Ask Movie Slate - Episode 251 - Finding Nemo
I have to say, I sure wasn’t expecting the ocean to be so dang bright, even when in the depths of it.

Movie’s really good, tho. There’s no denying that, even when you have your grabby girlfriend snuggling you for attention in the middle of an emotional scene.

But, what else can I say, it’s a classic for a reason. This movie is 20 years old now, can you believe that?

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Today’s Movie Slate is brought to you thanks to Chelicera.

Looking at this piece right now, this piece which was drawn longer ago than I’m willing to admit, boy did I oversaturate that background a lot. I’m not entirely happy with that aspect of the piece. On the other hand, I’m quite happy with how Skystar came out, and the shading on Movie isn’t bad either. It’s just…that background, blugh. Too many washed out tones, man.

This is where I usually go “Oh, Finding Nemo is a pretty good movie, but it’s so old it doesn’t really hold up anymore”, but you’d be mistaken. Finding Nemo was one of my favorite movies of all time for years, and the longer time passes the stronger it stays on that list. It’s a fantastic movie, where the visuals are just as strong as its characters and story. A practically perfect movie released at Pixar’s apex, when they were putting out bangers one after the other (that quadruple punch of Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. this one and The Incredibles has yet to be matched), where truly original movies were the norm and sequels and remakes were the exception.

Finding Nemo makes me both happy and angry, because watching it and then watching any of Pixar’s modern catalogue (with a few exceptions, Soul, Turning Red) you can tell they lost their mojo, or rather their mojo was fucked out of them by their parent company. Here’s hoping we can get some of that consistent magic back some day.