Guest Blogger: Hailley Movie 1

In the 2003, Disney/Pixar movie, Finding Nemo, Nemo a young clown fish is at his first day of school. Later after getting angry at his father Marlin, Nemo swims off of the reef where predators lurk. Instantly Nemo is snatched by a diver. Frantically, Marlin swims after his son but never catches up to the boat, instead he meets Dory, who has short term memory loss but is determined to help Marlin find his son. Meanwhile, Nemo is taken to a dentist where he is meets other fresh water friends who hatch up a plan to get the scared Nemo back to his dad. Nemo is not the only one that goes on an adventure, Marlin and Dory meet some interesting characters such as Crush and Squirt who are sea turtles and sharks such as Bruce who are in a ‘Fish are friends not food’ club. Ellen DeGeneres was the voice of the scatterbrained and forgetful Dory who showed her incredible talent bringing an animation to life just by her voice. The voice of Nemo was Alexander Gould and surprisingly he is only a child even though he shined making this scared clown fish to life. Dory is one of the main characters who help Marlin on the adventure to find his son Nemo. Though she has short term memory loss she overcomes obstacles that eventually helps the find the young clown fish. Another memorable character is the hippie sea turtle, Crush. Crush is one of the friends Marlin and Dory bump into along the way of finding his son. Crush has many children sea turtles including Squirt a rambunctious whose favorite word is ‘dude.’ Many themes in this movie include the importance of family and friendship along with determination. Viewers walk away after seeing this movie and see how a father is determined to find his son even though he disobeyed and how helpful it is to have friends to help you find your son or way in life. I completely agree with the critics opinion about the movie because they applauded the talent that went into making this movie along with the amazing voices that made an animation come to life. Finding Nemo is worth anyone’s time even if they are not a child; even an adult can learn something and appreciate their own family along with the animation that created this family film. Finding Nemo is not just a movie that you should watch once; therefore I encourage anyone to purchase the movie because every time you watch it you will notice something new either about the characters or parts of the scenery due to the animation.