Within the first 30 min you get the feeling of a life unfulfilled and only when the house takes off does the real movie begin-everything prior is set up and backstory. Once in paradise falls things pick up with doug and kevin added in the mix
Overall another well done movie by pixar but the backstory gives the movie a more sad tone than even marlin loosing his family-except nemo in that opening.
Perhaps pixar's testing how people react to different stuff like no talking for wall-e's intro and a life unfulfilled in up.