Besides the couple of woke scenes, an awesome action movie and worthy sequel!

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2018)

I've read a lot of user reviews in IMDb and have seen the backlash the movie has generated among the familiar audience and fans of the original movie.
It's impossible to deny the elephants in the room: yes, it's clear the movie had failled to hide the forced woman empowerment in an attempt to content the audiences of today; the movie has difficulties choosing a range of age for its rating as swearing and alcohol are present while at times the simplicity of the plot and the almost one-dimensional characters make for a bland, potential dull kid-friendly-only movie. Yes, the villain's twist could be spotted as soon as the backstory of the two siblings is shown and even the overall signals, including the design, of some characters also gave it away if payed close attention to.
I must add then that in defense of the original creator Brad Bird and the creative team, it has indeed, passed 14 years since the release of the first movie and irretrievably the fresh and original vision there once was of that project must have dried out a little with time and the changes could have been influenced by the unfolding of the events ever since like fashion, trends and overall way of thinking of the public. To this aspect, I must add that the movie is, in a way, exempt of portraying realistic and un-cliche plot, subplots, expressions and character developments as from the very beginning the movie's aesthetic is inspired in the spies and campy superhero classic tropes of the 60s. Hence, the designs of various objects like furniture, TVs, supersuits, architecture and soundtrack. In a way, that's what made the movie so appealing in the first place: by reaching for the nostalgia effect for some and a fresh and innovative aesthetic to others.
Once that's clear, my personal opinion about this movie i would sum it up by saying this movie is a great example of a well done sequel, maintaining much of the tropes and themes of the first one, addressing more of the backstories of our original characters therefore enriching them, maintaining also and even exploiting more of that 60s aesthetic so characteristic about this franchise and innovating thanks to the addition of the advancements of new animation engines and improvements allowing the movie to create some of the best fast-pace action scenes and gorgeous animation ever achieved to date.
The animation of this movie was one of the best things to bring to the table, not only was the action breath-taking and natural elements like hair were realisticaly rendered and improved, but at the same time it was clever in many ways and astoundingly creative. Making a good use of physics in many scenes.
Brad Bird, writter and director of other master pieces like The Iron Giant and Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, without a doubt kept with his writting and directive style by giving importance to the family and giving each character their own problems but never overwhelming us. He tried to add more to the Increibles Universe with new unfortunately poorly designed superhero characters, new backstory insight and new cities and landscapes but never forgetting where it came from. Making more use of all the elements and characters from the first one and therefore keeping it closer to us.
The best and most surprising fact is that the ending leaves it open for new stories to be told. In a way that maybe mean that Disney will try to benefit from this by planning more and unintentionally rushed sequels in the future. But, on the upside, we will have more Incredibles!
I'll conclude by saying it has been a while since I saw such an amazing action-packed, funny-humor, classic-superhero, well-character-developed and well-designed movie. It's not as original as the first one (like with all movies) but it definitey lives up to the expectations I had (it could have gone in a very different and wrong direction)