I really enjoyed how "ratty" the rats were instead of being little caricatures of human celebrities. I love Brad Bird's work because he makes movies that just happen to be animated.

I think that is why I enjoyed it more than Flushed Away.

I enjoyed it more than any Pixar film, save The Incredibles.

Who can tell what impact my twin passions of Paris and Soup had on my opinion, but I was utterly charmed and involved with this little rat tail, er, tale.

We had just had dinner before we saw it, but even with a full belly, I found myself really wanting a bowl of the mystery soup.

We headed straight to Jazz Kitchen (aka Soup Kitchen) after the show.

Every time I see Soup Kitchen my mind says, "NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!"

We also loved it-

Rose has been three times already- once with her grandparents, once with me and once with the whole family. I have seen it twice-it's wonderful.

Warms you like a good soup :)

(and I downloaded Lifted into my iTunes)

Loved this movie. I saw it today.
A really strong third act.

I was amazed at how real the wine and the wine glasses looked. I mean, a lot of this movie looked like it was shot with live elements... amazing art.

One of the happy surprises for me was that I saw this one in a theatre with great sound.

I loved the way they animated what the characters were tasting. Very cool.

Packed theatre.

:)

I liked it, but honestly it wasn't my favorite Pixar movie. And I definitely did NOT like the animation of the tastes. That brought me out of the story and reinforced the "movieness" of it. As did the many voiceovers. But, it didn't suck.

I loved it! Save for The Incredibles, it is my favorite Pixar to date. I really made me want to see Iron Giant again (BRAD! ;) ). The film also made me want a glass of wine. Now, that's good animation!

Ego was probably my favorite character because his decor was very over the top. The coffin-shaped room, the funeral decor and the skull typewriter (which I read about afterwards) made him quite the bringer of restaurant death.

The artwork was wonderful. Of course, how can you go wrong with Paris as a subject? I also loved the ending credits done in a Ward Kimball-ish style. And, as always, I found the homages to other famous films to be charming and fun.

I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can study it. I get the feeling there is much more that I missed on first viewing.