This little blue-gray mouse named Remy is obviously a bit of an alternative mouse. Compared with its peers, it has a sharper sense of smell and a love for food. It is not like other mice picking up garbage discarded by humans as food, but yearns to create and cook food like humans. Remy often goes to the human house by himself to watch cooking shows. Its idol is the author of the best-selling book "Everyone Can Cook", French chef Augustin Gust.
By chance, Remy came to the French restaurant where Gust was the main stove, and was lucky to meet a young man who helped in the kitchen—Lin Guini. Lin Guini, who lacks culinary talent, is desperately trying to keep her job. After he saw Remy's cooking skills, he came up with the idea of cooperating with Remy, so a "human and mouse food cooperation group" was formed. Remy hid in Lin Guini's chef hat and manipulated Lin Guini to cook one after another of exquisite meals. Despite all the trouble in the middle, in the end, they won the heart of Igo, France's most demanding food critic, and cooked up the best Provencal chowder in Paris (that's what the title Ratatouille means). Mice and gourmet food, two elements that seem to be irrelevant, are also drawn as equals under the imagination of the creators.
At first glance, Ratatouille is a bit like an inspirational movie: a little mouse sticks to his dream and makes it happen. In the film, the director also used Yiguo's mouth to express this theme: "Not everyone can be a great artist, but a great artist may come from anywhere." Although Remy is a mouse and is very weak, he does not It means that it cannot be a good chef, as long as there is a dream, anything can happen. However, the theme expressed in the film is not just inspirational. The focus of the film begins with the encounter and acquaintance of the little mouse Remy and Lin Guini. Each mouse and each get what they need to cooperate, resulting in a pure friendship between the human and the mouse. With mutual trust and understanding, they not only made Gust's restaurant climb to a new height, but Remy also found out about Lin Guini's life experience and achieved Lin Guini's love. Undoubtedly, the power of friendship is the second theme in the film.
The last focus of the film is the contradiction between family and ideals and the importance of family affection. Remy came to Paris to venture out because he was separated from his family. However, after being reunited with the family, the mouse relatives always ask Remy to steal from the kitchen, which adds a lot of trouble to Remy, and his father also opposes Remy's approach to humans. Whether to choose to stay in the kitchen to realize her dream or go back to her family to be a stealing mouse, Remy is faced with a choice. Of course, the selfless love between the family is also reflected in the film. When the father really understood Remy's dream, the most shocking and dramatic scene in the film happened in Gust's restaurant: a group of mice in Remy's restaurant. Under the command, he helped Remy cook the Provencal vegetable chowder that impressed Yiguo in the kitchen. Obviously, there may be conflicts between family and ideals sometimes, but at any time, family love is always the most powerful pillar for anyone to realize their ideals.
The whole film is warm, humorous and romantic. French chansons, tempting French cuisine and beautiful Parisian night scenes make movie watching a full-scale trip to France. It's no wonder that Ratatouille is particularly popular in France. The enthusiasm of the French made the film's premiere weekend break the box-office record for a cartoon in French history. The Paris Tourist Office has even developed a tour itinerary for Ratatouille. In the United States, which is full of blockbusters, since its release on June 29, this little mouse has invincibly defeated other films released in the same period and once became the box office champion. In the list of the best-reviewed films in the first half of this year released by the popular film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", "Ratatouille" became the "best tomato" in the first half of the year with a 96% favorable rating.
In a word, the dream is invincible. This mouse named Remy has not only conquered Yiguo, but is now conquering the world. (Zong Xiaopi)
(Published in Beijing Youth Daily on September 11)
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