prillalar | Somewhere beyond the sea

Went to see Finding Nemo today. What an utterly charming movie. The characters were, well, I was going to say "well-drawn", but I'll go with "vivid" instead. Marlin (Albert Brooks), Nemo's father, and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), Marlin's forgetful sidekick, are funny and sympathetic.

Lots of other great characters: Bruce the shark, Crush the sea turtle, Nigel the pelican. But my favourite was Gill, a rather dark and sombre fish voiced by Willem Dafoe. He had presence. He had gravitas. He had sex appeal. As soon as he swam onto the screen, I was lost.

Is it so wrong to lust after a cartoon fish?

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Visually, this movie was absolutely stunning. I'd like to see it again, just to look at it. The richness and grace of the undersea world made me think of Luc Besson's Atlantis.

All this and there were Monty Python references too. It was a good afternoon.

Also: you know you're a geek when you're watching a Pixar short and the credits thank Steve Jobs and you yell out "Steve!"

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It's the voice. Plus these days they often make the animated character look something like the voice actor. Even the fish.

And it's the fangirls who pay the price. *g*

So, how many Gill-lusters do we need before this is a fandom or a fad or whathaveyou?

It's definitely the voice, but I'm still just like wow, how many actors can I lust after as both Jesus and a fish?

And it's the fangirls who pay the price. *g*

And you know they must have known--I mean, I give them credit for knowing their target audience 'cause I can totally see them sitting there going, yup, we're gonna make the fish sexy... man, I feel like such a statistic *g*.

So, how many Gill-lusters do we need before this is a fandom or a fad or whathaveyou?

I think we just need icons *g*. Which I don't have the time or inclination to make because I have to get up for work in a few short hours, but I did find some wallpaper here:

http://movieweb.com/movie/findingnemo/co7.jpg

Finally, I'm not quite sure why but I find the term Gill-lusters deeply amusing *g*.

Well, I'm all set with the icon. And thanks for the wallpaper!

I found this in a Nemo article:

Dafoe modeled Gill on a hardened criminal he had just played in a comparatively obscure 2000 prison drama, "The Animal Factory." Both are "hardened but generous" surrogate fathers.

What are we supposed to do, eh?

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