I am going to be real honest here. I absolutely loathe animated movies. I think I hate them because they are so fake, and I find them boring. However, I do praise the animators who draw up all the scenery and characters because it takes hard work to do that. Okay, so I may be lying a tiny bit as I enjoy the animated princess movies (who doesn't) and I really loved "Gnomeo and Juliet" so much. I guess it depends on the story line of the animated flick but it is not the movie genre I would pick for myself if and when I watch movies.
This past weekend I saw "Finding Dory." Yes, I know it is an animated movie but I absolutely adore "Finding Nemo." So a few years ago I heard through the grape-vine that "Finding Dory" would be a thing. I got very excited because this movie would bring me back to my childhood, and I might have watched "Nemo" countless times at the frozen yogurt shop I work at. So when my friend asked me if I would like to see "Finding Dory" on a Sunday afternoon, I immediately texted him back and said yes. We may have been surrounded by little kids and their families in the theater, but I immensely enjoyed the film.
One of my favorite parts was that the audience got to see baby Dory for the first time, and I thought she was the cutest little thing with the baby voice that makes you melt. I really felt for her, at times this baby Dory broke my heart because her parents tried to make her remember things as she has short term memory loss that everyone one who has seen "Nemo" knows about.
There were some familiar characters that we have seen in the last movie as well as some new faces. One of the things that shocked me the most was where Dory was actually born. I will not tell you where she was born because I want you guys to get the same surprised reaction that I got when I was watching the movie.
Obviously as Ellen Degeneres plays the title character, you can expect some great laughs. It was funny because Degeneres speaks her lines so well, and she is naturally funny too. I really liked how it was Nemo's time for an adventure to find his friend. As everyone knows, Nemo was taken in the last movie. He seemed to enjoy himself, but his dad Marlin was protective as ever.
I may not have said a lot about "Finding Dory" because I am trying not to spoil this movie for anyone. But I do have to say it was the cutest and most funniest movie that didn't involve crude humor (after all this is a children's movie). But I definitely recommend this movie to anyone because when you watch it, you can't help but fall in love with the characters again when you first met them 13 years ago.