When I first saw the trailer to the sequel to "Finding Nemo," I freaked out and got way more excited than the children around me. The movie that I have seen hundreds of times throughout elementary, middle, and even high school was finally going to have a sequel. "Finding Nemo" is an instant classic for me and I was even more excited to find that it was going to be centered on Dory, my favorite character. Although I was extremely hyped, I tried not to have high expectations. Usually the sequel's to movies always end up being bad except for a few movies like "Shrek 2," "Despicable Me 2," etc.
After seeing the movie, I fell in love. It was so good! I loved how they showed Dory's story with her family. She was so cute as a baby! Since I was taking a summer class on students with disabilities at the time, I noticed that the story line really pushed the idea that Dory had a real disability so of course I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I felt like this film had a lot of special moments where it teaches kids about disabilities, family, love, and facing your fears. Although they did recycle the plot, instead having Nemo and Marlin try to find Dory, it felt like so much happened that you really didn't think about it. I like how they explored all throughout the Marine Life Institute of California.
They brought back many of the old characters from the first film that we all loved. Squirt and Crush make a special appearance as well as many new funny characters. As someone who has a hard time adjusting to even new characters on a TV show, I really did like these new additions!
My favorite parts out of this whole movie had to be the flashbacks that Dory had of her parents. The flashbacks were really cute and I might have got teary-eyed over some moments. The best had to be the happy reunion between Dory and her parents. I was waiting for it throughout the whole movie and it made me so happy that I was smiling like an idiot. Disney and Pixar movies never fail to amaze me.
When I went to see this movie, the whole movie theater was packed. Everyone of all ages came to see this movie but I felt that the 90s kids were more excited than anyone. We've been waiting years for this movie. I was surprised with how much I liked this movie and I can't wait to see it again! If you haven't seen this movie, do so now. Just like "Finding Nemo," this is definitely a movie that I will be watching hundreds of times.
