After 13 years since Pixar’s release of "Finding Nemo", "Finding Dory" is finally here! "Finding Dory" is a sequel of the original plot formed in "Finding Nemo." Back in 2012 when news got out that there was going to be a sequel to "Finding Nemo," it didn’t seem very necessary because "Finding Nemo" is such a great movie on its own, why ruin it with a sequel? Now, critics predict that "Finding Dory" could be the biggest Blockbuster of Summer 2016.
Grossing $136.2 million dollars in "Finding Dory’s" premiere weekend, the cinematic premiere easily surpassed the previous record holder, "Shrek the Third" with $121.6 back in 2007 for most grossed in its premiere weekend. "Finding Dory" still leaves the theaters packed with a crowd every night!
The director of the original motion picture, Andrew Stanton, returned as a writer and director for "Finding Dory," alongside Angus MacLane: co-director. You know the movie is going to be good when one of the directors are the same because they know the type of emotions that were conveyed during the first movie. Andrew Stanton certainly pushed the boundaries and made "Finding Dory" surpass "Finding Nemo's" high- set standard.
Of course, Pixar never falls short of reminding us the importance of our family and always has a theme of self-discovery and adventure. "Finding Dory" compliments the first movie in the sequel wonderfully. In "Finding Dory," Dory starts to remember her parents more than she ever did before and as she finds new clues, she meets both old and new friends on the way that want to help her in her voyage to find herself and her family.
One of the key factors why "Finding Nemo" was such a success was because Ellen DeGeneres was going to be the voice of Dory. The writers also thought that Dory was the character that portrayed the most suspense about herself, so they decided to make a second film focused around Dory finding her family. One of the main reasons why people loved the voice of Dory so much could've been because Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian, so it's already a given that "Finding Nemo" was bound to be funny. So to entice more "Finding Nemo" fans, they included Ed O'Neill as the voice of Hank the "septi-pus", Eugene Levy as Dory's dad Charlie, Diane Keaton as Dory's mom Jenny, and Ty Burrell as the Beluga Whale Bailey. Also, the director Andrew Stanton played the 150-year-old awesome turtle dude Crush in both movies! Since "Finding Dory" took 13 years to formulate, it also gave time for other generations to catch up with "Finding Nemo."
In a press release for the film, Ellen DeGeneres spoke about her long-awaited excitement for the premiere of the film.
“I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. I’m not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating Toy Story 16. But the time they took was worth it. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: It’s got a lot of heart, it’s really funny, and the best part is—it’s got a lot more Dory," DeGeneres stated,
One of the reasons why the film took so long was because, in the early years near 2003, Pixar didn't have the technology to create Hank. One scene alone featuring Hank took 2 years because it was a struggle to make his tentacles move fluidly. Also, artists had to shade Hank down to the very cell to make him camouflage correctly.
Being a sequel to Pixar's classic film "Finding Nemo," "Finding Dory" had to be absolutely perfect, and it certainly was!
