A Tale Of A Nobody

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2005)

I thought Shark Tale would be much similar to Finding Nemo, but after watching the movie I must say that its predecessor was way too good.....
The one thing which maybe was a little more enjoyable than Nemo, was the script.... And that was expectable, since Will Smith had to have a funny script.... Tha animation and underwater graphics, is still the same if not a little better, than Nemo, but the entire story line is hopelessly weak.....
The story revolves around a tiny little fish, Oscar, who aspires to be the most popular fish of the reef, but hasn't got the capability.... He owes loads of money to his boss, who decides to get rid of him... He orders his henchmen, 2 jellyfishes, to scratch him, but whilst they were planning, a shark comes out of nowhere, to have a bite.... Here in a an accident of the most freakiest kind, the shark dies.... But this shark was no ordinary shark, he was the son of the mafia don..... Maddened with grief, the dead shark's younger vegetarian brother, goes away, and stumbles upon Oscar.....
From here on, the story goes on revolving upon the love interest of Oscar, and how he gets everything okay between, the sharks and the fishes.... The movie has parts which are sure to remind you of the godfather, and Robert DeNiro, gives an amazing performance as the shark don.....(For instance the don's right hand man's name was Luca, remember The Godfather) Also, Jack Black gives another great role as Leni, the vegetarian shark.... Renee Zelwegger's role as Oscar's love interest is also, very good and stellar, Angelina Jolie's small role as the illustrious Lola, the sex doll, is also pretty good, Martin Scorsese, does a cameo, as Oscar's boss, but doesn't create much of a mark to the movie.... And lastly Will Smith, well basically this was his movie and his voice gave a new life to Oscar, the shark slayer, and he brought the character to life, giving him the cool attitude that he is known for, and that may well be the only thing worth watching for in Shark Tale, otherwise a pretty forgettable movie.........
7/10 from me.....