The Incredibles

I went to the movies Thanksgiving night, courtesy of my Aunt. We saw The Incredibles. Here is my review.


I had high expectations going in to the movie. You see, this was a Pixar movie, and Pixar has brought us great films like Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. There was a fun little short before the movie called "Boundin'." It featured what very well may be the first on-screen appearence by a jackelope. Then it was time for the main feature. In a nutshell, the Parr family have super-powers, but "supers" as they are called have lost their mainstream appeal, having been subjected to various sorts of litigation, mostly for hurting bad guys. So the Parrs have to keep their super-ness undercover. However, one thing leads to another and they are called into service to fight evil and they win and get back into the public's good graces. Overall, it was a good picture. Holly Hunter was great as Elastigirl and Samuel Jackson was very good as Frozone. And I was very excited to hear that Wallace Shawn was the voice of Mr. Incredible's boss at the insurance company (and if you don't know who Wallace Shawn is, you might know him as Vizzini). So good work all around. However, this was the first Pixar movie where humans were the main characters. In the past it's been toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and next year...cars. But people have always been on the periphery (think Andy in Toy Story, and Boo to some extent in Monsters). As I watched the movie, it felt like the people were marionettes (with invisible strings). There wasn't as much realism there as there had been with past stories. And I found that a little distracting. The storyline was great and this could very well become a franchise for Pixar, but the people-thing really bugged me. So I am giving this movie an "8" on the Monserrate Scale.