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Summary: Good, funny, but only deserves 4 stars
Review: I just finished watching this movie about an hour ago and this is my review: The beginning 10 minutes nearly bored me out of my skull and the following 10 minutes weren't very funny, but thankfully more interesting. Then, once Nemo gets taken, my favorite character, Dory, a blue tang fish who can't remember ANYTHING (I feel a little sorry for her), shows up and things get much funnier and more immersing. Together she and Nemo's father, Marlin, come across addict-group sharks, creatures with many teeth (more about that later), surfer dude turtles, a tangle of jellyfish, and a whole host of other ocean animals. Dory is my favorite character not only because she's so funny, but the scene at the end, where she doesn't want to be left alone, is very well played and touching. Anyways, what I said about the creatures with many teeth: This movie probably should have been rated PG (unlike the previous year's Lilo & Stitch). Even one of the friendly sharks, Bruce, goes crazy when he catches the scent of blood (that's why I didn't like him that much). For these reasons, my age recommendation is 6 and up. The gist: The beginning is pretty boring then it gets funny and better....it's recommended for familes by me.
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Summary: Supa-Genius!
Review: The guys at Pixar have really out done themselves this time. I love all of their movies to date, but this one is by far the best! I would give it 10 stars, but I'm limited to only five. This movie contains non-stop action and comedy! All I have to do is think about some of my favorite scenes and I just start cracking up. The thing that really sets this movie apart from all of the others is the quality of the animation. Many of the images are simply amazing! One of my favorite scenes is when Nemo and is friends are on their way to school. The images of the reef as they swim by are spectacular. I also love the images of Sydney. They look so realistic.
I've waited over 8 months for this movie (that's when I saw the first trailer) and it was well worth it! Now I can't wait for it to be released to DVD so I can watch it as often as I like and see all of the behind the scenes special features.
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Summary: Great Movie for the Entire Family
Review: I took my four year old to this movie, not expecting that I was going to end up liking it, probably more than him! It was funny, sad, exciting, suspenful. The whole works. Can't wait for it to come out on video. I'll probably end up going to see it again at the movie theatre!
Rating:
Summary: Almost Perfect
Review: Simply put, this movie is fantastic. How people may come and say a movie like Bruce Almighty or X2 tops this, I won't understand. It's like comparing apples and oranges of course, but if you're feeling neutral and wanted to choose one movie, this is it.
Finding Nemo has it going on just about everywhere. Let's clear out the obvious right from the start: Finding Nemo is just fantastic to look at. From the characters to the surroundings, everything here is animated brilliantly. Even subtle effects such as lighting and contrast are on full effect here. Watch as the difference in lighting switch between the serene reef habitats where the movie begins, to the way it changes in the clouds of jellyfish, right up to the color distortions between the fish and the world outside a fish tank. The characters themselves are animated with such touch, emphasizing just the right characteristics to give these animals a human touch. Just note the distinction between the older and younger clownfish. The younger does actually look like a child, just one in fish form.
Yet there's so much more. Every voice done for these aquatic creatures seems absolutely perfect for their roles. From the somewhat sinister and yet clownish sharks, to the surfs up voice of the turtles, down to the sing song voicing of the sea ray. All seem up to par with the performances demanded of them, and come up great. Not to mention this movie is so sharp and the dialogue so well written, from the opening moments right down to the end everyone interacts perfects, in part no doubt to well done writing and well cast voice talent. It moves from gag to gag, jumping between the obvious humor of pitfalls and physical mishaps over to more subtle, script heavy jokes that most certainly an older audience in with their children will appreciate. Just remembering the "Find a Happy Place" line of the starfish brings a smile to my face. Yet for its humor it never seems to be stopped by the obvious ties it brings in between father and child, and their independent adventures that develope their own characters. This moments of character development cannot go on far too long, obviously, for fear of losing the younger crowd. Yet it's brought to life with just the right touch, stopping for one truly breaking moment towards the end, and then carrying right through to the finale with a great combination of drama and humor.
If there's any place where Finding Nemo does fall, however, and what definitely robs it of the perfect rating, is it falls back far too often on the rehashing of a particular type of joke or drama inducer. You'll notice that some of the physical jokes are reused two or three times, while one type of particular cliche cliffhanger is reused three times as well. While no great faults independent on their own, they might detract or pause an older, more observant audience.
In the final analysis though, despite trudging through some minor faults, Finding Nemo is the perfect movie to see. If you can't find the humor, your overlooking the obvious, and if you think some of the humor is obvious, you're forgetting its target audience. Sit back, relax and enjoy. Finding Nemo is beautiful, in appearance and in character.
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Summary: Pixar gets better each time!!
Review: I've always been charmed by the other Pixar films but I've never fallen in love with one like Finding Nemo. I personally believe this film will meet your expectations and exceed them. Pixar has done an amazing job with this digital ocean and its characters; it all looks amazing! The plot's been summarized already so I won't go into it, but it's a very complete story that doesn't leave you wondering what or why something happened. This movie is endearing and hilarious, and Ellen DeGeneres's Dory steals the show. The movie is longer than the animated features we're all used to (it's longer than a number of "regular" movies out right now), but I didn't find the pacing to be slow. If you enjoyed the other Pixar films in some way, you'll enjoy this one too! I've already seen it twice and can only recommend that you watch it on a Digital Projection screen if possible - it really makes a difference. If you haven't done it, go out and catch Nemo!(pun intended)
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Summary: Absolutely hilarius. I don't know how to describe it! 8-D
Review: It completely throws my mind into several 360 degree spins on how the geniuses of Pixar manage to wow us every time they come out with a new animated film. "Finding Nemo" is yet again, an atomic bomb of laughs, joy, and success. In fact, I have to say that this is the funniest, or one of the funniest flicks that Pixar has ever made. This is probably even funnier than Monsters Inc. and Toy Story and those were absolutely hilarious classics in their own right. The story begins when a clownfish named Marlin and his fish wife Cora attend the care of their 400 eggs, soon to hatch when tragedy strikes when Cora and 399 of their eggs are destroyed and eaten by a vicious barracuda but Marlin and one of the eggs survives the ordeal. Time goes by of course and the egg hatches into a young clownfish named Nemo. It's Nemo and Marlin that the story revolves around. Nemo at first doesn't get along too well with his father Marlin because of his overprotective nature and also of a disability because of his right fin being smaller than the left fin, and then when at his 'underwater class' with the stingray teacher, wanders off and is 'kidnapped' by a pair of human fishermen and eventually winds up in the office aquarium at a dentist's office. Now the dangerous adventure begins as Marlin is out on a quest across the vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean to find his son. The only problem is, the fish population of the world, according to the movie statistics, is over 3.7 trillion!!! And they have to find one fish gone missing! Marlin along the way, meets up with a very forgetful fish named Dory and forge up a friendship despite Marlins frustration with her short term memory problems and they both go off to find Nemo. Meanwhile, Nemo, who's now in an aquarium at a dentists' office meets several fish and a shrimp who are held in captivity in the aquarium but are in danger from a spoiled 7 year old girl who takes the joy of shaking a water-filled bag with a fish in it and resulting in the death of that fish which took place not too long before the movies timeline. Now, Nemo tries to find a way to escape back into the ocean with the help of his accompanying fish in the aquarium before he suffers the same fate as the doomed fish before then in the hands of the spoiled girl. In it all, he has to in the process trying to escape, overcome his disability from the deformed fins of his. And so begins the adventure that is littered with numerous shenanigans and hilarious mishaps. It is around this point when the real action and fun begin. Marlin and Dory meet numerous other ocean-going animals as they try to get help to try to get to Sydney, Australia where Nemo is being held in the aquarium and as they get there, tons of awesome underwater action scenes take place and you will be laughing almost the whole time. This movie also benefits from a brilliant cast and actress Ellen Degeneres does such a wonderful job providing the voice for Dory and times the movie lines so well. Albert Brooks does a great job delivering the voice work of Marlin. To put it this way, the entire cast sounded like they had tons of fun in making this great movie. "Finding Nemo" is an absolutely amazing and extremely funny movie that succeeds on virtually every level. It's intelligent, witty, hilarious, and absolutely charming and provides a great escape from the realities of the modern world. It almost even makes me feel happy that I don't go fishing. It also goes to show just how valuable parent/child relationships really are and how much either the parent or child will go to ensure the well-being of both. It also is a reminder of the negative effects that being overprotective can have on a child and the importance of good family relations. I don't know how Pixar manage still put incredible and highly original ideas into their movies but it is just amazing that they have managed to put out nearly flawless animated movies. This is in fact, up there with "Monsters Inc.", "Toy Story", and "Shrek" as the best computer animated movies of all time. Maybe it's a good idea for Pixar to not be so prolific as by not being so, they are able to put lots of time into writing excellent scripts and strong plots and they deliver another home run with another animated masterpiece. Pixar are the main geniuses of movie-making. To be honest, even with this review, there's more than just what I feel I'm able to give out. Go and see it now!!!
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Summary: Under water fun for everyone.
Review: The story of Marlin the(overprotective) clown fish 's search for his son Nemo( only half a right flipper).Marlin and his wife are happy little clown fish-wating for there eggs too hatch.Untile a Barracotta -comes along and -Marlin is alone with only one -egg ,he gives it the name his wife wanted and vows never too let any harm come too Nemo.This vow is broke -when Nemo is fish napped -by a diver -during a game of dare,an argument with dad doesn't help.Marlin is determind too get his son back,no matter what: With help from a fogetfull blue fish named Dorrie.The two travelers take us on a journey across the ocean.Meanwhile Nemo-is in a dentist office fish tank with a group of fish plotting there escape.
Some good scenes- the Shark F.A Meeting, the flight from Bruce,The pelcan carring Marlin and Dorrie-being chased by seagulls,and the dentist office end sequence.
With funny,wacky charecters -great cgi & a good story this movie is a must see for children of all ages.Although the introduction of Bruce the shark and some other shark scenes maybe too intense for the really young( i know two who were scared).This movie has a strong message about not giving up hope and over coming handicapps.
Another honerable mention :whould be the snowman-snow globe short before the movie .Is also funny.A snow man trapped in Asnow globe tries too get too a pretty girl sunny hawii-souvernear ends up-in a fish tank tring too get too a girl from sunny atlantis.
Remember kids :"Fish are our freinds not food"-Bruce,Anchor and Chum.
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Summary: Scary movie for the young
Review: This movie might be scary for young kids (was scary for mine - almost had to leave the theatre). The first 30 minutes contain some parts that might upset young ones - death of mother fish by barracuda, scary shark chasing the main characters of the movie, scary/ugly fish out to eat the main characters). Rating it a 4 for older kids.
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Summary: I found Nemo, yet I want to find him again!
Review: While Disney is busy creating horrible sequels, Pixar is busy with what Disney Animation started to do: ORIGINALITY! Finding Nemo is absolutely wonderful! Disney has been one of the best names for animated movies, yet let's face it...after The Lion King, Disney has never been the same! Pixar, however, is bringing back the name Disney! Finding Nemo starts out quite sad, but like all Disney movies touches your heart with a heartwarming moment (such as when Marlin names the egg). After Nemo is lost we meet Dory! What a character! Ellen DeGeneres is definately the clown of the movie! The doctors office scenes are always cute! Not to mention when the sharks have their "Fish are friends not food" meeting! The best is definately the outtake when the fish are in the bags in the ocean asking what to do next! Most importantly, don't forget about the animation! Talk about breathtaking! There are at least two times where the picture is out of water where it is extremely hard to tell if it is animation or a shot. Then there is the scene with the jellyfish!! WOW! I don't know what else to say but WOW! Finally, the most important feature: WATER! The way they tinted everything is so unique!! Well, if you do only see one movie this year...stay sitting after the moose try to talk you out of it (for Brother Bear!). It is definately a wonderful movie with more than one theme! WOW!
Pixar indeed has done it again!!!
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Summary: Good Family Film Good Date Film
Review: I took my kid to see this film and had a great time. The movie flowed well and the character's were lovable and memorable. There was a couple sitting next to us and the girlfriend started to cry when a key character died and she put her head on her dates shoulder..so kudos as a date film!!.....The animation was outstanding as is all of Pixars films. The Short film was good as well. The characters interacted very well with each other and the voices of the characters was perfect. Great casting. The only "hit" I could say was that it seemed a bit long for an animation. I thought the dad would never find the Nemo. I know I am being picky but 5 stars is a toughie to give.
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