Not just for kids, great movie

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2014)

Finding Nemo is about a fish named Nemo who gets separated from his dad Marlin. Nemo has one small fin, and it's hard for him to swim as fast as the other fish so his dad is overprotective of him in the ocean. Dying to fit in, Nemo disobeys his father and swims far out, and gets abducted by humans. Marlin gets help along the way from a fish named Dory who is dead set on finding Nemo.
The film focuses on plot, action and adventure. Marlin played by Albert Brooks; attempts to relocate his son Nemo Alexander Gould; in a huge ocean surrounded by trouble. Along the way he encounters jelly fish, getting lost, his sidekick Dory, voice by Ellen DeGeneres getting captured by fisherman, and almost getting eaten by pelicans to name a few. One of the techniques in the film is motif. The motif would be the idea to never give up that is repeated throughout the movie. Some examples of this are when Nemo tries to swim out with the rest of his class and it's harder for him, when Nemo tries to put the pebble in the fish tank filter, when Dory tries her hardest to remember the address on the goggles, and when Marlin tells all the fish caught in the fishermen's net to swim down. The idea was to keep trying until you succeed. The biggest and most evident example is Marlin going to find his son (the entire plot of the movie), regardless of what he encountered he didn't give up. Being that this film is animated the "lighting" and angles used aren't those from an actual cinematographer. The movie still used angles in animation to draw the audience's attention to scenes to make a point. As in most movies, sound in this film played a huge role. In one of the scenes where a nice pelican tries to save Marlin and Dory from hungry pelicans; all three characters end up getting chased and the music for that scene was fitting. It was a fast paced beat; even if you closed your eyes you knew what type of scene was taking place just by the music. In the beginning of the movie, when Nemo was going off to school, the music is very upbeat which signified happiness. This movie in relation to others such as Toy Story represents the same motif, bonding, relationships, and determination. Both films grab the viewers' attention by using bright colors, and sound as texture to bring the film to life.