Catch-up reviews: Finding Nemo, Matrix Revolutions

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After a long period where I didn't read or watch anything worth reviewing, I then entered a period where I did read/watch some stuff, but never got around to commenting on any of it. So, some catching up is in order. Films first:

Finding Nemo
Pixar, on form. Good natured and funny. I particularly enjoyed John Ratzenberger's bit-part as a helpful school of fish, which should really have been credited as "fun with flocking algorithms"

[aside: a few weeks back, slashdot was quoting reports that Disney is winding down on traditional cel animation in favour of CGI, saying "people want CGI", and citing Pixar's success as evidence. If true, this only confirms my opinion that Disney has lost the plot completely - it's the scripts, guys!]

The Matrix Revolutions
I enjoyed it, but it's nothing special. After the first half an hour, which feels like an even-more-disjointed version of Reloaded, Revolutions drops all the pseudo-philosophical claptrap and suddenly starts to function fairly well as a no-brain action movie. I'll just point to my comments on Reloaded and say: better as an action movie, less dodgy philosophizing, still a duff script. They even had the nerve to credit one actor's part as "Deus Ex Machina". Puh-lease.

Comments

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

Disney are suits. Suits never understand that what makes films successful are good stories, not sfx gimmicks, big stars, or whatever else is flavour of the month ....