FINDING NEMO - A Genuine Human in Every Fish!

It's been a while since the last time I got to sit down at home quietly and watch movie. This time, I was good to myself.

And I was glad I chose Finding Nemo to fill the hardly-found free time.

With a large cup of hot coffee in my hand, I filled my refreshing Sunday morning on the couch, watching Finding Nemo. Not that I haven't watch it before, but it really does get better everytime I watch it. Surprising.

Finding Nemo, is a story of a male clownfish, Marlin, who went thousands of miles looking for his rebellious little son, Nemo. In the midst of proving himself to his dad, Nemo got himself into trouble by being caught by divers. Marlin, unable to accept the lost, decided to travel throughout the sea to find Nemo and take him back home. Nemo was kept in an aquarium by the diver, who happened to be a dentist. 

Marlin's journey was no smooth sailing. He was accompanied by Dory, a female blue fish with short-term memory lost. Though not able to remember Nemo's name, Dory proved her loyalty and was Marlin's most helpful company. Together they roamed around the ocean and went through unimaginable adventures in search of Nemo. 

They took on 3 sharks, swam through a bunch of jellyfish and defeated a scary-looking fish that had all its sword-like teeth protruding outside its mouth. Apart from this, they went through good things too; 








they met a group of sea turtles who helped them to find their way in East Australian Current (E.A.C). 

Meanwhile, Nemo's aquarium-mate, Gill, managed to throw Nemo into the dentist's 
sink hole and Nemo finally returned to the ocean. The fishy father-son then reunites and returned home.


The story was original. What I love the most about this movie is its presentation.


I found a genuine human being in every character in Finding Nemo. I saw a common man walking pass a neighbour and said "How's it goin' Bob?" in a form of a lobster. I found an extremely friendly buddy in a form of a sea turtle, Crush. I found an irresistably cute little kid, Squirt in a form of a baby sea turtle. I saw a real teacher in a form of a stingray.

At the same time, the ocean-ness life of all the characters were not reduced. A shark was still a predator though trying their best to be friendly to other fishes. A squid still inks and all other fishes are fishes. I am amazed at how all characters appeared to be human and fishes at the same time!


My greatest admiration was Ellen de Generes. She was excellent as Dory. I love the scene where she first met Marlin and appeared to be helpful by showing Marlin direction of where the diver's boat was heading. However, a split second after, she seemed to have forgotten what she was doing and accused Marlin of stalking her. She even said, "Wanna piece of me? Ha? Ha? Ha?" while striking some fishy-martial arts moves. I found it to be the funniest scene in Finding Nemo and love the fact that Ellen de Generes was the one doing Dory's voice. I don't think anyone else can do it better than Ellen. She was funny, loud and indispensable. Although she repeatedly annoyed Marlin for forgetting everything almost immediately, she was no doubt, Marlin's best friend and greatest company. Her friendly nature helps Marlin to reduce his stress and eventually they became good friends and looked out for each other. In Finding Nemo, I love Dory the most. She was still helplessly cute even when Marlin told her to leave so that he could continue the journey alone. 


The sea turtle was a heart-warming sight. Crush, father of Squirt, was a loving father and a helpful friend. He saved Marlin after he fought the jellyfishes and showed him the way to Sydney. Crush was cute and cool, a very loving father who allowed enough space for Squirt to venture in his life. There was a very short moment where Marlin learnt about fatherhood from 150-year old Crush. The relationship and bonding between Crush and Marlin was extremely heart-warming; Crush was indeed, a friend in need, that many people could just dream of having.


All the adventures turned Marlin into a better man, father, friend and member of the community. He lived up to his name (clownfish) by telling good jokes to his friends, he allowed some space for Nemo to grow up and was never again paranoid about the drop-off and develop a stronger bonding with his son. Dory lived nearby, and courageously, became good friends with the remorseful-vegetarian sharks. It was a happy ending.


In other words it was an extremely good family movie. One could learn about fatherhood, family, friendship and being helpful. Watch out for Ellen de Generes as Dory and Andrew Stanton as Crush. Excellent work and presentation. Highly recommended to all. 


RATING: A HUNDRED OVER TEN 100/10