Surely there is a better way of phrasing that. The beginning was the best part as you explained in the second paragraph. Emotionally powerful stuff without a single word being said. The rest of the movie is pretty typical fun/silly Pixar stuff....not bad, but certainly not "great". The beginning is what MADE the film great.Firefilm said:2. Up
You know, this film is great once you get past the beginning.
Indeed. I would handily replace Cars with Monsters Inc. Having to give up time with a kid you love? *sniff*Batou667 said:No mention of Monsters Inc? I blubbed like an idiot at the ending.
I love the Incredibles too, which is why it's hard for me to reconcile it's conservative, almost Randian themes. What do you do when you love a movie but disagree with it's core message? Oh well. It's also probably the most realistic depiction of superheroes in film, at least in terms of how people and society react to them.ZZoMBiE13 said:Man, the original 10 Pixar movies all had some great emotional moments.
One of my favorites, not mentioned here, is the one scene near the end of the Incredibles. I assume no spoiler warning should be necessary at this point, but just in case: Consider yourself warned.
The scene when the family first gets back to town and is readying themselves to fight the Omnidroid. When Mr Incredible is trying to get his wife to wait while he fights the monster and he reveals that he couldn't bear to lose them again. It's a scene handled so well, with so much "real" built into it. It's a scene that has made me bawl every time I watch it. I know how Bob felt in that moment, all too well. And it speaks to me every time.
Man, I loved the Incredibles. Probably my favorite Pixar movie. Up and Wall-E are heavy hitters, but Incredibles is just full of great moments and memorable scenes.
That's the only Pixar movie u haven't gotten yet, must rectify this asap. To JB HIFI!Redlin5 said:Up is easily my Pixar material of choice when it comes to manly tears.
Yeah, I have a huge problem with Mr. Incredible's berserk button being "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if everyone could fly and have super powers? You'd be less special, but humanity as a whole would be awesome". It turns him into a version of Magneto, convinced of his own vast superiority by virtue of birth. But unlike Magneto, who periodically plans to turn regular humans into mutants, Mr. Incredible will actively fight against having to share being superior.Olas said:I love the Incredibles too, which is why it's hard for me to reconcile it's conservative, almost Randian themes. What do you do when you love a movie but disagree with it's core message?
If I recall correctly, there was a moment in the closing credits that showed the spaceship sending out signals, quickly followed by more spaceships returning to Earth. It's not just the one ship left, that was just the first ship to find out that Earth was habitable again and actually return there despite their systems working against it.D3s_ToD3s said:That second page gave me PTSD.
Don't try to think about the rest of humanity in the end of Wall-E.
Was there only one Spaceship remaining? So thats the depressing rest of mankind?