Finding Nemo

Oh, Linda, so did I!

I also identified with the overprotective parent AND the adult fish with the disability.

It’s a great movie. Kinda strairy at the beginning though…

I loved it! Although my husband and I were questioning whether short term memory loss is really funny, and why does Disney always kill off the mom?

That movie was SOOOOO good! No, short term memory loss is NOT funny, but we learned that Dory could be just as helpful as a ‘normal’ memory-skilled fish — in fact, in the crucial last moment, she put together Nemo with her friend Marlin, and brought them together — plus, having one of those trick memories myself, tho not as bad as poor Dory’s, you have just GOT TO laugh or you’ll stop getting out of bed in the morning!

We watched this with our cub group, and all of us loved it! Crush, the sea turtle is my fave rave: ‘Dude, You gotta trust the little dudes — they’ll know when they’re ready!’ Oh, yeah, do I need to hear that now and again!

I think Disney kills Mama cuz she is usually the MOST tragic — and that allows Papa to come through and prove there is life after Mama…much more satisfying. And, since Mamas always ‘do it all’ anyway, (Sorry Dad and other Papas out there!) it makes for a much better character growth when Papa steps up to the plate and shows what he’s made of!

I liked every theme in this movie — and the animation, says my future animator who is now gazing into his fishtank with his sketchpad handy, is TO DIE FOR…

I, too, IMMEDIATELY identified with Nemo and equated him to the child with the LD and me (his overprotective parent). DON’T TRY it out in the big ocean, or youi might fail. Fortunately, Jami doesn’t have my “give up” attitude. ALso, loved Dorie the short term memory fish. Jami and I laughed and she said, “Mom, she’s WORSE than us!”.

I told my friends this was like watching life lessons. When you have made it through the hard times you can then see clearly how to clear up the issue with less time and effort. If you have ever been scared to let your kids go out in that big ocean than you can relate. I cried. My boys laughed. We all walked a way with Hmmm moment.

Thank you for allowing me to read your posts this morning. I have a meeting with the superintendent of curriculum — I need inspiration and encouragement.

Thank you, hope I don’t get eaten up by the school system (shark). lol

[color=green]… Now, let’s see… can you imagine the “sharks” gathering as they did in Nemo “Special Ed students/parents are friends! I haven’t dismissed a parent’s input for two weeks!” ( maybe Peeved Principal is attending these meetings now)
It’s a scary comparison, somehow, thinking of the principals who really do sort of try hard in their own way… :?[/color]

I work with severely impaired children who are in wheelchairs and the like. They all love NEMO because he has problems just as his friends…do All of the fish in the movie have something quirky about them…Gill also has a messed up fin, Deb is in love with her reflection and thinks it is her sister, bubbles perseverates on bubbles blowing…

Today I was reading from a NEMO storybook to a group of kids who are all impaired in various ways with either cognition, physical etc. and are about 10 to 12 years of age, they were raptly listening and also participating. We had given each of them a playing card with a Nemo character on it and they had to listen to the story and then raise their hand when they heard their characters name. They loved it. I even had a stuffed Dory fish that talks for a boy who is blind and he got to push it and you could hear her say, Hi, My name is Dory what’s yours? I would then respond to the fish and she responded back…it was a kick…and all the kids were responding with their names. The last thing Dory said…is “I can’t remember diddly…” Nemo is precious…becuase he is human and has overcome adversity, which many of these children can relate to.

We saw it the first week it was out when we were at the beach…a great theme for our location! It was a very cute movie!

Janis