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Best movie of the summer!
This is probably the DVD I'm most excited about buying this fall. I saw the movie right after it came out, and I instantly fell in love with it. The same team that gave us Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. succeeds at every level with Finding Nemo.

As an avid scuba diver, I'll start by saying that the visuals in this movie were spectacular. Very realistic, with lots of attention to detail. I felt like I was really down there. I could taste the saltwater. The colors were all so vivid that it made me wish I was part of Nemo's coral community.

The story of this movie is simple. A young fish (Nemo) gets captured by divers and his dad (a clownfish) sets off to rescue him, having numerous adventures along the way. It's a very heart-warming story about love, endurance, friendship, and having faith in the ones we love. This movie has a number of great moral lessons to teach, but it's real focus is to provide a hilarious adventure through the deep blue sea.

Nemo's dad is played perfectly by Mel Brooks as an over-protective, neurotic character who is scared of everything, but ultimately so much in love with his son that he learns to overcome his fears to come to the rescue. Brooks's companion, played by Ellen Degeneres as the absent-minded Dorie. Dorie really steals the show as she tries to help find Nemo. The mis-adventures that Brooks and Degeneres get into during their quest had me laughing until I cried.

And at the same time, Nemo is having his own adventures as he teams up with a mifit bunch of sea creatures inhabiting the aquarium in a dentist's office (which gives us a chance to see that the movie is set in Sydney, Australia). Willem Dafoe is the hard-bitten leader of this group of captives, and is constantly working out plans to help them escape. Some of the ideas they come up with (including the one that eventually works) are some of the funniest I've ever seen.

I agree with some of the other reviewers that this is Pixar's best movie. They do always try to set the bar a little higher and out-do their previous performance. If I had to choose only one movie to buy this year, Finding Nemo would be it. No question.

It's just that good.

Not quite overrated, but almost there
Finding Nemo was a very enjoyable animated film, but I just can't gush about it the way that most reviewers have.

The visuals, naturally, are incredible. The commentary and extra chapters included in the 'visual commentary' do an excellent job in showing how much work went into making believable computer generated water even if though it seems almost impossible to get an indepth look without a degree in computer animation.

The character of Dory made the movie for me. A couple of the side characters fell a little flat though. The surfer schtick of the sea turtle is something that will amuse small children but not adults.

As for people going on about how scary this movie is, don't underestimate your kids. Nothing makes me want to vomit more than sugar-sweetened childrens entertainment. Walt Disney removed quite a few dark elements from his fairy tale adaptations, but at least he left a few dark elements. The bottom line is that I was scared by the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wicked Queen, etc etc but it didn't scar me for life.

Speaking of which I love how the plot ties into current events. Senseless acts of violence happen (columbine, 9/11) but you need to learn to not live dominated by your fear. I think that this is the main reason why the movie has become such a success. For the same reason that the Lord of the Rings movies present ordinary people in heroic situations.

Latest Pixar wonder aimed more at kids than adults
"Finding Nemo" is another delightful animated movie from Pixar Studios [released through Disney]. Other Pixar creations include "A Bug's Life", "Toy Story" and its sequel, and "Monsters Inc." Pixar is famous for its awesome digital animation, and "Finding Nemo" is its best work so far. If there is a flaw, it is simply that this tale is a bit less interesting to adults than Pixar's other movies. It seems specifically aimed at kids aged four to ten. Those who are not fans of Albert Brooks and/or Ellen DeGeneres will be less amused than those who are because it is their voices that carry the bulk of the film.

Marlin [voiced by Brooks] is a clown fish who lives in the sea near the coast of Australia. When his wife produces something like two hundred eggs, Marlin is delighted. Catastrophe strikes, and Marlin loses his wife and all but one of the eggs. When the remaining clown fish is born, Marlin names him Nemo. Times passes, and Nemo becomes old enough to go to school. Disaster strikes again when the adventuresome Nemo gets too close to a boat and is caught in a diver's net. The little fish winds up in a fish tank in a Sydney dentist's office. Marlin, aided by an addled fish named Dory [voice of DeGeneres], goes on a quest to find Nemo. Meanwhile, Nemo is befriended by a motley assortment of fish in the tank who have their own escape plans.

Adults may find the movie only mildly amusing. Kids will find it uproariously funny. And that's okay. There's nothing wrong with making a great movie for children.

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