Finding Dory

I don't know anyone who does not hold some affection for Pixar's "Finding Nemo".  Colourful, exciting, funny and the introduction to the great character of Dory.  Dory won so many peoples hearts back in 2003 with her love of life nature yet struggling with short term memory loss.

13 years later, and pretty much out of nowhere comes the sequel, Finding Dory.

Based a year on from the original, Nemo is now found and Dory has remained with the titular clown fish and his father, Marlin, although she seems to be having memories of her own family.  This leads Dory to search out her lost lineage and embark on multiple adventures with new friends whilst Nemo and Marlin chase after her.

There is very little new to add to the mix with Finding Dory, it is still very colourful and full of laughs just not as many or that original.  Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed our watery outing, it didn't fill me with the joy and wonder of the first expedition across the big blue.

Hank the septopus (an octopus with 7 legs) is a great addition to the cast and the three sea lions (especially Gerald) are a little treat, but it is the titular character that had the problems for me.  Dory's repetitious behaviour and spoken lines just started to wear thin by the end of the film.  In short doses in the original she was a great addition to the cast, but to hold pretty much the whole film on her own, it seemed to really slow down in parts.  I know this film is mainly aimed at a younger generation, but as the original was release over a decade ago, the older, nostalgic cinema goer is also adding to the ticket sales.

I know I should not be expecting great things from this as Pixars run of sequels is not that great (excluding Toy Story 2) with Cars 2 and Monsters University, but Pixar is Pixar and the bar is set so high with them by their own doing.