Stephen Thompson

For about five years after Finding Nemo came out, this was what you would see.

Because if you wanted to show how beautiful a TV was capable of being, you would look at Finding Nemo to get that sense.

This deep blue color palette, but then these exquisite colors on top of it.

It's worth noting, Ellen DeGeneres got Oscar buzz, right?

For her performance as Dory.

And it was real Oscar buzz.

She didn't get nominated, but it was talked about as, why not?

Why wouldn't you?

Albert Brooks is so good in this and bringing so much pathos.

I'm going to come back to this point at least one more time in this conversation.

Where you are in your life when you receive a Pixar movie is going to be very important to how you perceive it and how you rank it.

And Finding Nemo came out in 2003.

in between my first child and my second child, and thinking about that feeling of needing to protect a fragile being that is your responsibility, this movie hit very hard.

And it hit hard at the same time that it has this goofy surfer stoner turtle character and the emotional support group for sharks who don't want to feed.

Boy, now I know a shark.

So many sweet, funny characters.

There's just a little fish where they're describing their different maladies and one of them just says, I'm obnoxious.

I'm obnoxious should have been a greater catchphrase than it was.

This film gave and gave.

I don't think it's aged a day.