfredo linguine. It seems like everyone else in the film has a French accent apart from him and that rat
I'm going to guess it's because you're meant to like those two characters so they made them easier to relate to while making the others rude and snobbish, aka french. I couldn't remember but I thought there was some reasoning behind it in the back story. Possibly not. As for the rat, well... it's a rat, an American accent is probably fitting.
I fell asleep watching ratatouille in the theater. I really did.. i think i dozed off for about 20min.
Drive, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive all each received 1 Oscar nomination. If it does not fit the type of movie the Academy likes, they tend to give it a nomination, often Best Director, and otherwise ignore it. Even if it is absolutely outstanding in a particular area, such as The Tree of Life in cinematography, it will often be overlooked in favor of movies they do like but were clearly inferior choices for the award, such as Hugo (fine cinematography, but better than The Tree of Life? Inconceivable!). They also picked Saving Private Ryan for Best Cinematography over The Thin Red Line, which was almost beyond belief to me. It's very likely that Refn, Lynch, Malick, and a slew of non-traditional directors will never win a Best Director Oscar, and their films will probably tend to be overlooked in rather obvious areas.
Speaking of Mulholland Drive and The Tree of Life, I watched both of these recently too. Both are masterpieces! No wonder I can't stand just "decent" movies anymore.
Mulholland Drive is one of my all-time favorites, and I was very pleased with The Tree of Life. The Tree of Life was robbed by the Academy. For 2011, I think my favorites have been Drive, The Artist, The Tree of Life, and A Separation so far. I also may have developed feelings for Jessica Chastain after watching The Tree of Life. She's so gorgeous and was fantastic in The Tree of Life. Although they lack the spectacle of some of the other parts of the film, Chastain's scenes teaching and playing with her infant children really stood out in my mind as some of my favorites. Very simple yet so genuine and natural. She was perfect in that role.
That just sounds like racism to me. French people are unlikable? And it didn't work, I hated limp noodle boy and the rat with daddy issues was even worse. And yes, the French can speak English, but they don't like it.
I wasn't being serious there, but there is actually that stereotype of the snobby french person and it was used in the film with good effect. Exactly, further perpetuating the snobby "elitist" stereotype.
Oh it's not snobby, it's part of our ongoing, subtextual battle between France and Britain. The English hate the French and the French hate the English. It's very simple.
I hear the french hate the americans too. I think that's why americans have an internal hate against french canadians cuz they're closer to us.
The Grey This was one of the most bleak, hardcore survival horror movies I've ever seen. It was very well written and acted. From the plane crash to people getting torn limb from limb by wolves or dying in other horrible ways, it was relentless. The survivors come up with some pretty clever ways to fend off the wolves, and none of the deaths are cliche or stupid like you would expect from a horror movie. The survivors actually make pretty good decisions for the most part, but the situation is so hopeless they end up getting killed. It was pretty much the opposite of most of the retarded horror movies that are out there where everyone behaves like an imbecile. I actually felt really bad when these people got killed. Liam Neeson plays a fatalistic badass who is in touch with life and death. It doesn't have a happy ending and goes out on a pretty hardcore note. Overall, it was an awesome movie. 9/10
Elizabeth and Elizabeth the Golden Age These are both great movies and Cate Blanchett is absolutely perfect for the role of Elizabeth I. Her performance in Elizabeth is Oscar worthy. I would say that if you enjoyed The Tudors and want to see the next part of the story, give these a watch. They pick up just a few years after where The Tudors leaves off.
The Expendables was a colossally stupid movie, but I thought it served its purpose of being a sort of reunion for action stars. The sequel adds Van Damme and Chuck Norris and gives Arnold a bigger role. Steven Seagal apparently wasn't invited.
I agree about the plot, or lack thereof. Something about Rambo falling instantly in love with a girl half his age. They should have had no plot whatsoever and just made it more of a balls out over the top body count movie, like Rambo.
Wait, The Expendables had a plot? I remember lots of shit randomly blowing up and Jason Statham capping dudes from a plane, but I don't recall a plot linking any of it together.