Bumbler Survives To A Happy Ending.

Rating: 5/10 (2 July 2016)

Adventure in Fantasyland sums this up. It's cute, it's cuddly, it's silly. It's a cartoon. It's Disney.
So, stay on the surface if you want to enjoy this movie but don't dive deeper into it b/c it's unpleasant.
Every movie has a villain/difficulty for the protagonist to overcome. Dory's short term memory loss is the "villain". It separates her from her loving parents and plagues her throughout the movie with a gnawing sense that she's not where she's suppose to be. It causes her to trust strangers, some who are natural predators - one who does not have her best interest but eventually gives into her plight. The message: Even predators will help you if your persistently cute and innocent. Not a good message in reality.
Her memory loss leads her into dangerous situations as she is physically lost. But the main, clear message is "Just bumble along in life, you won't get hurt, and everyone is there to help you. Life is a happy adventure." The reality is she would have been victimized or killed each step of the way.
Inaccuracies abound. Salt water fish surviving in fresh water. Sea Urchins in a touch and play tank - ouch. Shark whale called a whale. A fish has the capability to read English but can't remember moment to moment - that's just stupid.
More and more movies are coming out that are too much like video games. Action without consequences. Story lines abandoning reality - even physics and the natural laws - promoting moralities based upon dangerous falsehoods. First thing you learn in middle school English is "What is the moral of the story?" What IS the moral of this story? It's not just wrong, it's dangerous.
So, if you really want to enjoy this movie just be like Dory! Just bumble along for the ride and don't think much. La-la-la. Weeeee.