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Summary: Pixar's Finest Acheivment.
Review: I didn't think anything could top the original Toy Story, but this movie just made it. The gags in this movie are hellarious, features some of the best computer animation ever put on film, and a heartwarming story that only a true grouch coudln't appreciate. I guess the rest is self explanitory. See this movie.
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Summary: Love this fish tale
Review: All of you people that think this movie is a waste of time, you are dumb because this was a really great movie, i would recommend this movie to anyone at any age.
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Summary: One For the Dads But Not All Children
Review: As a father how can I not love a film where the father will stop at nothing to rescue his son?Marlin is a husband and father. He does his best to provide for his family. He has provided a home with an ocean view. The whole ocean. But tragedy strikes and his wife and four hundred eggs are wiped out leaving him with only one egg. Marlin is now overly cautious and highly protective of his only child, Nemo. But when the first day of school arrives Nemo is caught by divers and taken away. With no thought of danger to himself, Marlin leaves the reef and enters the ocean in pursuit of his son. His unwavering quest makes friends and creates an ocean-sized legend. Sharks, whales, jellyfish, sea turtles, deep sea anglers, and other dangers are all braved. During the movie we meet an interesting collection of characters voiced by some very prominent actors. But the action never stops. This is a very intense movie and my daughter was upset by it (I skipped the opening barracuda scene) as she hates seeing family members separated. But other kids I know younger than her (4 ½) enjoy the move and are not scared at all. I recommend parents watch this one first before deciding if it is appropriate for their children.
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Summary: Pixar joins Disney at rock bottom.
Review: This movie had to be one of the stupidest I've ever seen. Unlike the previous Disney/Pixar efforts, this one isn't even remotely interesting. The writers, from the looks of it, probably spent too much time working on the plot, and as a result it feels MUCH lacking, even moreso than A Bugs Life. Not to mention that the film could have been ended a LOT earlier had they cut some of the uneeded parts out. The jokes just aren't funny, and it's not for kids, as some parts will more than likely make them cry. The visuals are decent, I guess, they're typical of what Pixar's been doing, no more, no less. Overall, this is a very bad Disney film, and a disappointing Pixar film. If you really need a Pixar movie, I suggest the Toy Story movies or even Monsters Inc, or if you just need a CGI movie, Shrek 1.
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Summary: This movie is so wonderful, it's no wonder it won an Oscar!
Review: I know there must be about 1,000 reviews on this movie already, but I just had to get my say in here. Finding Nemo is an absolutely tremendous movie! It is way too fantastic! My whole family is in love with it. Finding Nemo is about a young clown fish Nemo and his father Marlin. Take that Nemo is the only surviving fish from a barracuda attack that ate the rest of the eggs and his mother and damaged his fin, and add to that that Marlin is very overly protective of Nemo, and you spell TROUBLE. Things take a turn for the worst when Nemo is taken by a scuba diver when he was deliberately disobeying his father because he was tired of being over protected, and is taken to a dentist's aquarium in Sydney, Australia. Marlin is distraught at the loss of his son, and with his new friend, the Absent Minded Dory, battle the entire ocean to find Nemo. Along the way they encounter sharks, jellyfish, surfer turtles, and whales, and many more interesting creatures.
Marlin eventually finds Nemo, and they live happily ever after. My family loves this movie so much. It's so funny, and the dialogue is free from dirty language, which my dad appreciates very much. My friend's mom used to be a dental assistance, and when we showed her the scenes of the dentist in Sydney, she laughed. That shows that this film was researched very well. The DVD has a ton of extras, including a documentary, commentary, and a lot of Easter eggs. One of them is an advertisement for the Aqua Scum 2003, which is very funny. I won't tell you where it is, though. You'll have to find that for yourself. I know some people say that this movie is awful, terrible, no good, very bad, and all the rest, but I think this movie is wonderful. My advice is to watch it for yourself, then rate it. It won't do you any good to base your opinion on other peoples reviews, even my own. Watch it for yourself, then write a review and let everyone know what you think. I promise you, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Too hyped
Review: I might have sort of enjoyed this movie if everybody hadn't been telling me how amazing it was all the time before I saw it. Maybe that made me expect a lot more. Or maybe if it hadn't been from disney/pixar. Or maybe if I simply hadn't seen Monsters INC/Shrek.
Unfortunately, all of these things DID happen and this movie quite frankly did not live up to all of that.
People told me over and over again how hilarious this movie was. WHERE WAS THE HUMOR?!?! What? Ellen Degenerous (i forget the name of the fish she played) has a memory problem? That is funny? I'm sorry, but I happen to enjoy more intelligent humor than just "wait...what did you say 2 mins ago?!"
Not only was it not funny, but the memory problem got to be annoying and repetative after a while. If the "humor" in a movie is annoying and the joke is repetative...that should be a sign that it's NOT FUNNY anymore.
Okay, I mean I guess there were a few things that were mildly funny, but I don't think I actually laughed outloud once during the entire movie.... Aside from the humor, the storyline was pretty predictable and...straightforward(I'm not sure if this is the right word to use here). There is just one objective throughout the whole story and you know it's all going to work out in the end. Personally, I like a semi-complex storyline and a movie is much more interesting if you are in suspense or doubt whether things are going to work out... ALl in all, I came away from this movie feeling thoroughly dissatisfied and dissapointed. If you're looking for a great children's movie, Monsters INC is a very cute recent one :)
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Summary: Pleasing, funny family film
Review: Finding Nemo was one of last summer's big box office smashes and, given the success of past Pixar movies, and the cool image portrayed by this movie, it's easy to see why. The story has Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) trying to find his only son Nemo after he is scooped up by a scuba diver and forced to live in a dentist's aquarium. Along the way Marlin meets with mild-mannered Dory (Ellen Degeneres), who can't remember things for more than a few minutes, but has a heart of gold. And there we have it, a simple journey plot through the ocean, meeting weird and wonderful creations courtesy of the wonderful special effects at Pixar. They really are incredible - the water effects especially are brilliant. Remember when Monster's Inc came out and the big development was the minute details of Sulley's fur. Well, this is even better technically. However, there's a certain breed of familiarity here that makes you think that the people at Pixar are capitalising on their previous films' success, because Finding Nemo is probably the least distinguishable of the lot. Of course, the Toy Story movies have already deservedly achieved classic status, but the key different between the previous Pixar movies and Finding Nemo is that they focus a lot less on the adult audience and more on the children. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, because as a kid's film Nemo is fantastic, and much more endearing than something like Shrek which, although good, was never really as layered as Toy Story. For instance, all of the characters are endlessly endearing; from the cute little Nemo, to the lost Dory to Squirt, the baby turtle. This isn't to say Nemo doesn't have its flairs. There are a few more adult jokes along the way, not least a group of sharks professing that fish are friends and not food, desperately trying to rid themselves of their stereotypes. The turtles using 'surfer' talk are also very well observed. Add to the mix a great turn by Willem Defoe as Gill, a hard-bitten aquarium fish who helps Nemo escape, Geoffrey Rush as a pelican, manic seagulls screeching 'Mine, Mine!' and you've got an effective engaging movie. Still, it's a shame that every Pixar film will live with the shadow of its predecessor hanging over it, especially when this is a brilliant family movie, but the nagging resonance of the brilliant Toy Story is always in your head.
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Summary: It Was Sweet And Cute
Review: Do Not See Pirates Of The Caribbean See Nemo This Is Disney And Pixars Best Film See And Buy This You'll Love It
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Summary: Falls short of its illustrious predecessors
Review: Inevitably, computer animated films will be compared against each other. I don't normally like doing that, but here a small bunch of films vie for the same market with the same qualities (technical excellence, anthropomorphic comedy and adult/kid crossover appeal) so it is a very easy thing to do.
On that basis, Nemo ranks well down the tables; behind Shrek, Monsters Inc and either instalment of Toy Story. No quibbles technically. Extraordinary. But then again, the films in this bracket are all extraordinary, so it's not such a big deal. In any case technical virtuosity by itself does not great cinema make. As a child placator, it can't match any of its Pixar predecessors or the brilliant Shrek. In fact, Nemo isn't really a kid's film at all. Our Monsters Inc-mad 3 year old, whose tastes are admittedly somewhat eclectic (also a big fan of Blade Runner, for some reason), was simply terrified and now refuses point blank to watch the DVD. I can see his point: Nemo is quite violent in places - it may be cartoon violence, but given the technical achievement, these cartoons are now so realistic that the very idea of cartoon violence begins to lose its meaning. As a parent placator, Nemo isn't a great deal better. One of the truly shining qualities of the earlier Pixar releases is their rewatchability factor - since you are forced to endure them over and over at your children's behest, this is an inestimably vital quality. Every pass at Monsters Inc. reveals a fertile crop of partially buried cinematic references, visual gags and cheeky quips from background characters. Nemo is stonier ground. Nor is the script as funny - there are some nice touches, to be sure (Barry Humphries' Bruce the Shark is a cracker, but gets precious little screen time) and while Ellen DeGeneres' Dory is funny enough, in her I think the production doesn't have quite the same calibre of comic timing offered by a Billy Crystal, Tim Allen or Eddie Murphy. The overall vibe of the picture - a cloyingly redemptive weepy, basically - is so Disney it hurts. In case you were wondering, I mean that in a bad way. The earlier Pixar movies largely avoided this, and were all the better for it. Nemo charts a course straight back into Bambi territory. Apparently Pixar has nixed its relationship with Disney (I wonder if this sort of editorial influence in part brought that about), and it would do very well to go back to the anarchic post-modern comedy and lay off the maudlin moralising next time. Lastly a couple of points on the DVD: as seems to be Disney's wont, the pre-menu stage is jammed with advertisements for other Disney pictures you have to actively avoid (though at least now you *can* actively avoid them - in Toy Story you have to cue through the blighters) and the making-of documentary reveals a horribly self satisfied bunch who were openly of the opinion that they were making one of the best movies of all time - which is a sure recipe for a stinker. As it happens Nemo isn't a stinker, but it isn't a great film either. We're still in full-frontal Disney hype at the moment, of course, but I suspect time will come to judge Nemo rather more harshly than has the box office. Watch those sale bins. Olly Buxton
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Summary: Totally Awesome Duuuude!
Review: A great fishy tale about a traumatized father, Marlin, who is overprotective of his only son, Nemo. When Nemo lashes out to challenge his fathers overbearingness he suddenly ends up in the situation his father has been dreading all along. Caught in open water by humans and off to a dentists aquarium. Marlin then starts the long search to find him, meeting up with soom interesting charcters along the way. The most induring and nearly scene stealing is of his forgetful companion, Dory, voiced by Allen deGeneris. She comes accross really well. Nemo finds himself trapped but with new friends and soon plots an escape. The team at Pixar have really excelled and it is such a shame that it takes so long to make this type of animated movie. A great film for the whole family but might be a bit scary for little ones.
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