I loved it, I loved it, I loved it! What movie are we talking about again?

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2003)

If you or any children you know have enjoyed a Pixar movie in the slightest, you owe it to yourself and them to go see this amazing movie. It is literally laugh out loud funny. I thought that Ellen DeGeneres was a hoot and her character alone is worth seeing the movie for. Kudos to Pixar on getting such a wonderfully talented actress to play this role, as well as all of the others involved. Each character that is introduced throughout leaves you smiling. There wasn't one scene in this movie where I was bored with what was happening. It is surprisingly intense in some scenes, the shark scene coming to mind as I write this. The beginning of the movie is pretty dark as well but I won't reveal what happens except to say that it is a pretty grim way to start what is widely seen to be a kid's flick. In terms of technical achievements, the sound was awesome with directional effects coming at you from every which direction. The picture is unbelievable and even the most jaded viewer won't be able to help marvelling at how lifelike all of the characters are. The whole time I was watching the movie, I kept thinking to myself, "DVD? Hell yeah!" The story is just as good, if not better than any previous Pixar movie. What amazed me the most about this movie was the wealth of ideas that they had going on in it! I remember watching the trailer and thinking to myself, "How much stuff can they actually do underwater that we haven't already seen in other movies?" Trust me when I say you will be surprised at the overall creative brilliance of this fine film. It's very obvious that some serious brainstorming was going on during the planning stages. Pixar has one hell of a streak going on right now with Finding Nemo only strengthening their already impressive body of films and I cannot recommend this one enough. (Final note: my favorite scene was Gill (Willem Dafoe) describing his escape plan to the other fish in the aquarium. It had me in tears from laughing so hard!) Rating: ***** out of *****.