A couple incredible INCREDIBLES reviews, including a look at BOUNDIN', Pixar's new short!!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a few reviews of THE INCREDIBLES. I've made no secret of my high anticipation for this flick and these positive reviews only fan the flames!

Hello Harry,

Had an opportunity to see “The Incredibles” which also included a screening of the new Pixar short “Boundin”.

If you don’t want to know a thing about “Boundin” move on to the next paragraph.

Boundin is about a dancing sheep with beautiful white wool. He entertains his friends every day by (River)dancing around his desert oasis while they cheer him on. Then one day, he is briefly “sheep-napped” to be returned to his desert oasis, sans his lovely white wool. Very skinny and shiny pink, our sheep is embarrassed, and his desert friends laugh and make fun of him. Our sheep is then befriended by the very wise desert Jackalope. Jackalope bestows his wisdom of “Boundin” to our lowly sheep, who embraces his new look and leap on life. The moral of the story, it’s not on the outside that counts, but what’s on the inside. It’s a very sweet short.

Now, the Incredible stuff and SPOILERS. Every Pixar picture has outshined the last, and I have no doubt that this will do so. This movie however, is very different from the other Pixar pictures. This has a much more adult feel, which is all good. Also, this is the first time that “death” is evident. Brad Bird did the world much good with “Iron Giant” only to have Warner Bros. treat it like the bastard step-child rather than market it properly, but enough with that.

Mr. Incredible & Elastigirl (Craig T. Nelson & Holly Hunter) are superhero’s who fall in love, and with all their superhero friends as witnesses (including Samuel L. Jackson as Frozone) get married between gigs saving the world. Mr. Incredible has a young stalker/fan named Buddy, who wants to be just like Mr. Incredible, but Mr. Incredible shuns him, for obvious reasons. In the days of rampant lawsuits, all the superhero’s are forced in to an identity protection program, which forces them to live like normal people. So Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl spend the next 15 years as Bob & Helen Parr, raising their 3 kids, Violet, Dash & baby Jack Jack. Violet & Dash both have received the superhero gene’s from their parents, and Jack Jack appears to be a “normal” baby. Dash is a brat, super speedy and likes to use his powers where as Violet, a teenager, is slightly dark and wants to be normal. She’s like one of those goth teens. Bob has been working in insurance, under a persnickitty boss voiced by Gilbert Gottfried. This is NOT the life for Bob, who is fired after witnessing a mugging but not being able to do anything about it and then launching his boss through several walls. Bob is then approached by Mirage (the under-worked Elizabeth Pena) to do some supersneaky superhero work. Bob is duped, and trapped on an island by a grown-up Buddy, whose moniker is now “Syndrome”, a self-made, and somewhat twisted superhero, with an evil agenda. Helen finds out the whereabouts of her husband from Superhero designer extraordinaire Edna Mode, who quite frankly is the funniest character in the movie. She’s like a mixture of Linda Hunt and Edith Head and apparently voiced by Bird. A freaking riot! Helen takes off to save her husband, finding out too late that Violet and Dash have stowed away on the jet she has borrowed. At one point, it’s quite certain to Mr. Incredible that his family has been killed, and his emotions consume him. Eventually the family is reunited, along with Frozone, in time to save the world from Syndrome pretending to save the world. The superhero’s are once again praised, but choose to live out their existence somewhat incognito, although more than willing to fight the forces of evil when duty calls.

Loved the movie, loved it loved it loved it. The animation was great, especially the island and water scenes. All the actors were great, although I wish we could have seen a little more of Samuel L. Jackson’s Frozone. Loved Holly Hunter too, she was fantastic. I don't really have anything negative to say. The movie was longer than I expected, but that was just an observation, not a critique. Overall, I'd say that Disney has a much needed hit on their hands. Too bad the negotiations with Pixar are nil.

That's it for now,

Almighty Isis.

This one's a little more... vulgar. So, kiddies might want to shield their eyes. For those who are brave, I present an R-rated review for a PG-rated film.