The best animated feature there ever was - Finding Nemo Reviews

Disney and Pixar are about to break up. But before they do, and Pixar goes solo, they released for us one of the greatest animated films ever made. Why would this be one of the best? The story is simple, yet enthralling. The situations are awesome. The characters are wonderful. The animation itself took my breath away. This movie deserved its award. The plot is pretty basic. A clownfish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) is leading a happy life with his wife, Coral. Then one day, a barracuda attacks and Coral is killed and all their eggs are gobbled, except for one. This one is given the title Nemo by Marlin, because that was what Coral wanted. Time passes and Nemo (Alexander Gould) grows to be a young fish. He sets out for school with a nervous Marlin. At school he meets new friends and is taken to the dropoff, the edge of the reef that dives into the depths of the ocean. Nemo and his friends sneak away from the group and see a boat floating on surface. They test each other to see who can go further. Nemo goes the farthest and touches the boat, to an outraged Marlin?s dismay. When Nemo journeys back from the boat, a diver appears behind him and snatches Nemo up. Marlin desperately chases the boat, but it is soon lost. He meets the fish Dory (the wonderful and funny Ellen DeGenres) and they go on a search, meeting sharks, turtles, jellyfish, and even end up swallowed by a whale. Meanwhile, Nemo becomes associated with a bunch of fish living in a tank. They all have different personalities, each from being in the tank to long. You might think I?m a freak for taking this much time just to set-up the movie for you, when the movie?s set-up only takes about thirteen minutes before Nemo is captured. I don?t care. I love this movie. Lets start with the animation, shall we? The animation was absolutely beautiful. Whenever the fish are out of the water, they glisten and shine, and you can tell they?re wet. The birds are wonderful, but the seagulls look a little clay-like. Still awesome. The water moves so realistically that in the opening shot you could almost swear it was real. The fish dart around so realistically, and you can tell the animators spent night and day and everything in between studying for this movie. The voice talent is awesome. Ellen DeGenres is the only person in the world who could do Dory, the forgetful fish. She adds a great presence and made me laugh a few times, something rare for me when watching a Disney movie. Albert Brooks is tremendous at Marlin, and I loved the dude who voiced Bruce, the Great White. Crush, who was voiced by the director, Andrew Stanton, is awesome. Gill, a tank fish, is voiced beautifully by Willem Dafoe. Those are just a few of the amazing voices in this movie. All in all, Finding Nemo is, in my opinion, the best animated feature out there. You can?t top, not even with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Finding Nemo is a triumph that will be celebrated by generations to come and will never die.