Comparisons are not fair

Rating: 6/10 (16 February 2005)

I've seen in a lot of comments on Shark's tale that many reviewers says Pixar's Nemo this, and Dreamworks' Shrek that. Well, I think that comparisons are not fair. This film has pretty much edge (maybe not as much as any of those), but overall I believe it stands on it's own for all the elements and details it contains. I didn't think once on Finding Nemo watching this because the story, besides being underwater, it's solid enough to capture your attention, and it has to do also with the great cast in voices and the terrific job they've done. The only thing I agree with is that Dreamworks' tends to be more adult oriented in it's jokes, and despite I prefer Pixar in many entries, it's because of that (it's humor) that I enjoyed this one a lot, adding the scenarios, the metaphors they use, it's satire on mobsters, the well rounded characters despite their motivations (and I also loved the strong resemblances with the ones whom put the voices on, at least De Niro, Scorsese and Smith, which I consider it gave an extra in defining the character), and all the references in pop culture that whale with the "wash me" written on it was superb, and so it was Ernie and Bernie playing that Oscar's game on Playstation.
I'm not exactly new in animation, so I'd like to think of myself as someone who can recognize whether if a movie is good or not, so when I rented this one didn't expect much based on all the things I've read, but I'm glad to see that I was way wrong. One could argue that it may be due to my low expectations, but I don't think so. I liked the story, the animation, the gags, the characters, and so on. I know it's not a masterpiece, but I chuckled hard with the little details thrown every now and then, and did it harder with the humor displayed by Lino, Lenny, Oscar, Ernie and Bernie. I rented Shark tale to see if it was worthwhile, but now I must have it.