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Just got back from seeing it - surprisingly it was a very varied audience. Everyone from seniors, to parents with kids, to teenagers. All of 'em clapped at the end.

Personally, I was a little dissapointed in it. Make no mistake - I thought it was a quality movie, but overall, I felt it was slightly on the bland side.

First off, the good points. I really liked the heart of the story - a father and his son and their love for each other. In a sense, I thought this has the most heart of any Pixar film because its quite intimate and very relatable. I liked most every character, and most of them provided some good laughs.

Now the bad: I didn't feel the story itself really warranted a 1 hour & 40 minute run-time. I thought there were a lot of scenes in there that could have been trimmed out. One thing I like about Pixar's other films is that they always seem lean and reletively quickly paced - I thought this one dragged in several spots, just alternating between the father's swim across the ocean, and Nemo's experiences in the fish tank.

Looking back on it, it just seems like the whole thing was a series of events strun together to create a movie. Heck, even the events of the climax had nothing to do with the rest of the film.

Anyways, overall, it was a solid film for both s and kids. All in the theater seemed to enjoy it.

My favorite dialogue:

"Don't you realize we're swimming in our own sh-"
"He's trying to speak to me, I know it!"
"Heeeere's Brucyyyyyy!"

Here's how I'd rank the Pixar films till now:

1. Toy Story 2 (9/10)
2. Monsters Inc. (8/10)
3. Toy Story (8/10)
4. A Bug's Life (7/10)
5. Finding Nemo (7/10)

Saw it this afternoon, and I came away with a similar feeling. :-/

The trap that Pixar has created for itself is that, because they make such high quality films, they subsequently have a lot to live up to with each new film they make. Sadly, the attitude I could see building around them in the coming years is their new films will either be "typical" Pixar films (meaning quality so high it's taken for granted), or "subpar" Pixar films (meaning it "just isn't good enough" when compared to the others). It's a lot of pressure to put on one studio. Whooo! O_O

Anyways, about FN itself. The biggest mechanical issue I had with the film is the pacing. It felt very episodic. The cutting was quite jarring and exhaustful - they switch scenes very abruptly from one high (or low) point to the next - leaving you too distracted over what just happened to really focus enough on the new scene. There were also too many lulls and awkward silences... so those were more than a slight annoyance for me. >:p
The visuals and music had nothing wrong with them whatsoever. They were probably the highest points of the movie, imo. I just might buy that soundtrack, in fact.

The story was fine. Nothing earth-shaking, but I suppose I'd have to be a parent to be really moved by it. The character growth wasn't as skillfully done as was in the Toy Story movies, though. Like the pacing, the lessons learned and points made felt too choppy, sudden, and even contrived - like you could see the filmmakers plopping them into to story from a mile away. That or, in a few cases, you couldn't see it at all - it just comes out of left field, with no history or support to it whatsoever - not good. (Yet I have noticed that left-field problem in Pixar films before...)

Anywho, some good points. The animation was stunning, of course - its blend of reality, caricature and anthropomorphism was well done, especially with the fins. I'm glad Pixar didn't have the fish use their fins as "hands" all that much - that would've been distracting. And may I say now that I'm in love with Marlin and Gill's fins. Marlin's beautiful round, detailed "rower"-type pectoral fins were mesmerizing to watch; Gill's damaged fin (and his whole right side, to boot) was equally as detailed and fun to stare at.
I was also taken aback by Marlin and Dory's "splitting-up" scene near the end - the emotions concerning her memory were powerful to me, for some reason - as much so as the following scene where Nemo finds her on the verge of a breakdown because she's so displaced.

And finally - gotta love those seagulls!! It'd really make sense if "mine!" was what they're truly saying in real life. LOL

I'm not going to post multiple paragraphs of thoughts like you two did.

I liked it. The main characters were loveable. Some minor characters were while others weren't. The humor in my opinion was great. The story is what lacked the most. It did seem like Pixar stretched the movie a bit. It probably should've have been around 89 minutes instead of 104. I just found the story to be weak. The animation wasn't as great as the other Pixar films in my mind mainly because most of the movie is set under the ocean and there's not much to look at. Overall it was a good movie. I'm not sure how I'd rank it with the other Pixar films. I'd have to see it a few more times first.

im noit gonna go long either it was awsome i didnt find ne thing bad with it was just amazing

Saw it today. Digital projection, too. Loved it.

Loads of fun, on par with A Bug's Life in the number of great characters, beautiful animation, and lots of heart. I thought the story was solid, and in fact I'd put this even or perhaps even a little ahead of Monsters Inc. Fantastic. Pixar is still batting 1.000.

I'm impressed that Finding Nemo made $70.3 million USD on opening weekend.

Other than The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Holes and A Mighty Wind, Finding Nemo and Bend It Like Beckham is one of the few family movies out now.

The animation looks professionally done.

Later

Nemo made an estimated $45.8 million in its second weekend. Not a bad haul!

Maerj wrote:Nemo made an estimated $45.8 million in its second weekend. Not a bad haul!

Yeah, Animated-Movies.net reports:

#2 (-1): Finding Nemo with $46,589,649 in its 2nd weekend over 3,391 theaters ($144,043,789 to date)

I wanna see it SO Bad!!!!

I think Finding Nemo will have major legs in terms of staying power. While the summer film season has become "Open big, and drop out of the public consciousness in a few weeks"; this seems like THE family film to see this summer. Plus all the loads of positive reviews aren't going to hurt it.

It could be king of the B.O. for the summer, depending on how The Hulk does in its follow-up weeks. Oh, and if Pixar adds outtakes (which I'd kind of rather they didn't), that will probably help boost repeat business as well.

Well, I'm glad for Pixar because they have a great film on their hands...again, for the fifth time. And it's much nicer to see a great film make a lot of money than to see crap do the same.

Luke wrote: Oh, and if Pixar adds outtakes (which I'd kind of rather they didn't), that will probably help boost repeat business as well.

Yeah, I don't think that they will this time around due to the way the credits go. I also hope they don't do the outtakes since its been done a few times already and is expected.

Maerj wrote:

Luke wrote: Oh, and if Pixar adds outtakes (which I'd kind of rather they didn't), that will probably help boost repeat business as well.

Yeah, I don't think that they will this time around due to the way the credits go. I also hope they don't do the outtakes since its been done a few times already and is expected.

i love the outakes there a hoot!(what a funny word ) ne wayz ill probably see it again if the outakes come outcuz i got a free ticket for the movie and dosent expire for a little while so ill keep it if they decide to put them which ill still use it if they dont

Oh, don't get me wrong Choco, I like the outtakes too! Its just they have done it many times now. They should take a break from it or do something different, thats all.

Maerj wrote:Oh, don't get me wrong Choco, I like the outtakes too! Its just they have done it many times now. They should take a break from it or do something different, thats all.

Yeah, that's how I feel too. Each set of outtakes has been a little less inspired than the previous ones, and unless they have like some solid gold comic ideas, I think it'd be best to just leave the credits as they are now, which are interesting in themselves.

I have Finding Nemo on DVD already


hehe

Pretty good copy too

I absoultly LOVED it. I thought it was much better then Monsters or Bugs Life

Luke wrote:

Maerj wrote:Oh, don't get me wrong Choco, I like the outtakes too! Its just they have done it many times now. They should take a break from it or do something different, thats all.

Yeah, that's how I feel too. Each set of outtakes has been a little less inspired than the previous ones, and unless they have like some solid gold comic ideas, I think it'd be best to just leave the credits as they are now, which are interesting in themselves.

ic what ur sayin well i guess they should maybe in the theaters but i wonder if they woulkd make them for the dvd that would be cool

Ok, I just got back from seeing it. It was Great! Everything I expected it would be. Same cleverness of all Pixar works and great jokes.

Beautiful Animation!

Finding Nemo is a real gem; Pixar hasn't lost its touch

We took our 2 1/2 year-old daughter to see this a couple weeks ago. Hailey's first movie experience was Piglet, and she didn't do too well. Out of her seat a lot; generally very antsy. After about 35 minutes she announced to the theatre that she had "to go potty" so we decided enough was enough.

During Finding Nemo she never left her seat. This movie had her complete attention from start-to-finish, and believe me, after that first movie experience this is HIGH praise for Disney/Pixar.

As for my thoughts on the movie itself, I don't feel it's Pixar's best effort, but it was very enjoyable. Perhaps after multiple DVD viewings it will move up on my Pixar List:

1. Monsters Inc. (9/10)
2. Toy Story 2 (9/10)
3. A Bug's Life (8/10)
4. Finding Nemo (7/10)
5. Toy Story (7/10)

It's looking like this could top The Lion King as box-office champ of animation, not taking inflation into consideration.

I wouldn't mind TLK's record standing a little more, but it's cool that Pixar has the top-grossing and best-reviewed film of the year thus far.