This one isn’t really speculative fiction, but I take great comfort in the fact that Pixar’s films for over two decades have involved using computer graphics to create very real stories. In 2003, Pixar made what was probably the biggest movie of the year with Finding Nemo, and brought fish to life in a way that was never seen before. And sadly, it was imitated terribly in Shark Tale.

Normally, I don’t like it when Pixar does sequels, but I have been watching some again like Cars 2 and Monsters University and they have their merits. Finding Dory is probably as good, if not better than the original, which is odd. After all, Finding Dory is a sequel to a film that came out 13 years ago, and it focuses on a side character.

The issue is that Dory is more than just the comic relief side character. She has here short-term memory loss when makes her the most tragic character, and Finding Dory is a time to focus on what she has lost.

The story is an interesting mix of flashbacks and present day as Dory suddenly has a burst of remembrance and can somehow remember where her parents are, or at least were. The journey takes her to California, and to an aquarium.

I will have to say that the story involves a lot of things that are not very possible, such as many scenes where fish leap across things where they shouldn’t leap across and so forth. If you are willing to embrace the almost superhero logic that is a part of this story, then what you have is a heart warming fairy tale.

What the story is truly about is what it is like to live with a disability, and how you can still survive in spite of it. In the case of Dory, the audience really feels what it is like, and even though we remember what she forgets, we still feel her pain.

This one of those films that makes me really feel for those who are disabled. I have seen many films such as I Am Sam attempt the same thing, but oddly enough, this film really got to me. The next disabled person that I saw I didn’t do what I normally do and shy away from them.

In other words, Pixar wrote a film that actually makes me want to do good. Not only that, it shows that life isn’t about planning everything, and sometimes the best things in life come without warning, just like the bad things.

That’s all I’m going to talk about Finding Dory. I don’t want to spoil this film, but just see it if you haven’t already.