I went to see
Ratatouille over in Canada. It’s not actually due to be released in the UK until October, but I do love being able to cheat the system. And holy hell, was this movie awesome or what? I’m definitely going back to see it again when that release on my homeland does finally roll around. It may just be my fondness for all things small and furry, but I loved every single second of this film. The story was great - funny, touching and offbeat, and the animation was amazing (no small feat, given how run-of-the-mill CGI animation has now become). Whenever they had Remy darting around on that perilous kitchen floor and getting menaced by various cooking utensils, it set my pulse racing. Congratulations Pixar - that’s yet another watermark. Equally delightful were those 2D animated rats in the end credits.
Of the in flight entertainment I saw on the way over, the only film that really stands out is this drippy little children’s flick called
Firehouse Dog. Not a classic, that’s for sure, but still, I got some good derisive laughs from watching it. The highlights of the film were undoubtedly seeing the titular character skateboard, do back flips over cars and fences and, at one point, slide down a fire pole
. Hilarious stuff, and infinitely more entertaining than
Shrek the Third at any rate, which I had the displeasure of seeing on the flight back. I’m no fan of either of the previous Shrek films, but yeesh was this one terrible (Hello? Story? Humour? Hello, are you there?).