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It also seemed to be about 13 hrs long, most of which stemmed from the far-too-overwritten roles for the name stars of the flick.
I had the opposite reaction. When it was over, I was surprised to find out it had been two hours long, because it hadn't seemed that long at all.
The aristocracy of talent?
Not this explicitly, because I agree with him that not everyone is equally qualified to do everything, but something about the way he goes about making his point. I've come away from his last 2 films thinking "what an asshole," and that's not something I normally get from Pixar. (I also don't remember feeling that way about Iron Giant, but it's been forever since I've seen it.)
Oh, he also did the first two movies in the well regarded Night Dreams series.
I thought Night Dreams were by Andrew Blake?
(Sorry, my 80s are showing)
I have actually been a bit dubious about seeing Ratatouille because of my reaction to The Incredibles. I liked it, and if I don't think about it at all I can really appreciate it, but the Ayn Randiness (hee) gets to me. Brad Bird clearly feels that most of the world's population is quite useless, and that he himself comprises the fraction of a percentage that isn't.
The next Bond flick is going to have the Palio in it!
I thought Night Dreams were by Andrew Blake?
Porn party with Raq!
The next Bond flick is going to have the Palio in it!
Neat!
I thought Night Dreams were by Andrew Blake?
That would be Night Trips you're thinking of.
Why yes, I do like arty porn on occasion. Why do you ask?
I think Andrew Blake did "House of Dreams" or was there "Night Dreams" too?
Boy, I couldn't disagree more about Brad Bird having any Ayn Randiness to him. Ayn Rand's point was that the truly talented would naturally all be selfish, money-grubbing capitalists who could create a better society without that meddlesome government mucking up their pure vision. Bird's point seems to be closer to Vonnegut's in "Harrison Bergeron," (sp?) which is that society should not restrict the talents of the exceptional. There seems to me to be a world of difference between Rand's "we are your natural free-market overlords" approach and Bird's "don't discriminate against my talent" thing.
Bird's "don't discriminate against my talent" thing.
I haven't seen Ratatouille yet, but the impression I got from The Incredibles is that Bird is really pissed at Warner for interfering with his movie and firing him.