Description: A comic catch from the studio that brought you Shrek, Shark Tale is a hilarious hit and "a wonderful under-the-sea adventure for movie lovers of all ages!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood)
Oscar (Will Smith), a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes an improbable hero when he tells a great white lie. To keep his secret, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian shark, Lenny (Jack Black), and the two become the most unlikely of friends. When his lie begins to unravel, it’s up to Oscar’s loyal friend Angie (Renée Zellweger) and Lenny to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water (Robert De Niro) and find his true place in the reef.
Amazon.com: When a shark accidentally clobbers himself, a small fish named Oscar (voiced by Will Smith, I, Robot) just happens to be around, prompting everyone to believe that he killed the shark himself. This lie soon makes Oscar a celebrity, worshipped by the general mass of fish, wooed by a glittering golddigger (Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted), missed by his best friend (Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain)--and hunted by the godfather of great whites (Robert De Niro, Goodfellas). Can a vegetarian shark named Lenny (Jack Black, School of Rock) get Oscar out of this mess? The formulaic story of Shark Tale never reaches the giddy heights of Pixar's output (Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., Toy Story) or the freewheeling comedy of Shrek, but it's capably told and impeccably animated--the sheer technical skill is stunning. Kids won't get the mobster jokes or the other pop-culture references, but they'll enjoy it nonetheless. --Bret Fetzer
A Tall Tale Shark Tale is one hour and thirty minutes long and was released on October 1, 2004. Shark Tale tells the story of Oscar (voice by Will Smith) who dreams of being somebody, but in real life is nothing than a loser, dreamer of get rich schemes, and tongue scrubber at the Whale Wash. One day Oscar is called into the office Sykes (his boss) and Sykes wants the 5,000 clams he owes him so Sykes can pay protection money to Don Lino (a great white shark). Angie (voiced by Renee Zellweger) gives Oscar a pink pearl so he can sell it and repay Sykes. Oscar uses the money to bet on a sea horse and when the sea horse loses, Sykes orders Bernie and Ernie (a couple of jellyfishes) to take Oscar to the Wasteland and dispose of him. Bernie and Ernie are soon frightened away by a pair of sharks. Frankie is trying to turn Lenny into a mean killer shark. They spot Oscar tied up and Frankie orders Lenny to eat Oscar. Lenny swims over there and frees Oscar and when Frankie finds out, he swims over there to do it himself. While swimming over there an anchor lands on Frankie and kills him. Lenny swims away in grief and when Bernie and Ernie return, Oscar tells them a lie that he killed the shark. Oscar soon become a local hero and becomes somebody. He finds out that it is not really the life he dream about and wises up to tell Angie that he loves her. Angie is kidnapped by the shark mob and Oscar, Lenny, and Sykes must rescue her. In the end he tells the truth that he is not a shark killer and tells Angie that he loves her. The computer animation in Shark Tale is great. Included below are list of features that comes with this DVD. I am giving Shark Tale a B+.
Scenes DreamWorks Kid A) Club Oscar B) Fin-Filled Scenes C) Rock the Reef D) Must Sea Games E) DVD-ROM Audio Subtitles Special Features A) Rough Water B) Star Fish C) The Music of Shark Tale D) A Fishified World E) Gigi the Whale F) A Tour You Can't Reef-Use!! G) Filmmaker's Commentary H) Previews I) Cast J) Filmmakers New From DreamWorks Club Oscar
Ok, But Not Great. The animation is Ok. But the storyline is poor. It stalls, and meanders. The casual way mobsters are portrayed is not acceptable for kids viewing.
the ideal family movie This movie length cartoon holds the interest of children with action, color and cute characters. The dialogue, plot, special effects and music appeal to adults. Thus, I was able to watch this several times with my grandsons and found it immensely enjoyable. Some of the scenes are hilarious and none of the language is offensive. This is quality entertainment which I can not criticize.
Sometimes, I wanna take your big, dumb, dummy head, and just... nyhhhh! --------------------------------------- Angie: Sometimes, I wanna take your big, dumb, dummy head, and just... nyhhhh! [makes pounding motions] ======================================================
Shark Tale was an animated feature from Dreamworks, the company that brought you Shrek, but for all the talent involved in Shark Tale, there were mixed results. I think that it was a cute idea, mixing the gangster 'goodfellas' genre with hip hop and black culture--think Car Wash meets The Godfather--but it just didn't work because of some basic story flaws, and also because once the hip new slang or whatever comes out in a cartoon, it is by definition no longer hip. First, the problem with the story as I see it is that a vegetarian shark is just silly, and Jack Black doesn't really have much to chew on as Lenny. Also, how can a Hollywood ending really work? How can they all live happily ever after when a shark's nature is to eat the other fish?
------------------------ [Frankie starts humming the Jaws tune] Lenny: That song gives me the creeps! Frankie: What do ya mean? It's our theme song! [the Jaws tune starts to play, and the opening credits roll] =========================================
Now, Will Smith would be the person who could carry off a movie like this, as he even began his career as a rapper, but while he is appealing as Oscar, the whale wash worker with dreams of moving up in the reef, but is this really state-of-the-art Black Culture? Are Lava Lamps really de riguer for the well equiped crib?
------------------------- Oscar: Hi, I'm Oscar - you might think you know me, but you have no idea! Welcome to my crib - the good life, the way the other half lives! Check it out, I got my 60-inch high-def plasma TV with six-speaker surround, CD, DVD, Playstation and an eight-track for one of those days when you're feeling just a little weeka-weeka-weeka OLD SCHOOL, ha ha ha! Coz even a superstar Mac-daddy fish like me has to have the basic necessities! Shortie #1: Yeah, like money! ==================================
The music was good, but it was a lot more retro than current, in spite of Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Ludicris, Christina Aguilarri, Missy Elliot, and Ziggy Marley. There were good remakes of "Carwash" and "Got To Be Real" but do we really need to do The Hustle? All right, I admit, that it was interesting to see Robert De Niro as a shark doing The Hustle, but where was the hip hop they promised?
-------------------------- Oscar: Sykes! My brother from another mother! ========================================================
It is funny that Martin Scorsese was actually the best hip hop talker, and his character of Sykes, a blowfish with his trademark Martin Scorsese eyebrows, was cute, but is he the best they could do?
----------------------------- Sykes: Come on, snap your fin. Snap it. You're not snapping it. Don Lino: I'm snapping it, I'm snapping it! Sykes: That's okay, a lot of great whites can't do it, yo. Don Lino: Yo? Sykes: Yo, what's up? Don Lino: What's up with what? Sykes: Yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo-yo... Don Lino: Hey, you say "Yo" one more time, and I'm gonna yo you. Sykes: I'm sorry. ==============================================
There were some cute characters in Shark Tales, like Ernie and Bernie, two jellyfish with tentacles as dreadlocks, and Angelina Jollie as the the seductive gold digger fish Lola, and there were entertaining musical numbers, some good jokes, great animation--but the story didn't really work. Still, it was a cartoon, not Shakespeare.
Will Smith ... Oscar (voice)
Ali (2001) .... Cassius Clay / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali Six Degrees of Separation (1993) .... Paul
Robert De Niro ... Don Lino (voice)
GoodFellas (1990) .... James 'Jimmy' Conway [Directed by Martin Scorsese] Taxi Driver (1976) (as Robert DeNiro) .... Travis Bickle
Renée Zellweger ... Angie (voice)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) .... Bridget Jones
Jack Black ... Lenny (voice)
School of Rock (Widescreen Edition) (2003) .... Dewey Finn High Fidelity (2000) .... Barry
------------------------ Oscar: Big shark comes at me. Seventy-five, hundred feet long, with razor-sharp teeth. I say to him, "You coming at me like that? You come at the O like that?" Angie: Hey, do the muscle thing! The muscle thing! Oscar: Oh, right. So I say, "You see this guy?" [points at right bicep] Oscar: "Well, he has a brother who lives right over here." [points at left bicep] Oscar: "And I think it's time for a little..." Oscar, Angie: Family reunion! ===============================================
Shark Tale Ordered a used copy, so was quite inexpensive, arrived a day earlier. DVD was in great condition. Great value for money. Very satisfied!
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