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Finding Nemo - 5/30/03 - G - 101m
Albert
Brooks - Marlin
Ellen DeGeneres - Dory
Alexander Gould - Nemo
Director: Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
Written by: Andrew Stanton
LYN
Another classic tale (no pun
intended) of comedy and tragedy offered up from fine people at Disney,
or is it? The animation was great as usual, the choice of talent for the
characters was fine as well, especially the role of Dory as depicted by
Ellen DeGeneres. Now beings that I'm not a huge Ellen DeGeneras fan, this
would be saying a lot. I found her performance flawless. She truly brought
life to the hapless short termed memory sea creature, and sincerely one
of the only few reasons why I enjoyed this film. I mean there were funny
moments here and there besides all of Ms. DeGeneres' performance, the
seagulls for one. But the problem I have with the rest of the movie all
started with the beginning.
I kind of saw the movie as a prescreener for my 5-year-old daughter, knowing
Disney's past record of tragic storyline (i.e. Bambi & Dumbo's Mom,
the Lion King, and how they all met a very untimely end), I thought it
best to see what calamity might befall Nemo's immediate family members,
and how the resulting heartbreak might affect my young one. I unfortunately
didn't have to wait too long for catastrophe to strike.
I'm not much for putting spoilers in with my reviews, but I think this
one may deem an exception.
Fade in: Marlin and Mary (Nemo's mom- sorry I can't recall her name from
the movie, so Mary will do : ), happy little fishes just swimming in and
around their brand new home, while quietly below and safely tucked away
are their 400 eggs. Life could not be any better…but wait, here
comes Disney in the shape of course of a steel toothed barracuda staring
Mary dead in the eye, whom is now torn between retreating to safety of
her home or try in vein to protect her unborn children. Marlin urges her
to retreat, and that the brood will be just fine. Mary's natural instincts
kick in and she and the cuda charge in the same direction towards the
little ones, Marlin gets knocked out in the process of coming to her aid.
Fade out… Shortly Marlin comes to…Mary is nowhere to be found,
and there are now 399 less eggs in the clutch. Tra-la-la…Whistle
a happy tune and on with the rest of the happy little film.
I'm not quite sure why this seems to be a prerequisite of mostly all Disney
film, but I don't understand why anyone would need to die in a G-Rated
film. I've spoke to other parents with children my daughters age and whom
have seen the film, and they were horrified but fortunately their children
really didn't understand what had just transpired, so there was no need
to explain it to them. What? Marlin couldn't have just been a single fish
father? Or does the senseless slaughter of his wife and future children
somehow prepare movie-going kids in the reality that life is not always
fair and bad things really do happen to people? Hmmm? Hi-ho-hi-ho…it's
off to the real world I go…
Lyn
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