I’m sort of surprised! I heard the news. I had heard the rumors and all and wasn’t sure how a Finding Nemo follow-up would be. But then I saw the logo “Finding Dory”, and I pictured the “Nemo Egg” theme in my head. It seemed nice. Then I saw that Andrew Stanton, the director of the previous film was directing, then I saw that the script was described as particularly heart-warming.
I will hold out for this film. I’ve at least liked each Pixar film and loved pretty much all of them over time. Even if it may not seem like it could be good now to some, it will be. I’m almost 100% sure of that. Even if it’s not the best Pixar one, it will be good. That’s just how Pixar’s circle of life goes.
I’m kind of intrigued by the fact that the reaction here in the Pixar forum has been fairly more negative than that of the non-fans out there.
Normally, when they announce a new Pixar project, people take months to notice it, and most don’t even know of it until the release of the trailer. But with this one, everyone seemed to know just hours after the news hit. People I know talked with me about it and the social networks became full of chatter on the matter.
And not one of those instances has been negative. Everybody seems excited by the prospect, because they love Dory though they aren’t Pixar fans. Here, the positive reactions are scarce.
How can they make a Finding Nemo sequel? Just seems dumb. Pixar needs to make only one more sequel, The Incredibles 2, then they need to stop making sequels.
So I herd you guys don’t liek a sequel to Finding Nemo? :3
Haha, just ribbing y’all.
Personally I don’t mind a sequel, seeing the first is one of my favourite Pixar films of all-time. It’s also the one that started changing my perception of the studio - I hated it before Cars, cos’ I thought it was killing traditionally-animated films with CGI.
I also hated Cars 2 before its release (I ranted about how the trailer stole the theme from Vantage Point, how Pixar was going down the drain with sequels, et cetera). But it ended up being my favourite Pixar sequel of all-time. Well, I guess Toy Story 2 and 3 are the only other ones that have been released.
To all those who are hatin’ on it, I say give it a chance. Yes, we all want the Incredibles 2, but it seems the Brain Trust thinks otherwise. If they have a really good script for an Incredibles sequel, I’m sure they would make it. They probably haven’t thought of one yet (or are waiting to see how many fanfics we can churn out before they give in). I’d rather they don’t make a sequel to The Incredibles than they rush out to force themselves to think of one and it turns out lousy. Just think of Shrek The Third, for example, oh the horror!
Right now, they seem to think that Finding Nemo has more stories that deserve to be told. Besides, there are other original properties that are coming out like The Good Dinosaur and the Day Of The Dead untitled film (which I can’t wait to see, I wrote a post about how Pixar really needs to branch out and get more stamps on its “passport”).
To all those who are lovin’ it, remember that Pixar was once hailed for being original and Dreamworks was lampooned for being money-grubbing. Now the tables have been turned, and Dreamworks is the one creating original films (Turbo) or adaptations (The Croods, Rise Of The Guardians). And then you’ve got other studios like Blue Sky (Epic, another original property after a littany of Ice Age instalments) and Disney (Frozen).
It seems that Pixar is not immune to market forces, and must depend on sequels to keep it going. This seems to be a trend in the movie industry nowadays, as sequels rely on established characters and existing film assets, which save production costs and attract audiences familiar with the first movie.
Pixar is no longer the best film or even animation studio in the world. Not in my books. But is that a bad thing? Well, no. If anything, it’s humbling. It shows that Pixar is not infallible, that it relies on merch (Cars and Toy Story) and sequels for cash flow, and produces less-than-perfect flicks (Cars 2, with Pixar’s first Rotten RT rating and Brave, a film I highly anticipated but fell short with its conflicting messages and tepid storyline).
This announcement has pleased me in many ways because it shows that people no longer worship at the altar of Pixar. That a new Pixar film has, for once, created controversy and divided opinions during its announcement.
Personally, I’m comfortable with sitting on the fence. In fact, my wish to Pixar is the same as Anton Ego’s from Ratatouille: “Surprise me!”
And believe me, Pixar always surprises me, for better or for worse.
It’s cool. Toy Story gave the perceptive of all of us growing up. Which I appreciated… I was in college at the time the third one came out while fan girl-ing over the Haiyo Miyazaki Totoro montage. I think it makes me feel good with why I some time keep my toys. I make my boyfriend stuffed animals and he has his toys from when he was tiny. I guess for me it expands and as adults reminds us of things we need to not forget when we get to our kids in the future. I like that it has messages in there for children and adults.
They proved this when they started doing more sequels of their stories. I’m thankful it’s not Shrek and it got to adult in nature over time. At least you still keep the innocence with Pixar.
I don’t know about this, I feel like their only making this because she’s a populer character. If it is Pixar seemed to learn nothing from Cars 2. Mater was populer, they took him, made him the main character, a lot of people hated it, film considered first bad Pixar film. I think it’s like making Harry potter 8 and making Neville the main charcter just because he has a fanbase. Pixar is taking a risk here, if it backfires then people will have their doubts on Incredibles 2 if it gets made. It could work like Puss in boots did fro Dreamworks, but that’s the thing. Dreamworks and Pixar are diffrent companies, they think diffrently. I’m not saying it’s bad, but I’m not up for this. I like Dory, she’s great, but they should keep it between Marlin and Nemo. Toy Story knew what it was doing, Buzz had big parts and Andy had some parts as well, but in all 3 movies they kept Woody the main character. It was his series and they did the right thing by keeping it that way. If Cars 2 was about Lighting being the spy I see it doing a lot better. I also feel half of the movie will be Dory’s family doing like “who are you?”, “where am I?”, “Who am I?” What will get old fast when it’s a bunch of characters doing that, one is enough in my opinion.
I’m lukewarm about the film in general, but I do love Marlin and Dory, so it’s hard to be upset about getting to spend some more time with them. Nemo is still my favorite Pixar film from a purely visual standpoint. And, given how far Pixar has come since then, I expect this to be an absolutely gorgeous film. Fingers crossed that Thomas Newman will return to provide the score as well!
I really liked your post, TDIT and I pretty much agree with all of it. I mean, Pixar’s made an awesome Toy Story trilogy, or at least have made those events play out really well. My personal favorite of their’s is Toy Story 2. However, I love Cars 2 just as much. Those are the funniest Pixar films to me (for some reason, Pixar’s movies seem to get even funnier the second time around. It looks like Monsters University will continue that pattern).
I have similar feelings about Cars 2. I had a horrible first viewing with this movie, no fault to the movie itself. I read the reviews, and I felt pained. I said, “I don’t care, I insist this movie will be good”. But regardless of my optimism, those hurtful words from the reviews were stuck in my head the whole movie. I felt sick afterward because it didn’t make sense that it could be as bad as they said. Nothing I saw was bad, but I felt strange, almost like crying. Then I said, “No way, I know it wasn’t bad, I’m gonna give it another go”. So, instead of re-watching all the recent Pixar films up to that point like I did the first time, I re-watched all the old ones a film a day up to Cars, and then re-watched Cars 2 the next day. And boy did it feel so right! Nearly all of John Lasseter’s directing skills were obvious and clear, and I felt at home. Now, even though there is more logic than there is emotion here, I think it was more fitting than if it were hyped up to be a more serious drama like the last three Pixar films, plus Cars was already a deeper film so a change was nice. As good as Toy Story 3 is, I wish it would have gone more of Cars 2’s less-emotional route because it would have fit in a little better the original Toy Story’s as well as with the older Pixar films. (Also, this film taught me to never read reviews until after I’ve seen the movie, that way I remain completely unbiased aside from what I think in trailers).
The only thing that concerns me when Pixar announces a new sequel is if the director is the same and how much of the voice cast returns. I know it seems like it shouldn’t matter, but I think both of John Lasseter’s sequels are great because it makes sense that he would know well enough how to continue the worlds that he created. Also, I miss when old characters from a movie don’t reappear for the next sequel, especially if they were important enough to show up. That’s another reason why I love the “2” movies in particular. That’s also why I feel good about this one. The director, Andrew Stanton, returns instead of someone else, and it sounds like the main voice cast will return as well. Especially when the old director is at the chair, they seem to really want to get it right and not want to mess up what they had before.
Here’s something to consider. Sequels in general have been something to be concerned about because in Hollywood in general, naturally, some sequels were prone to being lazy with obvious exceptions before Pixar came (Star Wars, The Rescuers Down Under, etc.) However, Pixar came along and proved to make awesome movies at a time when some movies weren’t always the best. They proved that even sequels could be as good or better than stand-alone movies. And so far, people like their sequels (I don’t think that many people actually hate Cars 2. The only people who do seem to be the only ones who care to say so on the internet. Otherwise, the merchandise would not be so strong, it would not have been such a box-office success, and Cars Land would probably be less popular than it is today). And who knows? Perhaps the other animation studios will get the recognition they deserve these days and hopefully audiences will want to see each of the films as much as much as the Pixar ones.
Plus, the kids of this generation are gonna grow up saying “I loved those movies!”, buying all the toys and making video reviews of why those movies are such great sequels. So, I’m happy!.
Oh, one last question! I thought that the Dia de los muertos movie was supposed to come out around November 2015, but now this movie seems to have taken that spot. It seems unlikely that they’d both be released within a month of each other and The Inside Out comes out the summer of that year. So will the Day of the Dead film (which intrigues me more and more) be pushed back a year? Hopefully not cancelled. Or perhaps Finding Dory will be pushed back to the following summer?
I am not pleased by this news, though I was expecting a sequel ever since Andrew Stanton mentioned it. I’m not going to judge it until I’ve seen it, however I’m not pleased by it either.
I don’t know how to feel about this at this point. It’s too early to judge, but Pixar movies have been sub-par as of late. I’m still waiting for my Ratatouille sequel, though.
Ok so I was just thinking about the characters that could be included in Finding Dory and thought of a problem. Nemo’s voice character in Finding Nemo was Alexander Gould at the age of 9, he is now 18 and with a completely different voice. What does this mean? Will Nemo be included in the new movie? Will a new voice actor play the part? (Which I dont think can be done, because it will ruin everything).
I’ll think they’ll have a difficulty there. Unless fish grow much faster, which would be weir, considering, he could wait to go to school for another four years.
Or they could do what they did with Andy and recast him.
