Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Stanton from a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe. Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the first Pixar film to do so, and 47 other awards, with a total of 48 awards between 2003 and 2015. The film's inspiration came from Stanton's experiences over his life. First, he remembers seeing the fish tank at his dentist's office, thinking that the fish wanted to go back home to the ocean. Then, shortly after his son was born, he took a trip to Marine World and felt that the underwater world would look beautiful in computer animation. A few years later, he took his son for a walk but realized that he was too overprotective, losing an opportunity to have a father-son experience that day.
The movie tells the story of an overprotective fish named Marlin who, along with a fish named Dory, searches for his missing son Nemo. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself. In 2008, the American Film Institute named Finding Nemo the 10th greatest animated film ever made. In 2016 a poll of international critics conducted by BBC, Finding Nemo was voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2000. Finding Nemo was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, with revenue of $921 million. Finding Nemo became the best-selling DVD of all time when released on DVD, reaching 40 million copies sold - I helped contribute to that! I own the BluRay 3D version and have watched it a few dozen times. No regrets. Digressing, one of Nemo's defining features is his shrunken fin, named his 'lucky fin.' Why does he consider it a 'lucky' fin, and how does it shelter Nemo and Marlin from the world?
Marlin likes to remind Nemo that swimming in the ocean is dangerous and an activity that should be feared. It would only make sense to include characters with damaged fins throughout the movie. Nemo's right fin is his 'lucky' fin, meaning that it's smaller than the typical size fin. It was damaged when he was still an egg during the barracuda attack at the movie's beginning. After being kidnapped by the clueless dentist, Nemo meets a group of… interesting fish in the fish tank. Gill, the big boss, helps Nemo realize that he can do stuff with his fin. Take this line of dialogue:
GILL: Nobody touch him! Nobody touch him.
NEMO: Can you help me?
GILL: No. You got yourself in there. You can get yourself out. Keep calm. Alternate wriggling your fins and your tail.
NEMO: I can't. I have a bad fin.
GILL: Never stopped me. Just think about what you have to do.
It's then revealed that Gill's fin is entirely ripped, stating that he fell on dental instruments attempting to escape. But he's swimming just fine. He doesn't complain either. Gill serves as a mentor for Nemo in a way that Marlin couldn't be. Not only does this movie serve as some representation for kids with disabilities (I'm not saying that it's a great one, being that they're fish, not people), it shows the parents the effects of being overprotective of their kids. Being overprotective doesn't necessarily protect their children; it will probably cause an outburst and rebellious behavior.
Marlin has told Nemo his whole life that he isn't capable of the same things as other fish because of his 'lucky' fin. He can't swim well, can't get out of trouble by himself, and needs dad around to protect him all the time. On the other hand, Gill teaches Nemo that his small fin doesn't matter, and he can still do the same things as other fish. Nemo's fin isn't lucky at all. But, it does teach Nemo that in the vast ocean, he doesn't need luck. He just needs to keep swimming.
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