Wall*E was good--"message"-wise, it basically struck me as Idiocracy for kids (however, there is this one line in the movie that I still remember as being pretty stupid/funny). Have yet to really see Ratatouille (but it seems like there's something wrong with having a phonetic translation as part of your film's logo).
What's the one line that's stupid/funny? Is it the phrase "Stay the course" considering Bush was still president at the time? Is it the idea of pizza trees?
I tried watching Idiocracy, but I wasn't a fan of its brand of humor (although maybe that was the point). I'm under the impression that the first 15 minutes (stupid people reproduce more, the future is a garbage dump, everybody owns a 200" TV with ads lining every side of the screen, the only show is one where a guy repeatedly gets hit in the groin) are all you need to know. For me it's a better film in concept than execution.
The phonetic translation as part of the logo was only for the movie posters. You don't see it on the DVD cover. They put it there because no American was going to know how to pronounce it (I've never heard of the food, a moot point as I'm not saavy on French culture anyway), just to prevent people asking to see "rat-ah-too-ill" or too-will or whatever. I wonder how many people said "rat chef movie" instead.