Monday, November 15, 2004

Two views of The Incredibles:

From Nick at Nite:

This movie was incredible. It was not as funny as Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., etc ..., but it had more action, more intrigue, more adventure, and more sex (okay just kidding about the sex). The characters are great. The detailed personality of each, especially the design maven were extremely impressive. The story line was very original. If I compared it to a live-action film, I would compare it to a 007 film. At one point I thought I was going to see the man with the golden gun come walking up on the Island. I give this movie an "A." And that is not just because it is only the third movie I have seen at the theater in the last six months.

From The Movie Snob:

I enjoyed The Incredibles, but not quite to the extent that Nick at Nite did. The backstory was very humorous -- superheroes were once an accepted feature of urban life, but they have been forced into anonymous retirement because the collateral damage of their heroic feats caused so many lawsuits. The stress of trying to live a mundane, normal existence is particularly tough on the supernaturally strong Mr. Incredible, who loathes his stultifying job as an insurance-company drone. So when a mysterious message arrives, inviting him to don his supersuit for a secret mission, he quickly opts to conceal this development from his family and to sneak off for more feats of derring-do. Needless to say, complications ensue, and the whole Incredible family gets involved in the action. The animation is great, the action sequences are fun, and there are even some touching family moments among the Incredibles. But the whole was somehow slightly less than the sum of the parts, and it started to seem a little long by the end. I give it a solid B.

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