Ratatouille DVD Review

Everybody might have already heard the plot to Pixar's Ratatouille, about a rat Remy that was enticed to become a chef in Paris. It all starts with Chef Gusteau who writes a book called "Anyone can cook," which is a philosophy in its own. Gusteau died and follows Remy as a figment of his imagination. No one expected it to be a hit. Pixar admitted people would be squeamish about seeing rats in the big screen but they were adamant by having them walk and scurry and act like rats. I thought I would have no problem with it at all but I have to admit I had to get used to it. Entertainment Weekly passed off the movie Ratatouille in lacking in celebrity voices. They said Patton Oswalt is no hero next to Owen Wilson's Lighting McQueen from Cars. But what decides who is not a star? Patton does a great job and Remy is an awesome character. Curious and set to his principals. The movie is filled with innuendo, guns, sex, drunk people, a chef that clams to have killed a man with a finger and venom. This is a G-rated flick and there is the line 'caught fooling around with his daughter' and Remy's human friend almost gets maced in the face.

In the first Toy Story, Pixar's humans looked robotic and weird. But, once they got that their humans have to look cartoonish, now Pixar has their own class of look for humans. It started with The Incredibles and now with this movie, humans blend in easily. Remy and his friend Linguine do go through the cliche of going up and down in stardom (claiming credit and so on), but it is forgivable. Some say the plot and writing is said and done, but the dialouge is great and awesome lines. The greatest character is Collete, that has to survive in a man-driven chef world and is hard-as-nails. Like a date movie cliche, she then falls in love with the Linguine but still remains a tough cookie. Some people said the movie could have more of her but I think it's just perfect, sometimes you got to have people wanting more.

One can pass over the movie was being cutesy and wacky but that is not the case. Pixar has a way to make movies feel real adult. For example, The Incredibles could just be another superhero dribble but it was cemented in family politics and raw emotion. Also Finding Nemo can also be taken as a morose An American Tail. Now, Ratatouille may not have star kid power like Nemo, where any kid goes "Nemo!" when they see a fish or even The Little Mermaid's Flounder, but it has its charm. The movie is delicious and have great message... move on, change and go forward. Also that people can do whatever they set their sights on. The review at the end by Ego (Peter O' Toole) is great. Of course, like any Disney movie, it comes with a happy ending, this one comes with a delightful ending.

What is not fair is this:
ONLY THE BLU-RAY and LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION HAS AUDIO COMMENTARY! The regular one does not have the director's commentary with brad Bird and David L. Like cinemablend.com says, "Brad Bird is a wealth of information for people that want to be inspired by how movies are made, animated or not. What kind of shots does he look for? What makes a good script? What makes a good scene? A good character? A realistic character? An audio commentary could have made this disc go from beefaroni to alfredo."

This Week's Guests on Nip/Tuck

Jai Rodriguez of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" guested on tonight's "Nip/Tuck." His character's name is the episode's title.. Chaz Darling. Hilariously, 'Darling' is the last name of the family in ABC new hit "Dirty Sexy Money" that stars Seth Gabel who was introduced in "Nip/Tuck." Chaz is the best gay friend of Eden, the show's new resident bitch. His surgery was to reduce his nipple, one was huge. His character didn't supply much and was pretty much a stereotype. But the good part is that he is a good actor, he doesn't fuss much.

Also guesting is John Schneider. Since leaving "Smallville," he has been plenty busy. He has been doing "Journeyman" and now 'Nip/Tuck," he also have a lot of movies under his belt. He plays Ram Peters, porn director guy who offers Matt 'gay for pay.' Ram's wife runs a daycare center.

Tomorrow: Futurama's 1st of 4th DVD movie

Tomorrow, Bender's Big Score the first of four straight-to-DVD no censored movies is coming out.

Check out the new interview from David X. Cohen!

Related Topic: Futurama Returns!

Richard Chamberlain on Desperate Housewives

Every time any gay character come across "Desperate Housewives," I got to put my two cents. Even with Marc Cherry being the Executive Producer and gay. Tonight Richard Chamberlain, who is gay and recently played a gay character in Nip/Tuck last year, guested as Lynette's step-father. I knew I soon as I saw him, his secret was him being gay. Sadly, I was right and that was it. It was like it was a big shock. Hello, they now have two gay neighbors and this is the big shock?

Related Topic: Nip/Tuck Season 4 brings Richard Chamberlain

Joy Lauren plays a Expectant Teen Mother twice on ABC?

Actress Joy Lauren portrays Danielle Van DeCamp on "Desperate Housewives" and two weeks ago, her character gave birth to an illegitimate child. Tonight on the "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off "Private Practice," Joy Lauren portrayed yet another pregnant teenager. She gave birth as well. On the same network! ABC!

Kid Nation got really really good

Since the last week's episode, things have been heating up. Blaine had step out of Greg's shadow and stepped up, helping out the Yellow district and got the golden star. The counsel had been criticized again and all the members were changed, continued into this week. T.K. became the red leader, Michael the green leader, Blaine the yellow leader, and Greg the blue leader. Laurel was upset she went down from her throne. I think what got on her bad side was that when all the leaders decided to switch 1 member from one district to another, she decided not to. There was rumblings that the Green District was stuck up, thinking they were smarty smarties. That sort of came to a head when T.K., Greg, and Blaine heard a conversation with the green district members. They then confronted them and most of the green district members felt out of it and pinned. Some of them cried. I love the green district and it was a great scene. All the leaders (all together) have become corrupted with power.

How I see Greg and T.K. have is trying to teach a lesson to be respectful and weren't exactly that much. A bit hypocritical. As always, I love what Michael had to say, well I love his speeches. Sophia had cursed to Guylan last week. Guylan got what he deserved, he thought being a leader would be easy and it wasn't. I think it was right, he got off it but I hated the smile on his face when he volunteered to leave. It was a good episode. The scene with Taylor is touching, when the counsel told Taylor she was not going to get part of the Big Prize but when they found out it was letters from home, they gave it to her. I think they were too hard on Greg at the end, he has been doing better these days, but they can't forget the past. I can't deny he wasn't being disrespectful. I like that the other leaders were trying to snap Greg out of it, to change. I am glad the producers didn't reveal that Laurel didn't get the golden star, it was great and a surprise. Good she decided not to leave and got the star. She got kicked off the counsel but got the star. Funny her mom has her same accent. Also, that Greg wanted his own personal hug with Laurel. Could he had harbored feelings for her?