The Incredibles (2004)

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Directed by Brad Bird.

Starring Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig T. Nelson, Wallace Shawn, Jason Lee.

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Directed by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile superhero Bob Parr (aka Mr. Incredible), who has not-so-successfully settled into suburban life along with his wife and kids under the watchful eye of the Superhero Protection Program. A far cry from the "glory days" during which "supers" were a welcome addition to society, the Parrs' living situation was brought on after a series of superhero-related lawsuits forced them into hiding. When not trying to fight small-time crime undercover with fellow former superhero Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), Parr (voice by Craig T. Nelson) is muddling through the corporate world as a paunchy, emotionally unsatisfied insurance claims adjuster. His family is like any other with some notable exceptions -- his daughter has the uncanny ability to become invisible and create impenetrable force fields at will; his son, Dash, can run at incredible speeds; his wife, Helen (Holly Hunter), is known in super circles as Elastigirl, one of the most respected (and pliable) superwomen of her time. Just when it looks as if things can't get any worse for Bob, he gets a summons to show up at a remote island to receive instructions for a highly classified assignment, which he promptly accepts. Thrust back into the world of fighting crime, the Incredible family is back in familiar territory -- saving the world from Syndrome, a jilted former fan of Mr. Incredible. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

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Re:Weekly Theme for July 7: Foo ...
by pippin06 in Weekly Theme

loved it.

"[quote user="unclefestering"] [quote user="leeroy711"] Also, am I the only one ever that thought Ratatouille was weak? I've liked pretty much all of the Disney/Pixar movies but this just did nothing for me. [/quote] And I thought I was the only person on the planet unmoved by Ratatouille. Thank god, I don't feel so alone any more. [/quote] Oooh. I disagree that Ratatouille was weak. Maybe your hunger pangs at the gourmet food were quashed at the sight of rats, but I think this is one of Pixar's finest. It's got an artistic sensibility to it matched or surpassed only by Wall-E (highly recommend the robot flick), a wonderful and inventive story, great voice performances (Peter O'Toole as the food critic, Come. On.), and beautiful animation. Also, I think it gets better with repeat viewings because you catch more of what you missed the first time. Sure, it's not all razzle dazzle like Lightning McQueen (Cars) or boffo superheroes (the Incredibles) or cute fishies (Finding Nemo) o ... " [More]

10 Best Superhero Movies Based ...
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"Will Smith’s new superhero movie, Hancock, may be receiving terrible reviews, but it’s sure to make a lot of money. It is a Will Smith movie, after all. The fact that it’s an original superhero title (meaning not adapted from a comic book or other source material), however, means that if it is a success, it will be the rare movie of its kind to be such. Superhero movies may be huge right now, but really only the pre-sold properties, those with a build-in audience, make the big bucks. A number of original superhero movies are just as worthy of your attention as the Spider-Mans, the Iron Mans, the Batmans and the X-Mens. Sure, much of the time, non-adapted superheroes are lame, as in the cases of Blankman and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. But just check out any of the following ten titles and see why it sometimes pays off to put your trust in an unfamiliar hero. The Incredibles - This one did it all: won an Oscar; received favorable reviews across the board; did blockbuster business in th ... " [More]

A world of his own
by usesoap in usesoap Blog

loved it.

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"Alright, Pixar. I've had it. I am past the point of being tired trying to find new and creative ways to use superlatives that are as endlessly creative and fresh as your films. Seriously, does everything you do have to be so superiorly textured and nuanced, inviting hours of “rewatchability?” (There, see? I now have to resort to making up words just to keep up. I hope you can sleep well at night in your money-lined pillows.) “WALL*E” is not a film to watch, it is one to consume. Layered with more craft and care than any film released so far this year. Readers of this paper's film column will no doubt attest to the fact that it is on rare occasion that I report to resoundingly glowing praise or hyperbole often (unless, of course, Adam Sandler is involved – kidding!). But time and time again, I find myself overwhelmed with Pixar's ability to take the most simple of concepts – the childhood love of toys (“Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2&r ... " [More]

10 Suggestions for One-Word Pix ...
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"Until last year’s brilliantly directed Ratatouille, all of Pixar’s animated features could be summed up with one word (toys, bugs, monsters, fish, superheroes, cars). Then the more complex plot synopsis of “rat functions as a culinary Cyrano in a French restaurant’s kitchen” came along and ruined the studio’s tradition of simplistic scenarios. Fortunately, this year Pixar is back on track with Wall-E, a movie that can be summed up as being about, in a word, robots. But in their pipeline they’ve got a couple sequels (Cars 2, Toy Story 3) and a couple multi-word synopses (2009’s Up and 2011’s The Bear and the Bow are, at the least, each described with two words: old man and fairy tale, respectively. Only 2011’s Newt could have been pitched using a single word: newts. So, while Pixar seems like it currently has enough on their hands, I’d like to suggest a few more single-word pitches for animated films in order to get things back to basics: Birds - They’ve given us a movie featuring ... " [More]

AFI's 10 Top 10: Animation
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"The animation top ten was the first list and it got the evening off to a shaky start. The problems with this list run much deeper than its rather uninspired roster of, almost exclusively, Disney “classics”. Most fundamentally, animation is not a genre; it's a medium. However, it is also the case that in Hollywood, animation verges on being a genre, but the American animation genre of the 20th century is not the same as the genre in the 21st century except insofar as animation is treated as a medium for children's, or “family”, films. In the 20th century, as ably shown by the list, animation was more or less the new medium for musicals. In this millenium, music remains an important part of animated films, but they are less often actual musicals. They are, however, characterized by hyperreal computer animation and dialogue rich with “clever” asides and pop culture references. Does that make a genre? Maybe, but not one that has much in common with t ... " [More]

The Incredibles (2004, USA, Bra ...
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"Remember how, around the turn of the (21st) century it seemed that there was nothing quiet as cool as a computer animated film? There was hit after CGI animated hit: Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Antz, Shreck, Ice Age and so on. I think that we are now essentially at the end of the first wave of CGI animation, as the novelty and amazement has worn off. After the early success of the films listed above, a large degree of forgettable CGI cartoons (did anyone other than kids even see, let alone enjoy, Chicken Little?) the onus is now quality, and no studio has proven to have more quality in this type of film than Pixar. The Incredibles was attempt by the Pixar studios and their resident auteur, Brad Bird, to advance on the familiar and successful formula. As a result, The Incredibles breaks ranks with the other films from the studio for several reasons- the main characters are human, the film is more of an action film with comedy elements than a pure comedy, and the movie has more adult t ... " [More]

Trade Roughage 1/25/08
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"Twenty days after Lionsgate was rumored to be working out a deal with the WGA, the studio has finally reached one. And Marvel Studios has too! Comic book fans everywhere rejoice as Lionsgate’s Punisher: War Zone and Iron Fist and Marvel’s Captain America, Thor, Ant-Man, The Avengers and others are free to continue being written and/or re-written. But hey, if the strike doesn’t end soon — the WGA and moguls meet informally again today — Hollywood can just release 3D versions of old movies in 2010. That’s what Disney has planned so far (even if not directly because of the strike) with at least Toy Story and Toy Story 2. I’m fine with it; I love digital 3D, and I think The Incredibles should be next. With Sundance just about done, we can look back and say the star-studded films weren’t all that appealing to buyers. Or even well-received by the critics. Now, aren’t you glad you check out the star-less foreign films like I told you to? Meanwhile, as part of the trend of buying less-hype ... " [More]

Hancock and Bull in a China Sho ...
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"I’d like to still say that I’ll watch Will Smith in anything, but as I still haven’t gotten around to seeing I Am Legend (and because of friends’ responses, I may not anytime soon), such a statement would be egregious. Besides, after watching the new tweaked trailer for Hancock??(courtesy of Chris at Movie Marketing Madness, who points out that it’s pretty much the same as the first Hancock trailer), Smith’s summer blockbuster for 2008 , I don’t know if I’m going to see that one either. As if there aren’t enough worthy comic books to adapt, Hollywood has been giving us way too many gimmicky superhero movies — superheroes in a high school! superhero who’s your ex-girlfriend! superhero who has fallen out of favor and drinks his life away! — and??the superhero concept has??become the easiest pitch since that whole Die Hard in a ____ thing. The thing is, the idea behind Hancock, that of a public that’s pissed off about??heroes that are more destructive than helpful,??has already been a ... " [More]

The Incredibles - Go Further
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"By Tricia Olszewski Unless you were born in Spielbergia, life in the suburbs is usually pretty unheroic—and that’s just for the tightsless among us. Consider the plight of Bob Parr: Once known as Mr. Incredible, Bob was at the top of his crime-fighting, life-saving game when a lawsuit by a thwarted jumper opened the floodgates for litigation over any unwelcome superheroly intervention. The ensuing money grab forced Bob and his new wife, Helen—aka Elastigirl—underground to Metroville, U.S.A., where they’re known only as the plain ol’ Parrs. Fifteen years and three kids later, Bob is out of shape, driving a compact car, and earning a living at a heartless insurance company, where he’s forced on a daily basis to make little old ladies cry. At least Hellboy had nachos. The Incredibles, which borrows its spirit from Spy Kids, comic books, and James Bond flicks, is the latest—and, at 115 minutes, the longest—from storied (as in Toy) ... " [More]

THOUGHTS: RATATOUILLE
by pippin06 in The Imagination of Fantasy

loved it.

"What can I say? I have never been disappointed by a Pixar film. Never. There are better ones and worse ones, but even the worst Pixar flick is so much better than so many films, animated or no. I don't know that this is the absolute best, but it's up there. What do you think? I thought that Ratatouille has that "grown up" sensibility like The Incredibles , which is probably because Brad Bird directed and, I think, co-wrote it. It was a little more serious. I do NOT think it's the funniest Pixar movie, as the advertisements would have you believe. There was not an endless degree of laughing in the theater when I went. I still think the funniest Pixar movie has to be Finding Nemo, and that's largely due to the presence of Ellen DeGeneres. There was simply more to laugh at.I don't think it matters, though. There were still quite a few laughs. I think this is a more sophisticated Pixar movie. I kept thinking that some of the language was really advanced, even hoity toity. ... " [More]

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Review by All Movie Guide

All Movie Guide

liked it.

Until The Incredibles, human characters had, for the most part, been missing from Pixar films, mostly because rendering realistic human facial expressions and movement in a computer-animated form is very difficult. If too good a job is done, audiences are somewhat disturbed by the realism, but if the characters do not look realistic enough, they become harder to connect with emotionally. Director Brad Bird has figured out how these characters look and move. Their superpowers allow the proper amount of suspension of disbelief to allow any viewer to think these are real people. Once again Pixar has cast actors rather than stars. Samuel L. Jackson is the closest thing to a star in this film, and he has surprisingly little screen time. Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter are note perfect as the husband and wife superheroes. Nelson comes up with a voice to match his oversize physique and ego but does not make the character a buffoon. Hunter, whose voice has always been one of her most underrated weapons, sounds like both a strong-minded mother of three, a superhero, and a long-time wife still very much in love with her husband. Their work, along with the visual scheme of the film and the screenplay, makes their marriage emotionally engaging. Bird himself turns in a screamingly funny performance as Edna, the very short and very imperious fashionista who creates outfits for the superheroes. Sarah Vowell and Jason Lee also turn in excellent work in their animated debuts. While it would be accurate to say the film lacks the emotional weight of the Pixar classics Finding Nemo and Toy Story 2, it would also be accurate to say that very few films do. The Incredibles is undeniably winning Hollywood entertainment. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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