What Did You Think of The Incredibles?

[GenerationX]

** WARNING ** SPOILERS may follow!!!



If you're in this thread, it is assumed you either:
1. Have seen the movie; or
2. Don't mind spoilers.



Here we go ...



Thanks to the Disney Visa member benefits, I got to see The Incredibles today. This is a fabulous action/adventure movie! The boys loved it, too. They particularly enjoyed the scenes with Dash.

I loved when Mr. Incredible and Frozone were talking about the old days and how one of them had escaped some villain after the villain started "monologue-ing". Ha!!

The family's superpowers were all cool and used in many clever ways. Syndrome made a good villain, just the right parts obnoxious, intelligent, and evil.

I liked the message of the movie (or at least what I believed the message to be). Early on, Helen calls Dash special, but dissuades him from using his special powers. He grumbles about that. Also, Syndrome wants to give everyone super powers, so the powers become meaningless. I took it to mean that you have skills specific to you, and that you are meant to use them. This is reinforced by Mr. Incredible's boredom at his insurance job and his sneaking out to fight crime.

I think this will be a huge hit, especially with kids who read comic books.

The short movie before the feature, "Boundin'", was cute.

 

[careship]

Saw Sneak Preview

We had the pleasure of seeing this last night at a sneak preview. Boundin' was an awesome little short. The whole theater laughed and clapped. I don't know if you got to see the trailer for Cars, but we did, and it was hilarious and the movie may end up being another great one.

First of all, The Incredibles was excellent and my boys loved it. However, I got a real Spy Kids/James Bond feel through the whole movie. That was slightly disappointing. I also didn't like the Indiana Jones portion. (Trying not to spoil too much.) Jack Jack at the end was awesome. I thought Frozone would be a bigger piece of the movie then he was, but he was great. The "old days" was a great piece. All in all, I think it was a great film everyone seemed to love it and we laughed out loud through the whole thing. However, I felt more like it combined alot of movies in it. ElasticGirl seemed a little Spidermanish in one part of it. I guess I expected something more original, more than what it was. It was very good though and we will definately go see it again. I am looking forward to Cars though and I would pay good money to see boundin' again. They are also supposed to be showing the trailer for the new Star Wars at the Incredibles, so I'll have to see it again just for the trailer, Boundin' and the Cars teaser. (Which was one of the most hilarious teasers they've come up with thus far.)

 

[catinthehat]

Can't Wait!

I have heard so many good things about this movie! I am so going to see it this weekend. May even attend the midnight showing...

 

[stitch rocks]

i saw it's last night/early morning. i was great. i liked it. my roommates loved it. boundin' scared me... well the sheep did (ok not to be mean but he looks like golum just with fur) and the owl (i was rolling when ever he would pop up). ok is it me or violet looks like the girl from the grudge? the movie is great, go see it!

 

[catinthehat]

I made it last night and loved it. I highly suggest this also. Def. lived up to the hype.

 

[mickhyperion]

The Incredibles

Clever... intelligent... spectacular.... warm... FAST!... original... inspiring... adrenaline pumping... edge of your seat... funny... a MUST SEE!

The only comparisons to previous Pixar creations would be the humor, the warm characters, and the stunning animation. It is no re-hash of anything they've done before. And for those wondering, it's not the same kind of touchy feely movie as Finding Nemo. This is very much an ACTION movie.

Of course, if you're a jaded, know-it-all, done-it-all, seen-it-all, lived-it-all, hard-to-impress type like so many people seem to be these days, you'll hate it I'm sure.

INCREDIBLE!

 

[mkt]

I loved this movie. I want a sequel.. NOW

 

[HMGhost13]

saw the movie last ngith. very very good. someone said ElastiGirl was like spider-man..try Mr. Fantastic from Fantastic Four most of their powers were like that teams: stretching, invisibility and force feilds, strength (Reed Richards, Sue Storm-Richards, Ben Grimm). Dash was very good. loved his whole bit.

i also like the Superman pun with the masks (how they hide their identies behind small eye-masks and Superman hides behind a pair of glasses), but all in all very good movie. jabbing at all the superhero movies.

 

[NemoRocks78]

Excellent movie! Some of the beginning parts seemed to drag on, but once the action begins it's great from there. The animation is superb, and the score by Michael Giacchino was fantastic. My only complaint was the running time....two hours is pretty long for an animated film.

Was it my favorite Pixar film? No....I enjoyed A Bug's Life more, but this one is right up there with it. Better than Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and the two Toy Story films.

 

[626]

My Opinion...

To sum it up in one word, The Incredibles was, well...INCREDIBLE!!!

Wow! I remember the first time I saw a preview for it on Finding Nemo's opening day. I turned to my wife and said I bet that movie will be better than Toy Story. Boy was I right! It's not just better than Toy Story, it is way better than anything Pixar has ever done. Wow! I think they need to pull those Spider-Man 2 DVD ads that claim Spider-Man 2 is the "best super hero movie ever" because baby, this one beats SM2 HANDS DOWN! Wow! Great job Pixar!

As for the previews, of course Star Wars looked awesome. How could it not? Chicken Little? It looks like it might be alright. What worries me is Cars. For some reason I am getting the same feeling from that preview that I got when I saw the preview for Home On The Range, basically "What are they THINKING?!" But we will see. Incredibles? Thumbs up! Thumbs WAY up! Did I say "Wow?"

 

[prberk]

O.K., don't hit me when I say that this wasn't my favorite Pixar or Disney film...

I really wanted to like it, and will probably go again (at an earlier showing, when I won't get sleepy in the middle); and I really liked much of the background animation and cityscapes (especially during the chase scenes)...

BUT several things really took away from it for me: first, the mouth movements were really, really plastic during a lot of the talking, especially in the beginning. When it is off enough to notice, it needs a little more attention. It reminded me on occasion of the older limitations of early computer animation with regard to compexities of human movement. It seemed like the animation was superb on a grand scale, but lacking in the detail of more basic elements (facial and other human movement).

Second, the plot was not as funny or interesting as I had expected. The review here in Richmond said it was a laugh a minute, but it was not, to me. Funny, yes; VERY funny, no.

So, while I will give it another try (probably), I for one was moderately disappointed.

Don't hate me. :animwink:

 

[PhotoDave219]

Well Jason Lee rocked. (Brodieman!) Great film. Hopefully will reunite Disney & Pixar so that they can rule the world (muh-hahahahaha).

Star Wars Trailer, well now, That got cheers and cheers and a bunch of loud ovations....

 

[catinthehat]

I think I may go again this weekend just to catch things I might have missed. I'm sure there is plenty!

 

[wdwmaniac]

Good movie, but it just seemed to lose the PIXAR touch, I felt alot of it was predictable like other superhero movies. But CARS looks very good, also the Chicken Little Teaser got a good reponse.

 

[disneymoc]

O.K., don't hit me when I say that this wasn't my favorite Pixar or Disney film...

I have to agree with you in some ways. I thought the story was slow moving at times in the middle and apparantly so did some of the kids in the theatre. It had a tough time keeping their attention.

 

[GenerationX]

I don't think The Incredibles is as funny as other Pixar films, and I wouldn't characterize it as a comedy at all. It has funny moments, sure, but so do most action-adventure movies, which is what this movie really is.

Also, I think the primary target age group for this movie is older than for previous Pixar movies. My oldest son (9) liked it much more than my youngest son (5). That was not the case with Finding Nemo or the Toy Story films.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Ok, here is my question. Little PhD wants to see it. Should we take her with us? She is 3 1/2 and has seen other moives in the theater and was very good for them (Piglets big movie, and Brother Bear.) We did not take her to Shark Tale or Shrek 2 and once we saw them we were glad we didn't. She has seen shrek on DVD and doesn't like it. Nemo is a little intense for her. She has seen it and liked it ok, but does not want to wacth it again and again.

She likes the previews. She thinks the parts where the father can't get his belt on is haliourus and laughs and laughs. She thinks when he says "Maybe just a salad it is too funny (however she has no clue what he means by it.)

 

[Shaman]

Umm...the movie was good...definetely the most action packed of all Pixar movies...it wasn't too funny though...it had humorous moments...but it wasn't funny like Nemo, or Monsters Inc...it had a nice message...and sequels are sure to come...

Nemo and Monster Inc...were better...but the Incredibles is a must see...just my opinion.

(can't wait to see what Disney Imagineers come up with for an attraction to this movie...the whole jungle part of the film made me think they could somehow squeeze this in AK :lookaroun )

 

[HauntedPirate]

Loved it. I missed the trailers for Episode III and most of the "Chicken Little" trailer, but I've already seen the EpIII trailer, so I only missed geeking out about it on the big screen.

I think "Cars" will do fine. After all, it's a year away, and John Lasseter is doing it - he has somewhat of a good track record.... :animwink:

 

[cherrynegra]

Oh, I really loved The Incredibles. I think I've posted it before, but I just couldn't get over how they got the marriage and family aspects spot on. I think it's truly amusing that one of the most realistic depiction of a marriage is in a cartoon. I know others found the family dynamics a tad bit boring, but to me, the focus was the family, and then all the action stuff followed.