Daily Dialogue — November 25, 2013

NEMO (cough): Daddy?
MARLIN: Oh, thank goodness.
NEMO: Dad.. I don’t hate you.
MARLIN: Oh, no… no. I ‘m — I’m so sorry, Nemo.

Nemo offers his little fin. Marlin reaches out. touches it. Smiles…

Marlin: Hey, guess what?
Nemo: What?
Marlin: Sea turtles. I met one. And he was 150 years old.
Nemo: 150?
Marlin: Yep
Nemo: ’cause Sandy Plankton said they only live to be 100.
Marlin: Sandy Plankton? Do you think I would cross the entire ocean and not know as much as Sandy Plankton? He was 150, not 100. Who is this Sandy Plankton that knows everything wrong? What else did he tell you? It’s wrong…

Nemo giggles.

— Finding Nemo (2004), screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, story by Andrew Stanton

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is forgiveness, suggested by churnage. Today’s suggestion by Aarthi Ramanathan.

Trivia: Co-writer Bob Peterson doubled as the voice of Mr. Ray.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Aarthi: “A terribly touching scene that could have turned sappy, but Pixar did a one-up and infused it with humour.”

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