Finding Dory: The Next Pixar Film on the Horizon

Last summer's non-sequel, Brave, while very good, was also a bit of a disappointment by Pixar's excruciatingly lofty standards. And now, we have Finding Dory sloshing toward us. Monsters University, due out this summer, doesn't look as though it will be any better, though I'd be delighted to be proven wrong.

Then came 2011's Cars 2, to date the only genuine misfire the studio has produced. Even the sequels the studio produced, which it limited to updatings of its first feature, Toy Story, were brilliant. The worst of their movies (A Bug's Life, Cars) were good; the best (The Incredibles, Wall-E, Up) were sublime.

In my moviegoing life, I have never seen a sustained run of excellence from any director, star, or other studio that can match Pixar's output from 1995 (Toy Story) to 2010 (Toy Story 3). Not just best animated film, but best film, full-stop. Twice in a row (Wall-E and Up), I picked a Pixar film for best of the year. I recognize no equal in my love for Pixar.

But Finding Dory? Coming to a theater near you just in time for the 2015 holidays? Really? And yes, Dory, the absent-minded regal tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, was the best character in it.

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