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ceci9293 · Benefactors Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Location: Austin, TX

Now THAT I'll point a finger at and frown. Sigh. Just because you make money doing something doesn't make it right. It makes it worse, even!

DF Bobo · Exemplars Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Location: Canada

well, at least it's clownfish which are readily bred in captivity and not some rare kind of wrasse or something like that. the movie itself wasn't bad, the tank in the dentists office was bad, but I'd say the worst part is the people going out and sticking "nemofish" in bowls and not getting them a proper setup. but like I said, the protagonist could have been a king angelfish (holacanthus passer) instead of a clownfish.
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invertmaniac · Regulars Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Location: Wheaton IL

I wanted the manta ray teacher to eat everyone
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I loved Finding Nemo!!! One of the true Pixar greats!

Now, bear in mind, PIXAR did not design the film to be picked apart by fish tank purists!! LOL I kind of wondered why I couldn't put a few red tailed sharks in with neons since Finding Nemo had a Blowfish and Angelfish together, and everything was cool! Laughing

Aside from that, the film was visually stunning! Watch Toy Story and compare it with FN...what a difference a decade makes in animation!

DORY RULES!!

fiffy · Regulars Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Location: Arizona

but toy story was a far better movie.

Shai · Regulars Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Location: Calgary, AB

I really liked Finding Nemo. It was this movie that (partially) inspired me to get back into fishkeeping.

But I agree, it's too bad that so many people went out afterwards and bought clown fishes and blue tangs and who knows what else without knowing how to properly care for them.

PIXAR and Disney may not have done their homework, but most movies have many errors like that in them; for all their good intentions, sometimes they just don't have the time/resources/inclination to *really* get it right; they're too busy spending their millions on the special effects. Average Joe won't know the difference.
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Danikins · Regulars Joined: 19 May 2006 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canda

Angela G. · Regulars Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Location: Florida

Nova_C · Exemplars Joined: 03 Nov 2004 Location: Calgary, AB

A lot of the 'mistakes' in movies like Finding Nemo aren't mistakes but concessions to the story. Pixar brought in an expert in aquatic physiology so that they could make the movements of the fish realistic and they guy had problems with how the pectoral fins were being moved.

They told him, "Well....fish can't talk."

In other words, certain allowances have to be made in order to tell the story. The kind of self righteous condescension that always erupts after movies are released (Apocalypto, anyone?) is misplaced. It's a story.

There were a lot of abandoned dalmations after 101 Dalmations came out. The only way to prevent this is pretty much to say you can't use animals in film in any way, shape or form. Which is worse, in my opinion.
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