For me---having read the book in the new edition from the Naval Press, edited by Frederick Walter and Walter Miller---I can only state that this movie is almost a travesty of Jules Verne's visionary novel. It has never ceased to amaze me and puzzle me that Hollywood never seems to be able to leave well enough alone with important books and stories made into movies, but they have to change virtually everything the author has so carefully written. Do the producers and writers presume to improve upon the great authors? Do they feel that the original is too boring or too out of date for modern audiences? There are precious few books that have emerged from Hollywood unscathed, and this is certainly not one of them.
The film does have a few good qualities. But I was expecting a faithful adaption. Damn you Disney! I mean Nemo dies in the end! What the fu*k is up with that? And the professors journal is lost. It's not lost in the book. In the movie there really isn't any purpose for Nemo to be under sea other than escaping humanity. What the hell is he supposed to be doing under there? Go fishing? In the book Nemo wanted to escape but he also wanted to explore. My favorite part in the book is when they are trapped under the ice in the north pole. But that wasn't in the film was it? No! In stead we get a bullsh!t sub plot about slave camps and Nemo being a former slave. (or a former slave merchant? I forget) Anyway that is kinda his motive here. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW HIS MOTIVE!!! And they even go to an island where they built Nautilus. That was it for me. The movie was officially ruined.
Now this being a Disney movie it has to be child friendly. This is not a good thing if you've read the novel. This movie should have been done by Paramount or 20th Century Fox. They would have made it darker and more true to the book. In stead they made this travesty, juvenile, child friendly family film.
Don't watch if you're expecting a good adaption. But if you like adventure films then this is right up your alley.
6/10
The film does have a few good qualities. But I was expecting a faithful adaption. Damn you Disney! I mean Nemo dies in the end! What the fu*k is up with that? And the professors journal is lost. It's not lost in the book. In the movie there really isn't any purpose for Nemo to be under sea other than escaping humanity. What the hell is he supposed to be doing under there? Go fishing? In the book Nemo wanted to escape but he also wanted to explore. My favorite part in the book is when they are trapped under the ice in the north pole. But that wasn't in the film was it? No! In stead we get a bullsh!t sub plot about slave camps and Nemo being a former slave. (or a former slave merchant? I forget) Anyway that is kinda his motive here. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW HIS MOTIVE!!! And they even go to an island where they built Nautilus. That was it for me. The movie was officially ruined.
Now this being a Disney movie it has to be child friendly. This is not a good thing if you've read the novel. This movie should have been done by Paramount or 20th Century Fox. They would have made it darker and more true to the book. In stead they made this travesty, juvenile, child friendly family film.
Don't watch if you're expecting a good adaption. But if you like adventure films then this is right up your alley.
6/10