Audiences love Disney/Pixar’s new film Ratatouille. So much so, that over 6,000 Internet Movie Database users have voted the movie onto the coveted Top 250 Movies of All Time list. Ratatouille currently sits on the list at #33. And before you say “All good new movies land on the list because of the number of votes”, that’s far from true. Only three other films in the last few years that have made the top 50: The Departed (#36), Pan’s Labyrinth (#42), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#45). No film in the past three years (excluding Ratatouille) is currently rated in imdb’s top 35.
July 4th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Ratatouille is currently the best reviewed animated movie in history, even by serious reviewers. Look at Rottentomatoes.com’s cream of the crop reviews.
More than just “over-hype” or “Pixar fanboys” are responsible for its amazing reception by critics and audiences alike. This film is easily the best film this year period, animated or not. And for a growing number of moviegoers one of the best animated films created. It is destined to become a classic, and I wholeheartedly believe it deserves its 9.0/10 rating as well as its spot on the top 250 list.
Looking forward to slashfilm’s review with great anticipation :)
July 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
So, they expect me to believe via an opinionated poll that this animation (not film) is better than the Departed?
July 4th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I’ll reserve judgment until I see it, but I have doubts about the claim that it’s one of the “best films of ALL TIME.” I probably won’t see it until it comes out on DVD.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Things tend to normalize for a film’s IMDb rating once it’s out on video. I recall that at one point, the third Lord of the Rings film was rated #1 all time, causing great consternation from Godfather fans. Now it’s down at a (somewhat) more reasonable #10. That was four years ago. This happens because the people who first go to see a movie are the ones who are excited about it - for them it’s right in their wheelhouse and of course one would expect them to like it more. Eventually, film fans who are not as drawn to the genre (or at least the picture in question) will see it and the rating is bound to drop.
Case in point - Grindhouse is a “new” movie and it’s up at #77. Do you think it will stay there once random people start checking it out on video? Certainly the high rating coupled with the glowing reviews indicate that this is a pretty darn good film. Plus, my buddy Madison liked it and he has pretty good taste… How’s that for no-scientific, anecdotal evidence?
July 4th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
I had to laugh reading one of the comments above. An animated feature, somehow, for some reason, is not a *movie* now…
July 4th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I was wondering why /Film did not review “One Of The Best Films of ALL TIME”.
Disappointing :-((
Guru
July 5th, 2007 at 7:54 am
The Iphone post mentioned he was half way through the Ratatouille review, should be any day now :P
July 5th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I guess my statement to this would be: so what? Not all votes at IMDb count, and the site even says that. It even indicates that its a weighted measure.
So, again: so what?
I’m not saying that as a smart-ass. I really am curious. What does this supposedly prove about the movie? All it says is that it might be good to a certain segment of the population that “regularly votes” on one given site. Many movies that I greatly enjoyed are not on that list. So what should I conclude? That I have no taste? That others have no taste? Or just that what makes these lists is more or less averaged over time?
July 5th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I guess my statement to this would be: so what? Not all votes at IMDb count, and the site even says that. The site even indicates that its a weighted measure.
So, again: so what?
I’m not saying that as a smart-ass. I really am curious. What does this supposedly prove about the movie? All it says is that it might be good to a certain segment of the population that “regularly votes” on one given site. Many movies that I greatly enjoyed are not on that list. So what should I conclude? That I have no taste? That others have no taste? Or just that what makes these lists is more or less averaged over time?
I’m not even sure what the notion of “one of the best movies of all time” even means, when you consider that it speaks only to a limited voting segment. I’ve always found that to be a silly term, if I’m being completely honest.
July 5th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Buena Vista Pictures’ release of Pixar Animation Studios’ “Ratatouille,” the G-rated toon directed by Brad Bird and set in a Parisian kitchen, built momentum of its own during the holiday.
The movie bowed last weekend in first place with $47 million — a low number for a Pixar title as last summer’s “Cars” arrived to $60.1 million and Bird’s previous film, “The Incredibles,” debuted at $70.5 million — but “Ratatouille” now appears to be picking up ground.
On Monday, it grossed $7.5 million, the best Monday performance ever for a Pixar movie, outdistancing the $6.95 million that “Finding Nemo” took in on its best Monday. On Tuesday, the food-intoxicated movie collected $7.85 million, beating “Nemo’s” best Tuesday number of $7.18 million. “Ratatouille” also registered a jump Wednesday and pulled in $10.2 million for the day, the best Wednesday performance for a Pixar movie, supplanting “Toy Story 2’s” $9.5 million. As of Wednesday, the critically applauded film had collected an estimated $72.6 million.
After six days, “Ratatouille” was just a shade below the six-day, $73.3 million gross of “Monsters, Inc.” and was chasing the six-day, $78 million gross of “Cars.”