*SPOILER ALERT*

I went to see Finding Dory yesterday with my friend. After 13 years, Dory has finally got to star in her own movie !! At this moment I am still very excited by the movie so I decided to write a review about it. I am not a movie critic so it may not be enough to be a review though, just some of my thoughts about the movie.

Before diving down the ocean, we started with the short film Piper. One big impression it laid on me was how real it looked. I knew it was an animation but still, every grain of sand, every bubble, every wave, and even the fur of the piper. In this short film, Disney still does what they do best, making such adorable creatures. Yes that little bird is soooooooooooooo cute !!


I knew it was going to be a great experience right at the moment Dory's voice first appeared. I even uttered, "The legendary voice!". Just so you know, I am not a hard core fanatic of Dory and Finding Nemo in the first place, I just felt kind of nostalgic to hear such a familiar voice again after 13 years in a whole new movie.


I also love how they still include Marlin and Nemo in the movie since usually for many spin-offs, there are independent storyline and even characters. Therefore, seeing Marlin and Nemo again along with Dory, it made me feel as if nothing had changed after more than a decade, and Finding Nemo was just like yesterday, with anxious father Marlin, playful little Nemo, and forgetful but optimistic Dory. I think that many people share the same feeling as I do, watching this movie is like a journey back to childhood.


As for other characters, I like them all, yeah just as simple as that. Again Disney's logic is weird but adorable at the same time. Destiny has severe vision impairment and always bumps her head into the wall, yet her neighbour is Bailey the beluga, who is gifted "the World's Most Powerful Pair of Glasses" and also the one with the swelling in the head. Also, at first I had known that octopus, or in this case Hank the septopus, could camouflage, I actually thought they got the idea of the chameleon. How dumb I was. Most funny one? I would say the sea lions trio. I don't really remember their names but how two of them bully the other one is really, sounds crazy, hilarious to me. However, I find it a little disappointing that the shark is not here.


By the way, the Kid Zone is absolutely CRIMINAL. It seems like according to Disney's logic, when it comes to fish, kids are the greatest villians. In Finding Nemo we have that little girl with orthodontics who is the most terrifying "villian" of all time, at least I think so. In Finding Dory, we have DOZENS and HUNDREDS of such "villians", well not with orthodontics anymore. And worse, ALL of them attack AT ONCE. No that kind of Kid Zone should never exist, NEVERRR.

Ok back to Dory. 13 years ago, Disney brought us to the journey of searching and rescuing little Nemo. However, after having watched Finding Dory, I realised that this movie is not about searching and rescuing Dory, but the other way around. It is Dory's journey to find her way back to every part of her family, not just her parents, but also Marlin and Nemo. Despite suffering from "short-term memory loss", after all those years, Dory still can find her way all across the ocean back home, just like how she helped Marlin find his son years ago. Moreover, the idea of following the shells throughout the movie is quite touching. Not only the daughter struggles to get home, but the parents also set out paths and wait for their child to come back and reunite with them. Call me a cry baby or anything, I really shed a tear watching that scene.


I have never been disappointed after getting to the cinemas to watch a Disney movie (or maybe because I have never watched a Disney's letdown, if any), and yesterday was just the same. The movie is worth everything that I put, the money, the time, and even the 13-or-less-year of wait.