Finding Nemo product reviews

Let me start by saying, I love Pixar films. We had just seen Monsters Inc at the movies (and loved it). Within a short time the Warehouse had a special on the DVD, buy Monsters Inc and get Finding Nemo for $10. I went along to pick up my new DVDs, and the queue was massive even before they opened for the day. Still, I managed to get the two movies and took them home eagerly.

Finding Nemo was a film I never saw in the cinema. But many of my friends had raved about it. I'm always a bit skeptical about these things, if someone raves about something I'm likely not to enjoy it. Unfortunately, this was very much the case with Finding Nemo. I wanted to like it, it was a sweet story but just didn't grab me.

Roll forward many years and I now have an almost five year old daughter. A girl, who loves animals and fish are a great favourite with a tank or three in her room. We put Finding Nemo on for her occasionally and she loves it. During the tense parts, she is literally jumping in her chair. I've warmed to it too, maybe because of her enthusiasm.

Our whole family loved this movie, the animation is fantastic, with some scenes being so believable you can almost smell them.
The characters are lovable and endearing and the story engages you from beginning to end. Loved by younger children and adults, there is a great story line with moral value about relationships between parents and kids. This movie is great value, clean, funny family fun that will be a favourite again and again.

My family and I love this movie, we have watched it so many times, its nearly worn out. My kids are younger so plot and story line are not really important. For the adults, well can get boring if u watch it over and over. I love Dory, without her, the movie would be dead.

Compared to the other PIXAR hits, this one was a little weak to me, the plot was too linear, no twists or unexpected turns... overall the story wasn't what attracted and appealed to me the most.

What grabbed me the most was the milestone CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) and simply AWESOME smoothness of the whole virtual world. One of the hardest things to model in a mathematical environment is the smooth organics of the real world. Finding Nemo has set the new upper limit to CGI realism, despite it's 'cartoon' feel overall. The characters are heavily modifide away from real, but the world they inhabit is so high on the realism scale, I was stunned when I found out it was all CGI, no spliced footage!

If you can accept the world-rules implied in this movie, the level of believability is quite high. The characters react according to their profiles, which makes the immersion into the movie easy to accept.

However, I did have an issue with the age appropriateness. The warnings are on the box, true, but to say "Some scenes may frighten young children" is a bit off-putting. My 3 year old loved most of it, but got bored, more than scared. However, some children with high sensitivity may indeed require changed underwear during this movie. There are places where sudden appearances and semi-violent bahaviour (A shark in a feeding frenzy isn't pretty, even in a cartoon) may require you to audit your child's viewing. Perhaps distract them with something when the rough bits are about to start...

One of the big selling points of this DVD package, to me, was the second disc, full of extras, hidden bits (yep, Easter Eggs galore guys) and interviews, etc. Another big selling point was the inclusion of Subtitles, for those who are hearing-impared.

Overall, Worth adding to the collection... but then, I feel that way about every PIXAR movie I have ever seen, right back to the 'good old days' on the Amiga. :)