Friday, October 7, 2016

My Experience With... Finding Nemo

(I wrote this a long time ago, and was too lazy to edit it.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am planning on watching Finding Dory, which I hear is pretty amazing (I guess Pixar’s regained its magic touch with making movies and movie sequels), so I figure why not tell you about the original film?

You may have guessed by now that I enjoy movies. I do! Retro, animated, family, Christian, and independent / low-budget are my favorite genres. I used to go to the movies practically every weekend by the time I was a teenager, usually with my Dad. Mom would occasionally watch one in the theatre with me or with me and my Dad, but sitting in a dark room looking up for two hours at a gigantic screen that could for all intents and purposes be messing up your vision bit by bit was not her idea of fun.

You may stop singing the song from
The Swan Princess, thank you.

The first movie I saw in theatres was actually a Disney/Pixar film, but it wasn’t this one. Anyway, my Dad took me to see Finding Nemo, and I remember getting a little bit upset with him because he fell asleep several times during the film, including the beginning.

Like, SERIOUSLY.

Finding Nemo starts with a fish named Marlin and his wife Coral, who are the proud owners of a nice sea anemone with an oceanfront view. They are also proud soon-to-be parents. Coral likes the name Nemo for her kids, and Marlin agrees to name one of them that, even though he prefers that most be named Marlin, Jr.



Men...

Their bright future is thrown into oblivion, however, when a barracudda attacks, knocking Marlin unconscious as it eats his wife and all the eggs but one.

1) This is about as heavy as the beginning 
of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
2) See? Up wasn’t the first Pixar
film with a depressing beginning.
3) Wait, this was rated “G”???

A distraught Marlin wakes up to find his wife nowhere to be found, and finds one surviving egg out of over 400. He names him Nemo, in his wife’s memory.

These events, unsurprisingly, cause Marlin to be a very paranoid, overprotective father, much to the chagrin of his adventurous son, who has an underdeveloped fin due to the accident. Time passes, and Nemo heads off for school with his nervous wreck of a father. Marlin gingerly drops him off at school, but when he finds out that the teacher is taking the class somewhere dangerous, he flips out and goes to find Nemo. Marlin does find him, but in a series of rebellious events, Nemo ends up captured by a fisherman. This starts the adventure we know and love today, plus how we’ll end up with Finding Dory.

This movie was awesome. Classic lines, nice characters, and Dory cracked me up. Oh, and how many times have I sung that song of hers with friends or tried to “speak whale”?

Then, of course, this joke:




So funny.

I even remember being in a shoe store, and these three cute guys (probably significantly older than myself) who worked there quoted the Sharks once. I perked up, and my Dad mentioned that I had seen the movie several times (ugh, so embarrassing!!! Lol).

Overall, five thumbs up, plus one “lucky fin.” I’m looking forward to watching Finding Dory with my galpal / movie buddy Sarah (you may remember reading about her from the Annie post).

Okay, Pixar, you’ve won my trust back with original films, and I’ve heard that this was the best sequel you’ve done in a while, but still...

Please don’t mess it up.
Please don’t mess it up.
Please don’t mess it up.

Ciao!


What’s you’re favorite 2D animted feature? What’s your favorite 3D animated feature?

No comments:

Post a Comment

My Experience With... Going to a Salon (Natural Hair Journey part 2)

Over 5 years ago, I decided to start a blog when I had a terrible situation regarding Wen hair products. It isn't my first hair horror ...