Worth seeing more than once

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2004)

One Friday night I was sitting at home when my phone rang. It was two friends of mine asking me to see a movie with them. I went online and checked the movie schedule and noticed a severe lack of movies that three intelligent sixteen-year-olds would really be interested in seeing, but as it was a Friday night and all of us were sitting home alone, we settled on Shark Tale. During and after the movie I was pleasantly surprised to find that Shark Tale was far more enjoyable than any of us had imagined. We have all been quoting it for a week.
When reading the reviews, I was extremely surprised and annoyed to find that most of the people writing these reviews see it as a cheap Finding Nemo copy. To be frank, that is what I originally imagined it would be, but after seeing the movie, my mind has been changed. The fact is that Shark Tale and Finding Nemo are far too different to be compared. Granted there are similarities, but they are things like: they are both set under the sea, and the main character of both is a fish. Using these kinds of comparisons, I could say that Dog Day Afternoon is a copycat of Bonnie and Clyde because the main characters of each movie are bank robbers, and they are shot in the end. Like those of Dog Day Afternoon and Bonnie and Clyde, the plots of Shark Tale and Finding Nemo bare very little in common. A basic outline of the plot to finding Nemo is a little fish is lost and his dad swims across the ocean looking for him. I don't know about you, but to me that shows little resemblance to Shark Tale, where a fish pretends he kills a shark so that he will gain money, power, and respect. The only thing they have in common is the word fish. I can understand that people would not be fans of Shark Tale, but to say that it is a copy of Finding Nemo is just ridiculous, and anyone who actually paid attention to the movie will tell you so.
Overall, I would certainly recommend this movie to anyone looking for a fun movie. It was definitely worth the time and money I spent to watch it.