Finding Dory

We watched Finding Dory last night. I really liked Finding Nemo but after seeing it too many times it got old. Which it is by now, it was released 2003. Feels like not so long ago I watched it for the first time but honestly, I was only nine.

Spoilers ahead!

The sequel to Finding Nemo was very anticipated. Finding Dory had the name that said it was going to be another sea-crossing adventure, this time to find Dory. Not entirely correct. I would like to call the movie Finding Dory's parents, or Finding out who Dory is/was/came from. It was very confusing going back and forth in time with her memories coming back at the right moments to keep the plot going. The reason why she spoke whale felt pushed since for some reason only whale language could be heard in the pipes. I guess it had something to do with the low vibrating deep noise that all whales do. She met old friends whom she could not remember until she did, since short term memory loss works that way, at least in the movie. Eventually you remember...

Marlin and Nemo was in this movie as well, but for me they only felt in the way. They take care of her in their home, even though she can barely remember why (or so it seems). Once the movie gets to the "Sydney" of the first movie, they separate from Dory and have their own kind of useless adventure. After that they find her again, only to get themselves in trouble that she now has to save them from. The movie ends with a finale that only happens because they were incapable of being in the right place at the right time. I felt like they could have been left out of this movie or only make an appearance in the beginning. Instead they drag along and they felt really old.

Regardless of this rant I actually enjoyed the movie. Not as much as I had wanted but with low expectations it was pretty good. It had some humours elements, even though some were too obvious and felt too much. It was a somewhat interesting story of Dory's past, made sense and was overall very simple. It was beautifully animated, as are all Pixar movies nowadays.

As a sequel it was okay, but I think it would have been better as a standalone (only Dory, not Marlin and Nemo ruining it). John liked it too, a bit more than I did.

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John made dinner too. He made so much I was super full afterwards. One large chicken leg each and ribs to take whenever. A huge amount of mashed potatoes with chicken stock and garlic. A cream sauce that complimented everything. A small plate with a lot of vegetables and also a half avocado each. I am not complaining, this was really good! So good... John is really good in the kitchen but, maybe he makes too much food for two people.