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Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best pixar movie ever
Review: finding nemo is the best film of 2003 hands down. when i went and seen this movie in theaters i saw 60 year olds and 19 and 24 year olds laughing and loving ever bit of it. this movie delivers a good time & laughter you will cry and root for marlin to find nemo and take him home. if you dont have this movie buy it now buy it today.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love this movie!
Review: I'd wanted to see this movie for a long time, but was extremely busy when it was in the theater and couldn't go. I was thrilled when it came out on DVD.

The beginning of the movie was a bit of a shock for me, as none of my friends who had seen the movie warned me. (But it's okay...the movie has a happy ending! :c) )

Nemo is so cute with his lucky fin and he reminds me of human children who want to push the envelope with their parents. This is a movie the most people are going to enjoy. I could definitely watch it again!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pucka
Review: Wonderful underwater tale, fun for kids and adults. Ellen DeGeneris steals the show and offers levity to what could have been a seriously sad animated movie. Albert Brooks is the perfect overly protective father. I was hooked from the start.
Michael Duranko [...] presant? Watch to find out.g team you are! Of course I woul d have loved to have seen the actors in action doing their voice overs but this would have to be the ONLY set-back. We only see about 3 people in the bonus bits. To all the 15 million owners of this DVD already we don't need to encourage the 'rest' of the western population to buy it... the sales figures says it all.

**** out of ****** from me... his fears of open water to swim through the whole coast of Australia to find Nemo, aided by Dory the nutty blue tang who tracked the path of the dentist's boat.

The movie is not as funny as most of the other Pixars, though it has its moments: the Fisheaters Anonymous meetings for sharks, some of Ellen DeGeneres' scene-stealers as Dory the forgetful blue tang, the goofy fish Nemo meets in the dentist's tank who provide color commentary for dental procedures.
The movie is also more poignant than the other Pixars. And you're guaranteed never to look at fish in fishtanks the same way again.

As a DVD, the extras are not very good. There are "deleted scenes" but they were deleted at the storyboarding stage of production, so they did not get the full Pixar compu-graphic workup and are instead crude drawings with proto-type voiceovers [Pixar does an initial voice-over of the script with in-house production crew members providing the voices, then brings in the high-priced talent like DeGeneres, Albert Brooks [Marlin], Geoffrey Rush, Willem Dafoe, etc.; sometimes Pixar folks' work remains in the movie such as Crush the surfer-dude turtle in this flik, and Heimlich the fat caterpillar from A Bug's Life]. There are also some educational bits that are interesting.

But the character interviews with Dory, Marlin and Nemo are not particularly humorous or well-written, they just magnify the characters' more noted traits. Worst of all, there is NO BLOOPER SET -- the best feature of the other Pixar films (they're so popular that Monsters, Inc. had TWO Blooper sets). That is a true loss.


Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best animated films ever!
Review: Finding Nemo is so beautiful to look at, and so original...my two children, ages 2 and 4 1/2 watch it almost every day. Seeing this movie has prompted my 4 1/2 year old to find websites about the ocean, and various sea life. We've had many conversations about creatures of the sea...it's really got her thinking!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Good Family Movie
Review: Great film for the kids1 Parents who have seen other Disney films will find that it is the same thing that has been done several times. With animal characters that think like humans and can perform tricks that no animals can do! Yet it is still appealing, especially if you are familiar with the actors that voice the characters.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great movie for people of all ages.
Review: Finding Nemo is a great movie and the dvd is the best , there is humore for all ages and all will enjoy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Simply a great ' fun' feel good' movie! All will enjoy!
Review: I finally got a chance to see Nemo. I found it to be incredibly funny and heartwarming. Keep in mind, don't look for a movie with a deep substance as this movie is designed for 'all ages', thus the deep meaning would be lost on the young ones.

With that said, in the latest Disney-Pixar vehicle, Finding Nemo, we don't follow the simple, headstrong youngster who has all the answers. In fact, it's the youngster's lack of answers that sends him, and eventually his father, on an adventure of identity, exploration, and enlightenment. Nemo (Alexander Gould) is the last remaining egg of timid Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clownfish who lost his wife and other unborn children to an undersea predator. Marlin's grief over their death has led him to become extremely overprotective of his slightly handicapped son. It is during one of Marlin's tirades over safety that the bold Nemo ventures out to touch a human boat - only to get captured by divers. With a few clues to go by, Marlin's fierce love for his son pushes him out of his safe coral reef home and into an adventure he never thought he would have.

Finding Nemo is less about "finding" Nemo and more about "finding" Marlin. In a short amount of time, Marlin's adventures have him interacting with caricatures of alcoholics, other parents, and realistic school children. Instead of the simplistic parent-child relationships of other Disney films, the heart of Finding Nemo is their relationship. Through the help of the naïve and forgetful Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), Marlin is constantly questioned about his identity and his treatment of Nemo. Conversely, Nemo's guidance comes from Gill (William Defoe), someone who has also been hurt trying to escape the confines of his small world. These are the more "normal" characters in comparison to the slapstick and insane animals that inhabit this movie.

To reach multiple generations and pull a wider audience, Disney and Pixar have written this story on several levels. Sly references such as the "dude" turtles, the faux alcoholic's anonymous meeting, and the "Psycho" Darla (LuLu Ebeling) are a subtext for older generations as much as they are delightful for children. Pixar has managed to weave a set of complex emotions and a full range of culture and comedy into an uncharacteristic adventure film. The story itself provides a model for not only overcoming the loss of a loved one, but also raising children, recovering identity, and self-empowerment; models desperately needed by the American populace.

With positive role models, top-notch acting, and an excellent script, what could possibly be wrong with this movie?
They'll probably make a sequel.

A+ When they say "for all ages", they mean it this time!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Finding Nemo - Blight upon Mankind
Review: Finding Nemo is most certainly one of the worst movies ever made. Another trainwreck by Pixar studios. Lacking an actual plot the movie focuses on the struggles of Marlin, a fish, trying to find his fishy son. Why anyone would care about this misguided quest is beyond me. However the story ends I dont know considering the movie is about as boring as they come. The movie is full of terrible attempts at comedy leaving you wanting to throw a brick at whatever projection device is showing the rubbish. Add a few celebrity voices and there you have it, the formula for quite possibly the most annoying piece of garbage ever. The animation isnt bad until you think about what its being used to animate. The only thing this movie did for me was to increase my support for the commercial fishing industry. Had Nemo been mechanically seperated and put into a can of tuna the movie may have been entertaining. Everyone do yourself a favor and instead of watching this nonsense rent yourself a classic- The Barber directed by Michael Bafaro

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: UNDERWATER WORLD, FUN AND ADVENTURE
Review: Cute, fun, thrills and adventure, under the water, mostly. Vivid colors and clever packaging of a little fish, Nemo, and his survival, in the "big sea world" and among humans. This adventure tale has more twists and turns as Nemo's Dad searches for him and must also overcome all sorts of obstacles. Their reunion is suspendous- and the friends, allies and foes they encounter kept us alternately laughing and gasping. Good musical scores and dazzling familar voices behind the animated characters make this DVD a treat for all.Uplifting and entertaining. You folks out there just must see this and add it to your collection. Invite your friends over and just have fun!!!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another lesson in Cinema from Pixar
Review: What should be the new lesson #1 in film school: Boundless technical wizardry cannot cover poor storytelling. Ultimately, every movie must tell a good story to be interesting. Pixar, who commands unparalleled technical resources, devotes more energy into producing quality stories than any other studio. (George Lucas, are you listening?)

That said, Finding Nemo is one of Pixar's lesser acheivements. Which is not to say that it is not very good (it is), but next to their other efforts (Toy Story 2, in particular), one can feel a slight lacking. The humor is a bit more juvenile than most of their movies (Mount WannaHockALugee leaping to mind), and the plot is slightly less sublime. If Toy Story 2 was aimed at 8-12 year olds, Finding Nemo is pointed more at ages 6-10.

With that said, it is still a very entertaining, well-written movie. Most of the laughs come from Ellen DeGeneres's exasperatingly absent-minded Dory, though the surfer dude/sea turtle Crush steals a few memorable minutes. The animation is, of course, beautiful and it is marvellously captured on DVD (HDTV owners will want this DVD to show off with). The set includes the theatrical widescreen, and an unsual fullscreen version, where, rather than pan-and-scan, Pixar re-rendered the movie in a larger window, so you actually see MORE in the fullscreen than widescreen.

The special features are typically rich, as they are in most Pixar movies. People who bought any other Pixar release will recognize the template.

All-in-all, a quality release just shy of perfection. Given the target audience, it should have tremendous replay value.


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