Andrew Stanton

Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” is a visually stunning underwater adventure that follows comedic and eventful journeys of three fish. A father, Marlin, (Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo(Alexander Gould)- who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef. Along with Dory (Ellen Degeneres) a blue tang fish with severe memory loss, Bruce (Barry Humphries) a great white shark whose personality changes when his instincts set in, and many others impact the movie. The movie opens like all Pixar films with small…

Finding Nemo is a children’s movie, which tells of a clown fish named Marlin, who is a widower, and only has one son left after a predator attack. Nemo, the son of Marlin, went to school on the first day and ventured out into the open sea, despite the constant concerns from his dad not to. Nemo was then abducted by a diver and taken to a dentist office onshore in Sydney to live in a fish tank with the “tank gang.” Marlin then set out on an adventure to find and save his son, Nemo. On the way,…

Finding Nemo is a movie that begins with a family of fish. The mother and almost all of her eggs are attacked. The mother is killed along with all of the eggs, except one. The final egg left is named Nemo, and is raised solely by his father, Marlin. In the attack, Nemo was injured and now has one fin that is smaller than the other. He does not let his fin define him and calls it his “lucky” fin. After seeing his family killed, Marlin is very over protective of Nemo and is very nervous to let him…

Besides providing immense entertainment for both kids and adults alike, certain children’s movies, such as Disney Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, explore deep sociological concepts and structures found in our society. The movie successfully and simultaneously shows both structural functionalism and conflict theory - despite their stark differences - in the interactions between the ants and grasshoppers. Throughout the film, there are also instances that show the theories of false consciousness, collective…

In Doris Lessing’s short story, “Through the Tunnel”, the Lessing teaches the reader about setting and achieving them. “Through the Tunnel” tells the story of a young English boy named Jerry whose mother allows him to go explore the bay. He meets a group of local boys and ends up swimming them. While swimming with the boys, Jerry discovers that the boys are swimming through an underwater tunnel. Eventually, the boys go off somewhere else and leave Jerry alone. Upset and lonely, Jerry swims…

Liminal Shores, Agential Oceans After being reminded of Hayao Miyazaki’s film Ponyo in Mel Y. Chen’s Animacies, I became interested in the liminal or transitional properties of the seashore in Ponyo and A Tale for the Time Being. At the beginning of Ponyo, a young boy named Sōsuke finds the titular character as a fish trapped in a glass jar near the seashore. He breaks her free, slightly cutting himself, and Ponyo licks his cut and begins her transmogrification from fish into chicken, into…

Finding Dory, a film by Pixar Animation Studios is about a blue tang fish named Dory, where as a child, she got separated from her parents. She has short-term memory loss, so at first, when she got lost, she tries to look for her parents and asks other fishes for help but the fishes couldn’t help her because when they asked what are you looking for, Dory forgot what she is looking for. As time passed, she completely forgot about her parents. The only thing that she remembers is a song that goes…

Finding Nemo, an animated children’s movie from 2003, follows the odyssey of a young clownfish on his way back to his father. He is presented with a plethora of difficulties, all of which he overcomes with growing maturity. As Nemo progresses throughout the movie, he learns that genuine friendships and a home are fundamental to survival. Nemo lives in a vast ocean. It is portrayed as eerily soothing yet intimidating; in certain scenes the water is tranquil but empty. The utter lack of all…

Finding Nemo is the movie about finding a fish named Nemo by his dad Marlin. On his way too school, Nemo and his friends gets into a small competition where Nemo was challenged to swim into open ocean, but gets caught by his dad, who is over protective about him, because he has a smaller fin and cannot swim well in the open water. Nemo gets mad at his dad and goes into the open water, where he will be taken away by a diver. Since, then Marlin goes on an adventure in finding his lost son. On his…

Have you ever thought of Marlin from Finding as a hero? Marlin is the overprotective dad of Nemo. His wife was eaten by a barracuda which caused his overprotectiveness. He had to track down Nemo and find him when he was across the ocean. On his troublesome journey he met a blue fish named Dory. They faced many troubles like traveling through a field of jellyfish and being chased by a group of vicious sharks. Marlin is a hero for being adventurous for finding nemo, and loving because he cares…