The Art of Ratatouille
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The Art of Ratatouille

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  • EAN: 9780811858342
  • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

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  • From the hit-makers at Pixar Animation Studios who brought us Buzz Lightyear, Nemo, and Mr. Incredible, now comes Remy, the furry star of Ratatouille. A lovable rat (yes, a rat!), Remy is driven by his passion for fine cuisine to become a chef against all odds and with madcap adventures along the way at the most famous restaurant in Paris. The Art of Ratatouille includes more than 200 of the artistic ingredients in this heartwarming film: storyboards, full-color pastels, digital and pencil sketches, character studies, maquettes, and more. In this exclusive movie tie-in book for adults, effusive quotes from the director, artists, animators, and production team reveal the genius at work inside the studio that changed cartoon heroes forever.

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  • Summary: A decent companion for the film
  • Comment: Ratatouille is an amazing movie. Even after watching Wall-E and UP! I can still say that this is their best movie yet. Delightful and brilliant in every level, so I was really excited to buy the artbook of the movie. So is it as good?? In that matter, I have to agree with anoter reviewer here, that stated that in comparison with the film, the book is indeed lacking the same quality.

    Overall, the book is divided in three aspects of the creation of the film: environments, character development and story. So, the very first "but" of the book is its length. Covering roughly 160 pages in which we are presented with the evolution of design and style of the film, albeit superficially. The images, sketches and paintings are integrated with small commentaries of the animators and the director Brad Bird. Those aren't really informative or insightful, but are interesting additions to the art. Another issue is that the book isn't well balanced in the content: for example, a lot of pages are dedicated to the development of Emille, Remis brother, while other much more interesting characters (like the brilliant "villain" of the film Anton Ego) are presented in a couple of pages. Finally, something that I really didn't like (and it seems this is a problem with most of Pixar artbooks) is that most of what you can called "art" in the book are mainly sketches and digital paintings. Some are great and others are so-so at best. Worse is the fact that all of this space could have been filled with comparisons of the art vs the finish scenes in the film. Some of those in the final movie look certainly beatiful and look like art in its own right. In that matter, this book is pretty much a registry of the early "development" of Ratatouille: the research trip made to Paris, the development of the character designs and the detail put on the backgrounds and environments.

    If you're a fan of the movie (like me) or if you're interested in its development, buying the artbook is pretty much a no-brainer. Even with all of its flaws is still a decent companion for the DVD and it's a really good and beatiful cofee table book. The edition is a glossy harcover with an afterword by John Lasseter.
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
  • Summary: Good book
  • Comment: I bought this for a friend who is into animation. The book is good quality and I like all the information. My friend was so happy to receive it.
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  • Summary: Awesome!!
  • Comment: Great!!
    I'm impressed with a lot of detail, comments and marvelous drawings and sketchs.
    I'm illustrator and it is useful to me see books like that.
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  • Summary: The Art of Ratatouille
  • Comment: I have to agree with one of the other customer reviews that compared the film to this book... the film WAS indeed brilliant, but this book is just "so so" at best. Lots of funky concept art or development art, when the final art (in the film) was where the brilliance was!

    Concept art is OK for people who want to see where the final art came from, but you sacrificed too much of the book on sketches, and rough color treatments, when we wanted to see all that VERY COOL final art. Sorry Pixar, no cigar!
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  • Summary: Great characters and environments
  • Comment: This is a beautiful book, full of great character and environment designs. I definitively recommend it

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