- Dec 2, 2012
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I think Rattouille looks increasingly mediocre from videos, so I’m not all that excited for it at all
Rat is very akin to Gringott's honestly. Some of the same pitfalls, but there is a bit less promise from the get go.
Gringott's is neither a great coaster, a great hybrid simulator (Spiderman) or a great dark ride with screen implementation (Forbidden Journey, Shanghai's Pirates). It tried to be too many things and didn't execute on the whole. I think the lack of coaster elements is nice from a menu perspective, but that's literally not the point of what the movie to screen interpretation for that should have been. Similar to the bonkers decision they are making with Fast and the Furious.
That's not to say it doesn't do things well, it just makes one too many mistakes with pacing, tech implementation and general story telling. They messed up the basics, but hide it well because it is a nifty ride system with some interesting tricks and uses quite an impressive scale overall.
Meanwhile Hogwarts Express is so much less touted, but just nails the execution through and through.