Finding Nemo
Might as well throw in a silly little editorial. Wasn't planning on seeing this one really, just kinda "happened". For any interested, here's a brief reflection:
I found it to be more worthy of a split "five-day animation special" format rather than a workable cinematic presentation. The scenes and characters were so segmented and awkwardly introduced, I found myself thinking of them as disposable stepping-stones towards the movie's predictable family fun ending, rather than anything particularly memorable or worthy of further curious investigation/development.
The humor was also dominated by fart/belch jokes and one-liners -- which can sorta work, except they've been blasting most of the punchlines out in the commercials for the past two months straight.
Still, several good (new) chuckles are to be found here and there. I'm more curious to see what the heck Disney's new bear-movie venture is going to be (it has me worried...), and where Pixar is going from here. I hope their next one is a bit thicker on plot and creating meaningful characters -- even though they have to crank out two films by 2005. We'll see.
I found it to be more worthy of a split "five-day animation special" format rather than a workable cinematic presentation. The scenes and characters were so segmented and awkwardly introduced, I found myself thinking of them as disposable stepping-stones towards the movie's predictable family fun ending, rather than anything particularly memorable or worthy of further curious investigation/development.
The humor was also dominated by fart/belch jokes and one-liners -- which can sorta work, except they've been blasting most of the punchlines out in the commercials for the past two months straight.
Still, several good (new) chuckles are to be found here and there. I'm more curious to see what the heck Disney's new bear-movie venture is going to be (it has me worried...), and where Pixar is going from here. I hope their next one is a bit thicker on plot and creating meaningful characters -- even though they have to crank out two films by 2005. We'll see.