I found Finding Nemo pretty underwhelming as a whole, and also found Dori quite annoying. The seagulls were the best bit (Mine!). They can be very inventive, but in general the pixar films come across as too sentimental/smaltzy for my taste. I still think Toy Story (1) is the best of them by some distance.
I thought it was entertaining. Not the best Pixar movie, but not the worst either. If the OP didn’t like Toy Story, I don’t think there’s much hope he’d like most Pixar movies.
Same here, love it.
Sorry, another one to disagree with you. Finding Nemo was my favorite Pixar film (until I saw Up).
Yeah, same here. Finding Nemo is one of my favorite Pixar films visually because I love diving and sea life. The story and characterizations are well-done but not groundbreaking or spectacular necessarily. I didn’t get the same emotional punch that I did with, say, Up or Monsters, Inc., but that doesn’t make Finding Nemo a bad movie in my mind. It is what it is.
Joel, your sarcasm-o-meter needs to be adjusted!
And I really liked the film too. Lots of great characters and one-liners.
“Aww, you guys made me ink!”
Oh my god! Bumblebee Man is real? My mind is blown.
It’s a good thing this thread is disproving both of you, then, isn’t it?
BTW, I liked the film. I really would like to hear why Chapulin doesn’t like it. It was pretty much exactly what I expect a Disney or Pixar movie to be. Well, except the pee joke. That surprised me.
There’s a difference between “I didn’t like it and it was boring” and “I despised it”.
What was despicable about Finding Nemo? I can think of several despicable movies, like, say, Hostel, or Triumph of the Will. Movies that make you hate the people responsible for the movie, movies that make the world a worse place.
But a movie that wasn’t funny and had lame jokes? That’s not despicable.
Exactly. Finding Nemo is my third favorite Pixar film (behind The Incredibles and Ratatouille) and I find it charming but can understand why people aren’t huge fans of it. But to despise such an otherwise innocuous film? Usually such hyperbole is reserved for films such as Lemur866 mentioned above. Or it’s used by those too-cool-for-school types who love flaunting how anti-pop culture they are by hating massively popular things like Harry Potter or Twilight. (Not that there aren’t reasons to “despise” Twilight for, e.g. its apparentl glorification of stalking, but I’m talking people who haven’t even read it and basically hate it ‘cause it’s freakin’ omnipresent. Which I can understand too, btw.)
Nemo is neither odious (unless you’re, like, a confirmed fish-eater who thinks it’s a PETA propaganda tool) nor over-hyped enough to be sickening… plus, it’s also several years old, so any excess hype is long past. So wherefore does the despising come into it? It’s like despising Debbie Gibson or Family Matters. May have been annoying once, but why continue the hate?
Finding Nemo was the top-grossing Pixar film until Toy Story 3. I get the feeling that some people are still trying to figure out how this could have possibly happened when there are several Pixar films that are considered to be superior, as in, “Why did Finding Nemo make more money than The Incredibles? The Incredibles is WAY better! Am I missing something or are people just idiots?”
I think it’s as simple as fish (and animals in general) having a little broader appeal than robots or cars or even superheroes. The Incredibles is a very good movie but I can see extremely young kids (or people like my mom who don’t like action-type movies) being nonplussed by it, or not even bothering to see it in the first place. A movie about fish sounds tranquil and non-violent enough for just about anyone to give it at least a try.
I love Finding Nemo, and I don’t have any kids around any more. If it’s on TV, I’ll watch every time. It’s pretty, has comical moments, and Ellen does a wonderful ditzy job as Dory… I love Finding Nemo the same way I love: kittens, the symphony, a nice cup of tea, wild berries growing in the back yard, birds at the feeder, and a big messy flower garden. There are those who love rottweilers, sports, beer, a green lawn doused with poison to keep it that way, having no bird feeder because it attracts filthy filthy birds, and a stern line of red tulips marching across their front yard. Have at it. To each his own. You don’t see me asking who despises ‘Transformers’. Not worth working up a frothing rage about.
Well, it could also be simple dumb luck. Even assuming “The Incredibles” was a way better movie (which, IMHO, it was not; “Finding Nemo” is an equally sensational film) “Finding Nemo” might simply have landed in theatres at a time when the competition was less robust. A movie’s box office take can be greatly affected by what else is playing.
That came across a bit harsher than I intended. The line between sincerity and over-sentimentality is a difficult one to pull off.
As has been said, there’s no reason to despise the film.
And casting my vote regarding its overall quality: I rank it even with Bug’s Life, and only ahead of Cars. Ellen as Dori was very good. The gulls were funny. Other than that, the vegetarian shark set-up was stupid (most aquatic critters will eat meat, why pick on sharks), and the laidback turtles were on a level with JarJar Binks. Neither Nemo nor Marlin were interesting characters.
Generally speaking, I’m unsympathetic to animals with human level intelligence trying to overcome human persecution. Hell, if you’re that smart arrange the aquarium pebbles to draw pictures conveying your messages. Tell humans to stop locking you up and separating you from your off-spring. (Although honestly, my tolerance for this situation varies with the individual story. Charlotte’s Web is just fine.)
I really enjoyed Finding Nemo. I also think its a gorgeous looking film. I’d put it in the top tier of Pixar films.
True. I think there was at least one case where a Pixar fall release went up against a Harry Potter movie, for example. I just find it interesting whenever people lament a movie that they didn’t like too much making a lot of money, as if this is the only appropriate barometer for gauging a film’s worthiness.
This is actually exactly what happened. I saw Finding Nemo in the theatre (the only Pixar film I saw theatrically) because me and some friends wanted to see a movie and it was all that was playing (well, 28 Days Later was too, but there was a big horror hater in the group). So Finding Nemo it was.
Just look at its competition during its run (click on the dates):
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=findingnemo.htm
It’s a whole string of nothing (and the only family movie in theaters for nearly its entire run).
I didn’t really like it nor dislike it, but because everyone was telling me how great it is I got tired of everyone liking it so much
It wasn’t terrible, but I think it’s probably my least favorite of the Pixar movies I’ve seen (I think all of them except A Bug’s Life, Cars, and Up). I think this might be partly because I don’t have kids: I can see how it might resonate much more strongly with a parent.