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Today I was at the “Sneak Preview” of Ratatouille with a childhood friend of mine. I decided to catch the show at Cathay Cineleisure cause they were airing the show in digital, the images were suppose to be sharper and more detailed then the conventional film.First of all I want to say the show is great for everyone, food lovers would love it when Remy (The Chef who incidentially is a rat) rattles off the wonderful the names of herbs and foods that get our taste buds working while at the same time introduce the casual diners to the wonderful world of flavour perhaps closing the divide between the two. What stands out in this show is the message on the importance of “understanding” what you eat and as the phrase goes, “you are what you eat” does show through the characters in the show.

As the movie progresses, the show starts to weave the most impossible of stories of how a little rat can become a chef. A nice lesson to take home and perhaps even teach the kids who watch the show is the importance of resilience about how the future is within your graps, believe and have guts to do what you love doing. No one can steal that passion, and in this case is really the passion to become a chef. The rat is only so small but yet he braves the difficulties and eventually “wins” the hearts of his father and the colony of rats which symbolizes to me people who will eventually turn up to help when traveling the tough journey to fulfill that dream and emerge victorious.

Overall I would say this is an interesting concept by Pixar and they have never stopped at exciting movie goes with their various animated films. The minds behind these stories are pure genius and they never stop to put in important life lessons for the young. I’m looking forward to the next animated film by Pixar soon. Oh and for those who do not know, pixar did a hilarious short animation before the start of the film so remember do not be late for your movie!

Director Royston Tan has done a production on the local Getai and fusing it with his fabulous directing created something close to everyones hearts. Synonymously related to Movies and Singapore, he has captured the young because we just love watching him present his ideas (he marketed 15 though a short clip which he uploaded on the Internet) and the old as most of them just adore Getais during the 7th Month.

Already it has gained strong viewer ship and has raked in decent earnings, I’ve even heard that tickets were not available during the first week after it’s release. After all the reviews, I’m really looking forward to watch it tonight.

Oh did I mention, Royston only took 22 days to produce the film and two weeks to write it!

Was at Ang Mo Kio hub for dinner, went exploring a little taking a look around, see what I found! It’s coming, it’s coming, Ratatouille is coming! It’s a really good animation, I’m so going to catch it in the cinema. In the mean time do take a look at the nice pop-up standee displayed outside the Cathay cinema.

Check out Ratatouille here.

The third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the film has continued to capture audiences with their key character Jack Sparrow. He hides the brilliance of his pirate heritage under a shell or stupidity and chance. Being either super lucky or just plain smart I would leave it for the discerning audience to judge.

So how does this installment hold up the name of Jack Sparrow? From what I feel the show has started to bore me in some ways, yeah the action is still there, the funny is still there but what I feel about this installment is that there is not really much about Jack Sparrow who only appears now and then to help piece the story together, instead Captain Barbossa , William and Elizabeth taking major screen time. So other then lots of gun fights and sword play there isn’t much adventure in the adventure, rather it’s just a story to help complete where they left off from the second installment. There are countless dialog in the show, full of talk, and talk and talk, trying to explain too much until it get a little confusing, of course 1/2 way into the show the sleepiness sets in and kind of makes me wanna doze off with various long scenes of conversation and sailing over mysterious oceans.

Elizabeth did really show a lot more in this installment, looking pretty as ever, the cloths do seem designed to fit her well. Of course who can forget. “Welcome to Singapore”, I would have loved it if Singapore had such cool pirates, looked more like China pirates to me and you definitely will not believe how well they live, but all that said, it was meant to be a fairy tale so lets just leave it as that. You’ll find yourself in for a shock if you watched the film prior to visiting Singapore.

Anyway my take is that the story line is somewhat confusing with lots of witty dialog and unnecessary dramatization of non key events, do not expect a happy ending as our hero never fail to deliver his dose of bad luck upon himself. It’s good for the laughs, eye candy and amazing sets so be prepare to enjoy your favorite pirate and do set your expectations low on the story line.