Pixar's Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2016)

Okay, this is going to be a hard movie to talk about. This movie is the closest thing to universally loved that you can get and many other better reviewers have already reviewed this. With that out of the way, it's about time I review a Pixar movie. It also happens to be favorite Pixar movie and it just so happens to be getting a sequel that at the time of writing, is coming tomorrow for me. I love pretty much everything about this movie from beginning to end. Well, my one big problem with the movie, which is borderline nitpicking, is the first like 3 minutes. So for the 5 people who haven't seen this movie, it opens with a happy couple who are expecting kids. They act all sweet for a bit and then a barracuda comes out of nowhere and eats the mother and the 400 unborn children. You now for kids! Jokes aside, this scene is way too intense for even me today. Every time I watch the scene, I burst out crying and last time that happened was in a class full of preteens. Yeah, this is a personal problem but it's thankfully a small problem and the scene that follows is absolutely beautiful. Thankfully, the rest of the scene is a little tamer but still very emotionally involving. The story itself is fairly simple but emotionally charged. It's a very relatable situation even if the viewer isn't an adult. The thing that helps, is every character is memorable and relatable, especially my favorite of the bunch, Dory. There's a reason Finding Dory is a thing outside of profit. It's because Dory was the most loved character in the whole movie. She is funny, sweet, fun-loving and of course she forgets things very easily. I always loved that aspect of her character and I relate to her a lot. I also have to give a shout out to the underrated "tank gang." Each of them have very unique and fun personalities and each are distinguishable and love-able. I also have to marvel over the animation in this movie. The water looks like real water! Yet, the cartoony characters don't look or feel out of place in the very realistic ocean. Overall, this is one of my favorite movies of all time and I can only hope that the sequel will be good.