Finding Nemo

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Summary: Finding Nemo
Review: Great movie - but what was even greater was I placed my order and L. Dowling had it shipped that very same day! Amazing customer service.

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Summary: To parents of children 5 and under...BEWARE!
Review: We had been looking forward to enjoying this film for quite some time, as all the reviews and recommendations were glowing...

Yet we had to turn this film off after about twenty minutes, because it had my daughter in tears. She was up half the night from nightmares.

In the first five minutes of the film, Nemo's mother and all his brothers and sisters are killed. To my three year old, who doesn't understand how nature works yet (they're just somebody else's mommy and family in her mind) the scene was terrifying. After she calmed down, another violent scene would scare her to tears.

Granted, the animation is sparkling...perhaps the best I've ever seen, but I couldn't believe the darkness and violence that takes place in this film.

My wife and I watched the rest of the film after putting the little one to bed...we both found it rather dull and lifeless, with a few exceptions...certainly one of Disney's lesser efforts. It's amazing how much Disney films have deteriorated in quality in my lifetime.

So now I'm wondering about these glowing reviews I keep hearing and reading. Am I missing something? Now I think it truly overrated. We quickly donated this film to the local library...although I was hesitant to do so.

Parents, you know your children better than anybody. We strongly caution that those with kids 5 and under at least wait to show them this film...don't make the same mistake we did.

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Summary: Amazing! Funny!
Review: This is a really great and funy movie. I really like Dorry (Ellen DeGeneres) and Marlin (Albert Brooks). Buy this movie!!!

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Summary: looking through a glass bottom boat.
Review: I know fans will be upset, but hear me out.
There's something fishy here ... how has this become the most beloved of pixar movies when it is clearly the worst? The story stinks worse than a fish market - a father loses his wife and kids, all except one, which he then smothers. The kid goes out on an adventure, is caught, and dad fights to reunite them. The cookie-cutter plot is made worse by the dullest of the pixar characters so far, and there's so many of them that no time is given to any of them so they're not fished ... er ... fleshed out. What is Dora's background? Why does Bruce the shark not want to eat fish anymore? Do we see Marlon's response to losing his wife? Maybe a need for revenge? And what about all the fish in the fishtank? They're just tossed in for one-liners, with no depth at all. None of these fishy characters hooked me in. Where's the chutzpah and self-reference that made all the other pixar movies so spectacular? The sense of humor has become homogenized and this reeks of a bad Disney production. There is nothing cutting edge. Nothing pushing the envelope. It's corporate fodder. And where are the outtakes? If the thinking was, "we've done it to death," you haven't! If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The this clearly a case of more Hollywood people becoming so powerful they don't have to try anymore (even if these guys do live in Emeryville.) They should be ashamed at this lackluster effort, but while people buy it at the record-breaking rate they've bought this DVD, they'll continue to make flaccid movies like this. Mediocrity wins again. (Note that a few days after its release, there are 75 used copies on sale at half price! It ain't a coincidence!)
Monsters, Inc. rules! The ending made me cry, every one of the five times I saw it. The ending was welcome relief to Finding Nemo.

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Review: I just picked up this movie on DVD the other day, and i had yet to even see it. I was sure it would be that good and it was. It is visually stunning and it offers something to the entire family. One thing that irks me though, one reviewer on here by the name of MusicalGenius, who complains that " ...fish dont talk, ive been underwater and i know.." and "Jacques Cousteau would roll over in his grave if he saw this.....bla bla bla fish would have bubbles coming out if they talked." It is sad that a person could lose their complete sense of imagination and forget the purpose of animated movies....TO ENTERTAIN!!! Anybody who loves animation, watch this great movie!

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Summary: BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR THE REAL TERMINATOR
Review: FORGET ABOUT HULK AND THE TERMINATOR 3. FINDING NEMO WAS THE BEST MOVIE OF THE SUMMER AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST SURPRISES OF 2003. DEFINATELY, A MUST HAVE MOVIE.

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Summary: Delay and price :(
Review: Although Nemo is a great movie, my comment is more about ordering DVDs from Amazon.com

I pre-ordered DVD Finding Nemo from Amazon.com hoping that I will get the DVD same day its in market.

To my surprise, I got the DVD 2-3 days AFTER it was in market. While other kids were showing off their Nemo DVD, my daughter had to wait coz I ordered from Amazon.

Another thing which bothered me was that while I paid $22.42 for the DVD, Walmart was selling the exact same DVD for 14.95.

I learnt my lesson, that I wont ever pre-order my DVDs from you guys again.

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Summary: A visually astonishing and hilarious family film
Review: FINDING NEMO is another victory for the Pixar Animation Studios and the Walt Disney Company. It is the 5th success in a row for the team, and that makes it a sad thing that Disney and Pixar are splitting their relationship with each other. I knew going in that it was going to be an amazing visual achievement--all of the previous Pixar films have been. What I didn't expect is for the film to make me laugh as hard as I did.

Writer/Director Andrew Stanton has crafted a story that is simple, but not dimwitted like so many other children's films. A clownfish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) loses his wife and almost all of his children except one: Nemo. This traumatic loss makes Marlin very overprotective of Nemo, which is demonstrated when Nemo goes on a field trip with his class to "the drop". Marlin is horrified about this and even more horrified to witness Nemo venturing past the drop to try touching a boat fishing line on a dare. Nemo is captured by a diver and Marlin attempts to save him. He barely gets near the boat when the motor starts and the boat takes off. The diver's mask comes loose and ends up at the bottom of the ocean.

Marlin is determined to find his son no matter what it takes, and he soon finds himself paired up with a blue tang fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) who has short-term memory loss. This causes endless frustration for Marlin, but it soon turns out that he needs Dory's help. Even though she cannot remember things she is able to read writing on the mask's strap: an address in Sydney, Australia. The two of them find themselves in a situation that had me laughing uncontrollably: A Shark's Anonymous session. I liked the name of the Great White that is leading the meeting: Bruce. This session is a distraction for Marlin, but the session gets even funnier when the leader's instinct for blood takes over his better judgement and he attacks Marlin & Dory. They escape by using the place where the session is held: A drowned submarine with water-mines surrounding it.

While Marlin and Dory continue their search, Nemo finds himself stuck in a fish tank at a dentist's office in Sydney. All of the other fish are interesting and even funny. The leader is voiced by Willem Dafoe, playing a good guy for a change. But there is trouble happening. The dentist's daughter will be receiving one of the fish as a birthday present. The first time we see her in a photo, with braces and head-gear, I completely came apart laughing. Fish don't survive once they're in her hands, as the photo clearly shows. Later in the film when she appears at the door, I laughed again because of the music heard in the background. (If you see the movie you will agree it is the perfect music chosen.)

I'm probably giving away too much of the story. I mentioned that it is simple but not dimwitted. At the Pixar studio John Lasseter was heavily influenced by the style of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, who also avoids insulting an audience intelligence. From this movie Andrew Stanton must have learned from him as well. While he sets up situations for Marlin and Dory in their quest as well as with Nemo and the captured fish that actually had me on the edge of my seat, he finds some way to show me something I've never seen before. One thrilling sequence is when Marlin and Dory find themselves riding the East Austrailian Current (known as the EAC) on the shell of a sea turtle who talks like a hippie surfer dude. The current takes them on a clearly shown patten and at a high speed.I suspect that Disney will create a ride at Disneyland sometime in the future based on that. I would prefer to see it on a giant IMAX screen.

I mentioned two scenes that had me laughing uncontrollably. Another one comes late in the film. Nemo is free and searching for his dad when he finally meets Dory. She and Marlin have split up because he thinks Nemo has died. A crab knows where he went but refuses to tell where. She finds a perfect way to get him to talk by using a flock of seagulls up at the surface. It is this type of humor as well as the visual looks and intelligent storytelling that make FINDING NEMO such a wonderful family film.

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Summary: A great journey
Review: Finding Nemo is the epitome of all hero journies. Although the story is simple, you could compare this to movie Star Wars or Lord of the Rings because they all have one thing in common: they all have a adventure where the main character is trying to get to his goal. I love all the Pixar movies but they all seem to have the same story pattern. 1. Something gets lost 2.) The main character has to find it. This is not a bad thing. Finding Nemo was the best movie of the year. I enjoyed it a lot. Please watch it if you like a good story and a great quest.

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Summary: good movie
Review: i bought this movie only cuz my wife wanted it so we watched it and i really liked this movie it is worth the money the effects are really good and everything it's a overall good movie