'Ratatouille' Director Brad Bird Finds Blu-ray Delectable

[Moretonbay]

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Brad Bird, the director of Walt Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille, heaped praise on the Blu-ray format and what it brings to computer-generated movies during the Blu-ray Disc Festival.

“[Executive producer and Pixar executive] John Lasseter is bursting at the seams over all of the capabilities of Blu-ray Disc,” said Bird during a Q&A with technology journalists from around the world. “We call it film school in a box. If you’re really interested in film like we both were as kids, this format might allow you to bypass film school.”

Bird said he goes back and forth on how much the audience should really know about the making of a movie, pointing out that Steven Spielberg doesn’t do director commentaries. For the Ratatouille disc, however, he did have crews documenting the process from start to finish.

“We caught some unscripted moments that show that movie-making is hard,” said Bird, who doesn’t like when movie studios “fake” making-of special features for movies long after the fact. “At Pixar, we’re dealing with a lot of creative people with a lot of strong opinions and we have conflict and war during production, but they’re good fights.”

Bird said every Pixar film’s creation will be documented by high-definition cameras to take advantage of Blu-ray technology.

A home theater enthusiast, Bid loves the way Blu-ray brings the movie he created into homes.

“If you turn off the lights and watch it on a home theater screen or on a good HDTV, consumers will see the movie the way it was meant to be seen, which is not the case in many movie theaters today,” Bird said. He noted a rip in the print marred a summer theatrical viewing of Spider-Man 3 in Wisconsin on the second day after it opened.

“I’m looking forward to seeing all of the films I’ve yet to see on Blu-ray, as well as classics that I want to experience as they were meant to be played like Laurence of Arabia and Citizen Kane,” he said. “You can watch a film 100 times on Blu-ray and the picture quality will never falter.”

Bird said that he’s sure that his Oscar-winning CGI hit, The Incredibles, will be coming to Blu-ray, but he’s not kept in the loop on exactly what the plans are for all of the films. Pixar fans do get a double feature on Blu-ray with Cars and Ratatouille. And fans will find some new elements in the Blu-ray that didn’t make the theatrical cut because of timing.

“We added little geek stuff like the top tuft of Linguini’s hair blowing in the wind during a motorcycle ride,” Bird said. “John [Lasseter] came up with the idea of having Remy receive a little chef’s hat at the end of the movie and put it on his head in the last scene. I also slipped in extra notes for music for the home audio. If they give me the extra time for Blu-ray, I’m always trying to make the movie better.”

[toocheezy]

Good read. Thanks for the Post. Go Disney and Go Pixar!!! And last but not least. Go Blu!!!

[E-Dogg]

I can't wait to see The Incredibles on Blu! It's going to look amazing and one of the best animated films I have ever seen.

[The Big Blue]

Bird is really cool. There is video of his appearance at the Blu-ray fest over at home theater forum, highly recommended.

[Guinness7]

Originally Posted by E-Dogg

I can't wait to see The Incredibles on Blu! It's going to look amazing and one of the best animated films I have ever seen.

That disney CGI movie and finding nemo are the two that i really want on blu.

[jd213]

Of his three theatrical animation films, Iron Giant is my favorite by far so I'm hoping it won't be long before it hits Blu-Ray (preferrably with a high-bitrate BD-tailored encode instead of Warner's usual DUD-handicapped bitrates but I'll buy it either way to show my support).

[richard lichtenfelt]

Me wantie Toy Story and Monsters Inc. now.

[WriteSimply]

So that's TWO MORE directors who loves BD: Brad Bird and John Lassetter.


fuad

[maconomics]

Cool go Disney! I will show my support by purchasing Cars next week

[Grisle]

So what do you guys think the sales will be like next week? Will this be the new record holder for HD media?

[Go Blu]

'Ratatouille' Director Brad Bird Finds Blu-ray Delectable

Brad Bird, the director of Walt Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille, heaped praise on the Blu-ray format and what it brings to computer-generated movies during the Blu-ray Disc Festival.

“[Executive producer and Pixar executive] John Lasseter is bursting at the seams over all of the capabilities of Blu-ray Disc,” said Bird during a Q&A with technology journalists from around the world. “We call it film school in a box. If you’re really interested in film like we both were as kids, this format might allow you to bypass film school.”

Bird said he goes back and forth on how much the audience should really know about the making of a movie, pointing out that Steven Spielberg doesn’t do director commentaries. For the Ratatouille disc, however, he did have crews documenting the process from start to finish.

“We caught some unscripted moments that show that movie-making is hard,” said Bird, who doesn’t like when movie studios “fake” making-of special features for movies long after the fact. “At Pixar, we’re dealing with a lot of creative people with a lot of strong opinions and we have conflict and war during production, but they’re good fights.”

Bird said every Pixar film’s creation will be documented by high-definition cameras to take advantage of Blu-ray technology.

A home theater enthusiast, Bid loves the way Blu-ray brings the movie he created into homes.

“If you turn off the lights and watch it on a home theater screen or on a good HDTV, consumers will see the movie the way it was meant to be seen, which is not the case in many movie theaters today,” Bird said. He noted a rip in the print marred a summer theatrical viewing of Spider-Man 3 in Wisconsin on the second day after it opened.

“I’m looking forward to seeing all of the films I’ve yet to see on Blu-ray, as well as classics that I want to experience as they were meant to be played like Laurence of Arabia and Citizen Kane,” he said. “You can watch a film 100 times on Blu-ray and the picture quality will never falter.”

Bird said that he’s sure that his Oscar-winning CGI hit, The Incredibles, will be coming to Blu-ray, but he’s not kept in the loop on exactly what the plans are for all of the films. Pixar fans do get a double feature on Blu-ray with Cars and Ratatouille. And fans will find some new elements in the Blu-ray that didn’t make the theatrical cut because of timing.

“We added little geek stuff like the top tuft of Linguini’s hair blowing in the wind during a motorcycle ride,” Bird said. “John [Lasseter] came up with the idea of having Remy receive a little chef’s hat at the end of the movie and put it on his head in the last scene. I also slipped in extra notes for music for the home audio. If they give me the extra time for Blu-ray, I’m always trying to make the movie better.”

[Seretur]

Ohoho, so the Blu-ray is actually tweaked a bit more than the theatrical release!

This disc can't come soon enough.

[RUR]

"Bird said that he’s sure that his Oscar-winning CGI hit, The Incredibles, will be coming to Blu-ray..."

Simply cannot wait. A brilliant movie. If Warner would give us Iron Giant, I'd really be thrilled.

[The ill Jedi]

Grisle, if you wanna know how I felt about Ratatouille, read this mini review I wrote at another board I post at: http://sideshowcollectors.com/forums...86&postcount=1

Needless to say I love this movie.

[Grisle]

Originally Posted by RUR

"Bird said that he’s sure that his Oscar-winning CGI hit, The Incredibles, will be coming to Blu-ray..."

Simply cannot wait. A brilliant movie. If Warner would give us Iron Giant, I'd really be thrilled.

Looking forward to this one too.

[Iron Man]

Lets collect all reviews and discussions of the disc in this thread.

HIGHDEFDIGEST

OVERALL GRADE:

HD Video Quality
HD Audio Quality
Supplements ½
High-Def Extras ½

BOTTOM LINE: MUST OWN
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1048/ratatouille.html


THEDIGITALBITS
Film: A
Video (1-20): 20
Audio (1-20): 19
Extras: B+
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...lecarsbrd.html


HIDEFPREVIEW
Picture Quality - 5/5
Audio Quality - 5/5
Special Features – 3/5
Overall – 5/5
http://www.hidefpreview.com/Ratatouille%20BD.html

[Blu Titan]

Good Idea. I will keep an eye for the Blu-ray reviews. It received excellent reviews upon its release, 97% positive in Rotten Tomatoes

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ratatouille/

[micks_address]

anyone able to confirm what region this is? any chance its A/B/C? also any news on cars region status yet?

cheers,
mick

[aygie]

Originally Posted by micks_address

anyone able to confirm what region this is? any chance its A/B/C? also any news on cars region status yet?

cheers,
mick

Cars is ABC (80% sure) will find the link....

[aygie]

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

Voila!