Movie Evaluation – Finding Nemo
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Walt Disney has produced many excellent films over the years such as Toy Story, but Finding Nemo was not one of their best films. In 2003, Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo, brought another animated film to life. From a visual standpoint, Finding Nemo is brilliant. Finding Nemo has excellent animation, but the story leaves little to love because of its dull, predicable storyline clichés and its depressing and terrifying storyline that frightens young children.
The story is revolved around a hero expedition voyage for a father, a clown fish, named “Marlin.” It begins with a school of four-hundred fish being murdered by a barracuda. Only two fish survive, a father named “Marlin” and a son named “Nemo.” Marlin is overprotective of his son, Nemo, because Nemos mother died right after Nemo was born. This leads to disagreements between them. When class begins in school, Nemo becomes rebellious, and this creates a string of events that leads him to the separation of his father. Nemo then gets captured by a dentist and is put into an aquarium in the dentists office. Nemo spends time trying to reunite with his father, Marlin. The film ends with a reconciliation between a father and son, and its a true father and son love story.
The story is quite dull and very foreseeable. There were no surprises or twists in the storyline and nothing to make the film interesting. A hero met a crazy buddy and finds some odd creatures, along the mission, and he reveals human emotions to the audience. The audience knew that Marlin and Nemo would be reunited and live “happily ever after.” It lacked originality. The same storyline took place in other Disney movies such as the Lion King with Samba, who lost his father, and in the movie Beauty And The Beast with Beauty, who lost her mother, after she was born.
The story is very dark with the themes of death and separation, and it is not suitable for young children. There are many sad and violent scenes, throughout the film, that could make children cry. Nemos mom was killed, at the beginning of the film, by a barracuda. Children are taught in Finding Nemo the fear of abandonment. They come to the realization that one day they may lose their parent or parents and be all by themselves. For a very visually bright movie, the opening was very morbid and dark. Another frightening scene for young children includes “Nemo” being taken away by the divers and almost being eaten by a shark. Children, who are old enough to comprehend the movie, would be frightened by the film. Finding Nemo should not be frightening, since its a Disney movie.
The effects used in the film were computer-generated voices and computer animation. Soaring on the films list of achievements, is its formation of an undersea wonderland whose bright colors and altering light reflects the magical ambience of dreamy aquatic