the first ~30 minutes were astounding; i prepared myself for another Ratatouille revelation but this potential masterpiece absolutely crashed and burned in the latter part with its lollipop morality and cheap feel goodery. the message? don\'t eat junk food and don\'t pollute. oh really, like we didn\'t already know that. ok, fine if that\'s your message why don\'t you involve the audience and point a few fingers (besides at the fat people, like they don\'t get enough shit from people as it is)? what started off as a charming and dignified fable became a candy coated, finger wagging, and forgettable bite of cotton candy. oh, and it was offensive to overweight people (can we just leave them alone for a while?)