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I managed to get a bunch of work out of the way in the AM yesterday so that I could get a new pair of tires. Feeling efficient, I realized I could also catch a matinee, so I went over and saw, "Nemo."
Fun movie, though it suffered from two things: filmmakers trying too hard to equal or top previous (Pixar) successes and EVERYONELOVEDTHISMOVIEALOT over-expectations. Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed Nemo and felt it worth admission, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I had expected to. Part of the problem was pacing: they went so fast and furious that a lot of the character development was nearly lost in the shuffle. I think the film would have been a better movie if Nemo was lost somewhere closer to home, and that it was a search more than a race to find him.
Oh, and I agree with Martes wrt the scientific inaccuracies. I'm usually pretty forgiving, but I do have my buttons, like whales blowing water out of their "blowholes". *rrrrgh!* And if I was an Aussie, I'd be offended that the filmmakers imply that raw sewage is routinely piped right out into the ocean...!
Two words on how "Hulk" could have been a great film: "HULK SMASH!"
Oh, and to kill two birds with one stone: I chose a theater that was also showing "The Hulk", timed so that when Nemo ended I would be about 30 minutes into Hulk. I had an advance warning of what kind of film it was and all I wanted to see was Hulk fighting mutant dogs. Ack! Even the fifteen minutes I of "character set up" I had to sit through was interminable!!! What were they thinking?!! This isn't Shakespear or some historical demon that needs us to see his childhood (so we can understand how he became an Evil Person). This is Hulk! Hulk Smash.
Well, the mutant dog fight would have been nice if I could have seen them... it takes place in the dark. And they obviously didn't spring for practical props, because there is no reference to them after the fight. She's a nerdy scientist! Even some scientific/nature minded friends of mine would have been poking around the carcasses out of curiousity!
Fortunately I was able to escape right after that. Phew! Way too long... stick stuff like that in the "Director's Cut" or something!
Fun movie, though it suffered from two things: filmmakers trying too hard to equal or top previous (Pixar) successes and EVERYONELOVEDTHISMOVIEALOT over-expectations. Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed Nemo and felt it worth admission, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I had expected to. Part of the problem was pacing: they went so fast and furious that a lot of the character development was nearly lost in the shuffle. I think the film would have been a better movie if Nemo was lost somewhere closer to home, and that it was a search more than a race to find him.
Oh, and I agree with Martes wrt the scientific inaccuracies. I'm usually pretty forgiving, but I do have my buttons, like whales blowing water out of their "blowholes". *rrrrgh!* And if I was an Aussie, I'd be offended that the filmmakers imply that raw sewage is routinely piped right out into the ocean...!
Two words on how "Hulk" could have been a great film: "HULK SMASH!"
Oh, and to kill two birds with one stone: I chose a theater that was also showing "The Hulk", timed so that when Nemo ended I would be about 30 minutes into Hulk. I had an advance warning of what kind of film it was and all I wanted to see was Hulk fighting mutant dogs. Ack! Even the fifteen minutes I of "character set up" I had to sit through was interminable!!! What were they thinking?!! This isn't Shakespear or some historical demon that needs us to see his childhood (so we can understand how he became an Evil Person). This is Hulk! Hulk Smash.
Well, the mutant dog fight would have been nice if I could have seen them... it takes place in the dark. And they obviously didn't spring for practical props, because there is no reference to them after the fight. She's a nerdy scientist! Even some scientific/nature minded friends of mine would have been poking around the carcasses out of curiousity!
Fortunately I was able to escape right after that. Phew! Way too long... stick stuff like that in the "Director's Cut" or something!
