July 30, 2003

Letting Go

[Warning: The below article will discuss issues within the movie "Finding Nemo". Stop reading immediately if you have yet but will be watching it in the future. The below information WILL spoil it for you. This means you DC.]

Ok so I was trashing Hollywood movies just in my last article but then Finding Nemo is not really a movie is it? Also, it is not exactly Hollywood, it's PIXAR. I watched in a documentary before that PIXAR only employs really smart people, like with PhD's and from stellar universities like MIT and the likes. No wonder their productions are always so amazing.

Basically, I LOVE the entire movie, right from the beginning till the end. The scripts, the details they pay to everything, the accuracy of the informations they provide, the quirky characters, the smart dialogue, the beautiful artwork ..every farken bit!!!

The bit that got me thinking the most is the scene where Marlin and Dory were trapped inside the whale, and when the water inside is receding so that it has become "half-full" (as compared to "half-empty"). Anyhow, as the 2 fishes were holding on to their life, Dory said "I think it's time to let go" and the exasperated Marlin retorted "How dya know? How dya know that nothing bad is gonna happen?". To which, the former replied simply "I don't" before letting go.

That was a very powerful scene for me. Powerful words too.

Sometimes, when you find yourself trapped in the inners of the whale, learn to trust yourself or even others around you. Like Dazz, I have always believed that each and every person you meet in your everyday life (even the bus drivers) are there for a reason. Be it good or bad, they are there to change the directions of your life. All it takes is for you to realise this fact and be open and receptive. Let yourself go and let fate take its own course.

As what Dory would have said "Not let anything happen to him? How sad." If you don't take risks and live life to the fullest, it really ain't worth it at all. You get to live only once, so work hard, play hard and do your best in everything that you do.

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