Shark Tale V/S Finding Nemo the Battle Between Pixar and Dreamworks

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It's impossible to watch Shark Tale and not think about Finding Nemo. Shark Tale, which features three credited directors and four credit writers, has the humor of a typical mid-'70s-era Tonight Show episode. It's bland and broad. Shark Tale's attempt at keeping adult audiences interested - you know, instead of being funny - is to have computer generated characters look like the people providing their voices. So we get Robert DeNiro as a shark with a mole on his cheek; Martin Scorsese as a puffer fish with huge, bushy eyebrows; and Will "2K" Smith as an ambitious yet lackadaisical fish named Oscar with sticky-outy ears, and a big, irritating mouth. The comparisons between Oscar and Smith don't end with the physical resemblance, either. Oscar, like his real life counterpart, becomes famous for perpetrating a hoax. Where Smith's swindle involves the premise of legitimate talent, Oscar - he's named after the award Smith will never win - cons his ocean mates into thinking he has the ability to kill sharks. He doesn't, of course - Oscar's legend grows after being in the right spot at the right time when a dropping anchor takes out a pursuing shark who happens to be the son of an underwater Don (DeNiro). Oscar claims he shook up the world, and the balance of oceanic power takes a fairly decent tilt The rest of Tale involves Oscar trying to keep up the rouse, with the help of the Don's other, slightly effeminate son (Jack Black) and a co-worker who has had a crush on Oscar for years (Renée Zellweger). Things play out predictably, only with more product placement than one might prefer. Unlike Nemo, , you’re listening to A-list voice talent, which is the one area DreamWorks, can claim victory over Pixar., The characters look odd and frightening where Pixar's are cute and cuddly. I found an article that stated “If you feel like you've seen Shark Tales

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