The Bus

Finding Dory

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US release: June 17

fumanstan

95% so far on RT (20 - 1)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/finding_dory/

TomOpus

This will clean-up at the box office. Fan of Ellen and Dory.

RichC2

Yeah, looks like it'll crack $100m+ this weekend

The Bus

Sequels are always a double-edged sword. It's great to go back into a world you enjoyed the first time, with characters you love. It's terrible when it's essentially a rehash of the earlier film.

Pixar has never quite fallen down the former path, but there's a big range between Toy Story 2 and Monsters University. (I have no plans to see any of the Cars films, so I can't comment on those).

The problem with Pixar is that their worlds are so imaginative that you can make the argument we miss out by having sequels and not going into bold new directions. Ratatouille was great, but a sequel in place of WALL·E would have taken that from us.

It's a problem of their own creation. You don't set the standard as high as “Is this better than the unanimously well-received film before it?” — you set it higher. “Is this better than a great new original Pixar film?”

And, no, c'mon, Finding Dory can't leap that bar. It's an impossible bar. But it's a very sweet, very sad, very moving, very funny, very entertaining film: Pixar through-and-through.

Brack

Considering how long ago Findinf Nemo came out, it's not like Pixar is completely milking it. I liked the first one a lot, but have seen it maybe twice. Then again I don't see many animated movies repeatedly anymore, save for The Lego Movie.

fumanstan

Glad to see it looks like Pixar made a sequel more along the lines of Toy Story 2 rather then Cars 2 or Monsters U.

TomOpus

The first Cars I really liked. But it helped that I shared the appreciation of old highways and how small towns are suddenly bypassed when a new highway is built. Cars references Route 66 and I used to live by the old route in Arizona. I remember as a child when the family would go to California we would go through a tiny town. Then, we stopped seeing the town. As I got older I then realized we had been using the new highway. Never saw that little town again. So that's a main reason I enjoy the movie.

Now Cars 2 was probably great for kids but I didn't like it nearly as much. Even with the spy theme. So, another big drop-off in quality.

dex14

This was fun and a worthy addition to Pixar's filmography.

Loved Idris Elba and Dominic West as the seals. Gerald.

BrewCrew

I can see what Bus is saying wondering what could of been if Dory wasn't made but it was made and I will judge it on that basis. It was a fast moving, funny and touching movie. Since it kind of has the same plot of the original I thought it might be tired but having the search take place in the Marine Life Institute was fun, refreshing and introduced new characters, headed by Ed O'Neill's octopus. I'll give it 4/5.

SmackDaddy

That trio was great. Really liked this, quite a few laughs nicely tempered by a little sadness, then back to happy without being sappy. The after credit seen was hilarious!

Yeah, I need a Gerald figure..

RichC2

This pulled $9.2m last night, that's a record for a Pixar "preview", Inside Out made $3.7m before opening to $90.4m.

tripplej

Dory will make its money and then some... We will check it out on the weekend.

Giles

it really is - is this a first for a Pixar feature having a post credit scene?

TomOpus

Off the top of my head Cars had one.

Orbi-Wan Techno

Possible Father's Day movie. Haven't decided.

Brack

^^^ This guy knows what he's talking about.

Cardsfan111

The family really enjoyed it.

I liked the connections to the previous film, though I was a little surprised Bruce didn't make an appearance.

milo bloom

We recently rematched the first one and I was really struck by how extraneous the shark sequence was. Sure it added to the challenges that Marlin had to endure but I think it could have been dropped from the plot and not hurt the movie at all.

Giles

Oh 'that' movie ...I fled the theater as the credits began

Deftones

Looks like it will open to $140+ million. smashed the previous animated movie weekend record

onebyone

I really enjoyed it. Loved seeing the old characters again, and enjoyed all the new ones too. Saw it at a sold out showing, with about 75 percent of the crowd being adults/teens with no children in sight.

In addition, the short before the movie "Piper" was just delightful. I adored it.

mapasu

Went with the family today, highly recommend.

Mabuse

Liked but did not love. Very funny movie. Lots of laughs. Monster University made me laugh a lot as well, in spite of being a really bad movie, and this is pretty much the same. Good jokes, not nearly as much heart as the first film, LOTS of fucking dialogue. WAY too much.

Qui Gon Jim

As a father of a 5YO, I'll say that Cars 2 gets better with repeat viewings. It is more of a spoof of the spy genre than racing. Still, LtCG is better in small doses. I like Cars 2 more than Monsters U. Finding Dory was better than both, but it has a literally impossible "heritage" to live up to.