The Incredibles | | Cast : | Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee | | Director : | Brad Bird | | Studio : | Walt Disney Home Video | | Format : | Animated, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | November 05, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | March 15, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | September 05, 2005 | | Summary | An Incredible Movie | Content
 | As a kid I loved to read comic books, mostly from Marvel and DC Comics. I noticed a lot of reviewers accusing Pixar of plagiarism. There are just so many types of super powers to go around. Perhaps DC Comics (Superman) should sue Marvel for the Thing's and Hulk's strength. DC also had an Invisible Girl who could turn invisible and create force fields (The two powers seem to go together, hmmm?)
All in all, it was one great film. Take it from someone who has been reading comics to one degree or another for almost 50 years, this movie brings back the awe and emotions that are the "drug" for comic readers.
An aditional plus is the internal conflicts that make the Parrs seem like a real family, with all of their conflicts - only to discover, finally, that family is the most important adventure. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 02, 2005 | | Summary | "No capes!" And no wasted scenes, either. | Content
| A rollicking good time from a movie that is well worth getting on DVD, because you'll want to watch it several times. It's tight, with no wasted scenes, and moves along an action story quickly while interjecting some of the funniest scenes in animation history.
The voices are well-nigh perfect. Among Pixar's underrated strengths is the ability to get voices just right. The Incredibles family, especially Holly Hunter, all sound like someone you might have as a next door neighbor. Jason Lee as Syndrome deftly bounces back and forth between being the over-the-top Bond villian type and being the creepy guy you knew in high school that nobody wanted to be around.
And, of course, there's Edna Mode - the funniest animated character to be invented in forty years. The filmmaker himself, Brad Bird, takes on that voice, and based on these results he's got a second career voicing animated characters if he decides to go that way. Edna creates superhero costumes (didn't you ever wonder where superheros get their costumes?). While discussing a new costume for one of the Incredibles, watch for Edna's insistence on "No capes!" along with a video litany of superheroes whose capes got tangled in propellers, snagged on rockets, or something similar that caused their demise. I always thought capes were kind of stupid for superheroes, and obviously the film's creator Brad Bird shares that assessment.
Being a fan of the old Flash DC comic, I liked the son Dash. Other characters are obviously inspired by comics such as the Fantastic Four. But this movie is a send up of all those influences.
The spirit of the movie is captured best in one scene, in which the villian Syndrome starts a solioquey outlining his plan for world domination exactly the way every hackneyed Bond villian has ever done, and then pulls up and says, "I can't believe it! You got me monologging!" This movie never takes itself too seriously, and that gives it the ability to combine action with comedy. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 02, 2005 | | Summary | an ok (and confusing) story. | Content
| ok i have a few questions:
1.how do you keep your identity secret with masks like that?
2.why didn't syndrome get over mr. incredible rejecting him?
3.why did pixar copy the fantastic four?
this movie is good but that's all i can report it's just plain wierd oh yeah it's story is ripped off of "spy kids" because two super heroes retire two spies retire and they both have kids!! they even have the same gadgets as spy kids!!!!so what's the difference?? if they made "the incredibles" spys then they copied "spy kids"!!!it stinks how they copied it!!!ok the story is all supers retire the stars of this movie have 3 kids(that's the only difference in here and spy kids!!!) then they are forced out of retirement and the dad goes too an island the mom and kids go after him and another differrence is they kill the badguy and the world is safe again until the underminer comes then the movie is over and they trash their house but still live in it!!!!! but this movie is good it would have been great if they didn't rip off spy kids!!!! they even have a communicator that's just like on spy kids it had the same colors and it was the same size!!! but they couldn't have changed the story??? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | September 01, 2005 | | Summary | I never got the dvd! | Content
| I never recieved the product. I will never purchase anything from them again!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 29, 2005 | | Summary | Family of Steel | Content
| When the Parr family sits down for dinner a disruption occurs. Like a regular family meal, the kids are fighting, the baby is yelling and the mother cannot get any support from the father who is busy in the other room. Of course, a regular household would not have one child running around the table at sub-sonic speeds, a sister that has turned herself invisible, and a Mom whose elastic arms are practically stretched to the limits trying to retain order. But the Parr family is not ordinary.
They are the "Incredibles", a family of Superheroes living in a world where Superheroes are no longer respected. That domestic family dinner scene encapsulates the brilliant charm of the film.
THE INCREDIBLES is the next wonderful film from PIXAR films, continuing a winning streak from TOY STORY, A BUG'S LIFE, TOY STORY 2, MONSTERS, INC. and FINDING NEMO. In other words, this studio is 6 for 6. But this is the first film of theirs with an all-human cast... Well, all-human of sorts.
When super strong Mister Incredible and the ever so flexible elastic-girl start a family, you know things can't be totally Ozzie and Harriet. In fact, their son Dashiell can run at super speeds, their daughter Violet can disappear at will and Baby Jack Jack... Well, nobody is quite sure about him yet. But when the superhuman community comes under fire from attorneys representing villains, all super suits are put away and heroes must now join the common man. But when the fate of the world is threatened, the family must work together to save us normals.
The casting is great. Craig T. Nelson (POLTERGEIST) and Holly Hunter (BROADCAST NEWS) are top drawer as the Parrs. Samuel Jackson (PULP FICTION) is hysterical as "Frozone". Jason Lee turns in the villainous performance, Syndrome.
Writer Director Brad Bird (IRON GIANT) pays homage to many superhero films, but the Incredibles cleverly becomes more of a James Bond-esque Action Adventure. The animation is top-drawer and the musical score is a creative twist on the Bond Sound.
Out in theatres the same time as THE POLAR EXPRESS, The Incredibles proves to be more powerful than a locomotive. Awesome entertainment. |
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