Pixar does what Disney can't

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 2003)

Okay folks, I have seen all of the Pixar movies that have been produced for the Walt Disney Studios and I am confused. I remember the hullabaloo that Disney had created when Pixar wanted prominent billing for it's studios as well as a larger share of the profits from the Pixar animated features it produces for said Disney company. Is Disney nuts for actually getting upset? Pixar has made some of the most financially successful movies for Disney over the last 10 years and Disney is complaining because Pixar wants more visibility and more of the money from the movies they create?
Okay enough of the commentary. Finding Nemo was a visually stunning, well written, well cast movie in which you forget you are watching a fully CGI motion picture. The character movements were completely believable and the color treatment and lighting given to the undersea environments were truly unbelievable. Pixar has truly defined the art of CGI animation and they are on a par with ILM and WETA for their talents in computer animation. I read somewhere in a review for this movie that Pixar didn't take the craft to a new level in the making of this movie. I would disagree completely. The realistic underwater environments created in this motion picture are as good as any underwater adventure ever produced by Cousteau and company during the voayges of the Calypso back in the 60's and 70's. The murkiness of being underwater with these characters is I think Pixars greatest accomplishment. Watching this movie really makes you feel like you are underwater in the ocean. The CGI is so good in this movie that you don't realize it is even there. Anyone that downplays this movie is just looking at a reason to nit pick on Disney.