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Summary: Nemo's swimming out to sea
Review: "I'm gonna get ya!" You hear from Dory the Blue Tang as she sees a floating light in the depths of the ocean. Even Dory's levelheaded companion Marlin is mesmerized by the view. Perhaps the best animated movie for all ages, Finding Nemo, is action-packed and full of laughter. Though the movie was geared towards children, I was suprised how enjoyable it was to older generations as well.
As a single parent, Marlin the clownfish was very protective of his son, Nemo. On Nemo's first day of school, while wondering out into open water, he was taken by some divers onto their boat. Marlin then began his journey to recover his terrified son. While still in shock and dismantled he has a head-on collision with a fish with short term memory loss (Dory). As Dory and Marlin set out on their adventure, Nemo is thrown in a fish tank inside a dentist's office in Sydney, Australia. While dodging sharks, deep-sea anglers, jellyfish, and much more, Dory and Marlin become famous to the marine life. Throughout this time, Nemo and his new tank friends try to develop plans in order to escape the tank before its too late.
One of the last things Marlin said to his wife, Coral, was the statement, "OK, we can name one Nemo, but I would like most of them to be called Marlin, Jr." Shortly after, a shark causes Coral's untimely death, along with all their children except one, who Marlin names Nemo in his wife's memory. The tragedy of the whole story is a good contrast for the funny aspect. However bad you felt when Coral dies, you feel ten times worse when you see Marlin lose all he had left.
Despite the sad aspect, comedy plays a very large roll in the movie. If you enjoy silly jokes, or seeing familiar personalities in a cartoon setting, you will laugh your socks off. From young fish getting the words "butt" and "boat" confused, to Dory constantly forgetting what is happening there is no funnier Pixar film yet. I believe the reason I enjoyed this movie so much was because of the comedy. It is mature enough for adults, yet simple enough for children.
In this memorable tale, you feel many emotions. Happiness, sadness, you name it. The strong story line keeps your interest throughout the full hour and forty-minute film. It is amazing how talented the people at Pixar are, and I must give them snaps for their courageous ideas. I absolutely loved this DVD, with its fun extras and especially the short film called "Knick Knack". I would recommend it to people of any age, it's a great family film.
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Summary: Finding Nemo
Review: This a great movie for the whole family to enjoy. Finding Nemo promotes good family values in that a parent will sacrifice anything for their child. This is a great movie of the love between a father and son. Nemo and his father Marlin are clown fish. Nemo is captured by a diver who is also a dentist in Sidney Australia. Nemo and his father live in the coral reefs off of the coast of Australia. Marlin sets out to rescue Nemo with the help of an absent minded blue fish named Dory. The dentist places Nemo in his office aquarium. He plans to give Nemo to his niece Darla. who is not gentle with her pets. When she is seen they play the theme to Hitchcock's "Psycho". The fish try to help Nemo escape. He eventually does and is re-united with his father. While most computer enhanced movied try to hit you over the head with this new technology, Pixar instead uses it as a means to tell a story. This movie plays on all levels for adults as well as children. The DVD set consists of two discs. Disc one contains the wide screen version. In addition there are several items that go into the production of "Finding Nemo". The producers wanted the entire staff to by SCUBA certified. They took actual movie footage of the ocean and the coral reef. These movies were the basis for the animated film. The producers wanted the film to be reqalistic and to reflect life in the ocean. The second disc consists of the full screen version. There is also a menu of fun /educational items. The first is a live film about the coral reef produced by Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of Jacques Cousteau. There is no real narration, just live footage accompanied by orchestral music. The film keeps on getting interupted by Nemo and his friens. The next item is Mr. Ray's, Nemo's teacher, encyclopedia. This item consists of a live video clip of the actual living counter parts of the creatures in the movie "Finding Nemo" Each video clip is accompanied by a narrative description about the creature by Mr. Ray. Another item is a story about Nemo that the user can read or have read to them. All three items are good learning tools about the coral reef and the ocean. I teacher can use this as a learning tool about the ocean environment and the coral reef in particular. The second disc also contains an early animated movie done by Pixar called "Knick Knack" as well as clips from future Disney DVD releases. There is also a preview of the next Pixar movie "The Incredibles". There is also picture sharade game called fisharades that the user can play. In general. "Finding Nemo" is another winner from Pixar that the entire family can enjoy.
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Summary: The plot is recycled, and the animation can't make up for it
Review: The movie had great visuals and is intresting enough for 3-5 year olds, but the plot (a little kid getting lost) has been done several times by pixar. In monsters inc, for example, a little girl finds her way into the monster world and the monsters help her out. In ice age, a little kid gets lost and some prehistoric creatures help it get home. Now pixar hits us with... a little fish getting kidnapped and his aquarium mates trying to get him home, only this time, the parent is looking for him. That is the only real difference I have seen between these three pixar movies, and the message this one seems to delever with the most force is that it is cute and funny to be a moron(Dory has a three second memory span, or something, and never shuts up at all through the movie). It was quite posabily the most horrible movie I have ever had the great displeasure to not be able to avoid seeing, this and the other two movies I mentioned(Ice age and Monsters inc). But I guess the cheesy plot sells, and we can expect more little kid getting lost movies.
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Summary: Dory, Marlon and Nemo For President ! Bravo!
Review: I am going to talk to you on two different levels regard this film. One, Entertainment Value and two, its Meaning. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich the film is utterly Magical.
Entertainment is what this movie is all about. Fun, adventure and the most amazing representation of the undersea world as represented by computer animation in it full realism. The images and colors jump at you one by one as the sea life REALLY comes to life in front of you. ON the big screen it was overpowering...on DVD it's is as amazing as anything I have ever seen. The film is a the story of a Father and Son and the process of father knowing when to let go and a son dilemma over proving he is capable of being on his own. So real in it portrayal it reminded me of conversations I had as a kid with my father. All the bad and all the good that comes with growing up are in this movie. It is very touching - especially at the beginning and even MORE so at the end. Albert Brooks (Defending Your Life, Broadcast News, Mother) stars as Marlin the father Clown Fish and Alexander Gould (Wheelmen, They) the son Nemo. They get separated on his first day of school and the adventure begins. On his way to retrieve his son who was abducted by Humans for a Fish Tank in Australia, he bumps into the fish Dory - dumbfoundingly and hysterically played by Ellen Degeneres (Ed TV, The series Ellen and her own daytime talk show now). Ellen is amazing and Albert is the perfect straight man. You won't believe the clever, witty and charming adult humor there is in this film. Kids will love their antics and fears and adventures while adults will hang on to every word Dory says. Thanks to the help of Schools of fish (Played by John Ratzenberger of Cheers and in EVERY Pixar movie), two very wise Sea Turtles (Played by the director himself!) and a Seagull played by Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare In Love, Shine, Quills) Dory and Marlin track across the oceans to get to Australia to find his son. The funniest scene is Dory speaking WHALE. I'll say no more! Watch it. Nemo is then greeted and accepted into his new home, which is that of a fish tank installed in a Dentists office deep "Down Under". With the support and help of Gil played by the sympathetic Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, Victory) and Brad Garrett (Everybody Love Raymond) as a Blowfish named Bloat - Nemo manages to get out. The story ends - now this is the "Meaning" part I was telling you - with revelation of the importance of friendship, loyalty, family and fatherhood. Their wasn't a dry eye in the theatre when I saw its premiere at the El Capitan in Hollywood and when I just showed it to a few friends for the first time yesterday. Everyone was laughing and crying and went out to buy it! The DVD extras are fantastic. Fish Charades, Games, Story telling and some historical and scientific information about the seas and the eco system of the oceans and coral reefs. The segments are humorously written and performed with the original cast and the Chemistry of Dory and Marlin (Albert and Ellen) is hysterical. Well...the highest grossing animated feature and top selling DVD (8 million copies its first day) this is one to own. If you ever thought of buying one animated featured - just to have - this is the one. My favorite animated feature of modern times. It still makes me laugh and cry! (11-30-03)
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Summary: Finding Nemo
Review: Finding Nemo is the best animated movie of the year. The graphics of the hilarious sea-friends are super. Nemo is ot just some big blob of with orange puffs for fins. He's a realistic fish going to his first day of school. The mouths of the character go along with the voices, and the whole ocean looks real. The bonus features are an extra plus to this spectacular DVD about Marlin and Dory finding Nemo. The two fish friends meet three sharks and go through a swarm of jellyfish! This movie will make kids and adults laugh as they watch fish swim through a realistic ocean. A MUST-BUY MOVIE FOR EVERYONE!
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Summary: Finding Nemo
Review: This movie absoulutely blew me away, Not since the spectacular that was the lion king has anything even come close. However finding nemo is what you would call the under sea version. The heartfelt story behind the tale of a fathers love for his son and the comedy that is Dory, you'll feel like you've met her for the first time every time. Backed up by a great ensemble cast each character has their own unique features and insecurities. If you are looking for a great idea this christmas give the gift that is finding nemo, to be enjoyed by adults and kids alike. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC
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Summary: Great graphics, but a bit tepid
Review: "Finding Nemo" is beautifully produced, but not as engaging (in my opinion) as the "Toy Story" movies. Like so many Disney productions, it succumbs to cutesiness and softens its edges so as not to scare the little ones... but loses something in the process. None of the supposedly "scary" scenes convey the menace of the sequence with the nasty kid next door in Toy Story. And after a while the relationship between Marlin and Dory becomes more annoying than endearing. There's no doubt that the folks at Disney and Pixar know what they're doing, as shown by Nemo's huge box office success. It's a fine film for kids 5-10 years old, and won't drive parents to distraction. But it's just a bit too soft-centered to rate up there with the best of Disney's offerings.
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Summary: ~~ ~ Finding Nemo~~ ~
Review: This is a undeniabley great film but somehow it lacks somethings which are hard to name. Dory is by far the best of the film. The fish tank bits are the bits that make this film struggle a bit. Anyways this movie is so good I enjoyed it like I enjoyed "Monsters,inc" for me this is beating "Toy Story"
right now because "Toy..." is getting a bit old. "Finding Nemo" has amazing graphics and it looks so real. This is definitley one film you should see. The DVD is good aswell it holds lots of special features but not as much as "Monsters,inc" this film is superb one of the few Pixar Films which wins audiences hearts. This is a great movie I totally reccomend it, just a few things make this film lose 1 star. Plus The DVD packaging is really good too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~GRAB SHELL DUDE!~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Summary: Entertaining for adults, no mushy love storyline
Review: So many of the animated movies have a happy mushy, love story underneath (Shrek) that little kids don't really follow. This movie is about an independent little fish, Nemo, who gets separated from his father. No real love story there, except between a father and his son, and that is something that a 6 year old understands much better. I agree with previous reviewers that this movie was geared more toward the younger ages, but that's not to say that older children or adults would not be entertained. I'm not normally a big fan of Ellen Degeneres, but she was HILARIOUS as the voice of Dory. My favorite scene was when Dory was "speaking whale." I was almost in tears because I was laughing so hard. Very funny movie, and excellent animation. A new family favorite, right up there with the Toy Story movies.
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Summary: really cute
Review: A lot of people have said this movie is just for little kids, but I'm in high school and my friends (male and female) and I all loved it, along with my mom and aunt. It's an extremely cute movie with lots of subtle, sweet humor - for kids AND adults. I've seen it four or five times and see myself laughing more every time. Something about it did leave me feeling a little unsettled - just some of the dialogue/plot seemed sort of off. But at any rate, its a really adorable movie, and the DVD version is great fun.
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