I don\u2019t know about you, but I find this trailer depressing. Not the usual emotional reaction you expect from a short Pixar clip about fish, but then again, the studio is known to embed morbid messages in their stories. Up was actually about a journey to the afterlife, WALL-E highlighted the gluttony of mankind, and Cars\u2026 well, Cars just served to remind us that even the geniuses at Disney have a shit occasionally. But yes, I\u2019m definitely picking up some dark undertones here.<\/p>\n
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For starters, the music that reintroduces us to the characters is awfully melancholic. And I know what you\u2019re thinking: it\u2019s the same riff we hear in the first film. But combined with the trailer\u2019s predominately gloomy setting and the fact that Dory\u2019s first words are \u2018Don\u2019t cry, Mummy. Don\u2019t cry,\u2019 there\u2019s a strong indication of misery. That will no doubt please the thousands of horny teenagers looking to comfort each other in cinema screens.
\nBut from what we see in this trailer\/teaser\/advert for Australia\/whatever it is, it\u2019s clear that the film is, in some way, about Dory\u2019s family. The somnolent opening breaks into something far livelier and anemone-coloured, as it\u2019s revealed that the formerly forgetful Blue Tang fish is suddenly starting to remember things. So, unlike Nemo, we\u2019re \u2018finding\u2019 Dory in a figurative sense, which is like, really deep \u2018n\u2019 shit.
\nIt does make me wonder what sort of scarred past Dory must have to make this film worth making. Maybe her siblings were crushed under a loose piece of coral, and then she caught her dad having an affair with the goldfish next-door. But I doubt it. That would be terribly contrived.
\nYou probably think I\u2019m being a snarky arsehole, mocking a children\u2019s film trailer, but the truth is I\u2019m neither for nor against this sequel being made. I just happen to think this is a messily structured teaser, and that makes it harder for me to get excited about it. However, they did a similarly awful job with the Finding Nemo trailer fifteen years back, and look how that turned out! So ignore me. Just be glad I got through this entire \u2018review\u2019 without making a fish pun. Oh okay, I\u2019ll throw one in for the halibut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"