I was made aware of this through a reddit post: we can nominate movies to be preserved in the National Film Registry, and we should nominate some Dreamworks movies. Shrek is already in it. The criteria is that the nominations must be at least 10 years old and an American film. With this in mind, I think we should nominate the following movies to be preserved in the registry:
The Prince of Egypt
Chicken Run
Kung Fu Panda
How to Train Your Dragon
You can nominate up to 50 movies at this submission form. Deadline is August 15. The Library of Congress also has a list of notable movies that haven't been preserved in the registry yet, which includes other Dreamworks movies you could nominate:
the AA sharks from finding nemo would think Lenny is the coolest guy ever "oh, you not only dont eat fish at all but you dont even like the taste? do you have zero problems controlling your hunting instincts around them? thats sick asf mate, you're so powerful" are you following me here? i am holding you tightly by the shoulders and staring at you with my big sleep deprieved eyes. i will drag you to my "the finding nemo sharks adopt lenny as their little bro" rabbit hole and you are GOING TO like it there
*Sirius chasing James after finding out about Jegulus*
Sirius: YOU’RE DATING MY FUCKING BROTHER??
James: ITS TRUE ITS TRUE! AND THE OTHER THING IS. MY SISTER HAD A BABY AND I TOOK IT OVER BECAUSE SHE PASSED IT OVER AND THEN THE BABY LOST ITS LEGS AND ITS ARMS AND NOW ITS NOTHING BUT A STUMP. BUT I TAKE CARE OF IT WITH MY BOYFRIEND AND ITS GROWING AND ITS FAIRLY HAPPY BUT ITS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IVE BEEN WORKING A SECOND SHIFT AT THE FACTORY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. BUT ALL THE LOVE THAT I SEE IN THAT LITTLE GUYS FACE MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT IN THE END.
Someone on insta wanted me to draw Bruce and Lenny— and I’ve been meaning to draw Lenny in my own style for awhile! Hopefully I captured a happy medium between Dreamworks, Pixar, and my own style!
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen an animated shark mafia with a queer son, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.