This movie was bloody fantastic. Essentially, the deal is that the public started suing superheroes, which eventually led to them having to give up superheroics and become normal civvies. Fifteen years later, Mr Incredible and Elasti-Girl have settled down as civilians and started raising a family. Unfortunately, a new threat has arisen that forces them to come out of retirement.
I didn't tell you anything you couldn't learn from IMDB. There are no spoilers in the above statement, so keep your liederhosen on.
This was DEFINITELY a more mature outing for Pixar (it's the first Pixar film to earn a PG rating rather than G). People DIE in this movie. Not graphically, but they do die. It also in many ways seemed to be Pixar flexing it's wings a bit (at the time The Incredibles was under development, Pixar's contract was not renewed by Disney and Disney had said it had no real intention to pick up Pixar's contract). This was not a Disney movie. This was a movie for kids not relying on the "soft touch" that Disney is unfortunately becoming famous for.
Nor, however, was this as sarcastic an outing as Shrek and Shrek 2. I love the Shrek movies, make no mistake, and I thought Shrek 2 was brilliant, but one of the Shrek series' greatest strengths is the sarcastic element to it's story. This didn't rely on the sarcastic element, which was great because the story was well-written enough to not need that element to make it work.
And, to be honest, the animation was amazing. It didn't look as realistic as Shrek, for instance, but it was more stylized. Something between Shrek and the Batman animated series..and yet...it managed to convey a tremendous amount of feel. You felt how crippled Mr Incredible felt as a civvy. Anguish in one part is amazingly well portrayed. Later when he speaks to his wife towards the end, you can feel for him. It's fantastic.
Plus the speedster kid, Dash, kicked ass.
I highly recommend this movie, even for people who aren't usually fans of superhero movies.
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this movie. 2 things:1) I was expecting a bit more Homage to real comics, I was a bit surprised (I was expecting like, some really obvious takeoffs, but there were none)
2)I LOVED THE HENCHMEN!! Holy shit, their "muttered" lines were fucking hysterical. "Everytime they run, take a shot!"
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2)I LOVED THE HENCHMEN!! Holy shit, their "muttered" lines were fucking hysterical."Everytime they run, take a shot!"
Supervillian drinking games. Heh.
I'm with Ly.. deffinatly getting the DVD.
Then I realize it's not, and I'm sad.
Then I realize the sheer damage I can do with full auto, and I'm happy.
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bah invert one set of vowels, get pwned by Tarq Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael fucked around with this message on 11-06-2004 at 12:11 PM.
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But did anyone else get the trailer to 'Son of the Mask' before it? What in the hell did they DO to the sequel? I liked the original... but that... that... monstrosity...
*shudders*
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Spectacular movie...But did anyone else get the trailer to 'Son of the Mask' before it? What in the hell did they DO to the sequel? I liked the original... but that... that... monstrosity...
*shudders*
Never mind that it no longer has anything to do with the original comic, yeah, it looks like ass.
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Never mind that it no longer has anything to do with the original comic, yeah, it looks like ass.
My guess is it doesn't make it to the big screen and goes directly to DVD. I have ZERO interest in this movie.
And the whole thing about capes was a bummer. I capes.
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the movie!!! and the bouncy bunny before hand (the short) was sooooo great! that poor little sheep ^_^and henchmen drinking games sound like you'd get drunk fast ^_^ but it was funny
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'Syndrome' really sounded like a CoH villain's name.And the whole thing about capes was a bummer. I
capes.
All the deaths caused by capes were quite amusing.
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Do NOT remind me of that thing! I managed to forget how the music for that went, and I know that if I remember, it will get stuck in my head for days.
I saw the movie yesterday and I have to say I haven't enjoyed a movie that much in a long time. Well, I enjoyed Team America about as much, so I just lied. All right, two movies I enjoyed a whole bunch. A lot, even. More than you.
It's one of those rare movies I'd even be willing to go see again in the theatre.
The Son of the Mask movie trailer/idea made me want to vomit, so let's not even talk about that.
Hmm. I also went to see Saw, which was another really good movie, but that's a different thread entirely.
The rest were crap compared to it.. Damn wookie armies!
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I have a question. My friend told me that Mr. Nader was the president in the movie. Is this true?
Well, to my knowledge, they never had any presidential appearances. There was an FBI agent kinda guy who was reminiscent of Nader, I suppose. But it's still a stretch.
One thing I liked that they put in that the creators of the flash never seemed to deal with: Bugs.
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Hahah. I'm so glad the war walls of paragon city prohibit jet-liners flying within city limits.One thing I liked that they put in that the creators of the flash never seemed to deal with: Bugs.
Actually they did. As the Flash accelerates, he generates an antifriction field. Also explains why wind resistance doesn't blast his flesh off his bones. It's a bit like the forward deflector array on the Enterprise.
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When ElastiGirl (her secret identity name escapes me right now) goes to the school to get Dash at the Principal's office, she doesn't have Jack-Jack with her. Yet when she gets in the car with Dash, Jack-Jack is in the backseat in his carseat. What kind of mother leaves her baby in the car alone? Certainly a Superhero Mom wouldn't do that.
