An Incredibly 14 Long Years of Waiting for Incredibles 2

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2018)

The Incredibles is definitely one of my favorite Disney/Pixar movies. The first movie came out 14 years ago and 14 years ago I was still in my first year of high school and watched it more than I can count and I've wanted so much more of it. Over the years I was hoping that they would make the second movie already since other Disney/Pixar movies such as Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. already got either their sequels or prequel. And I thought that it was unfair that studio still has no plans for a second installment of The Incredibles, until 2014 when it was announced that The Incredibles 2 is in works. I was excited about the second movie but another 4 years of waiting is just a lot of time...and so I waited...
Now that I watched The Incredibles 2, Disney and Pixar should announce the part 3 already and I don't want it in the next 14 years, I want it next year. I even got goosebumps (I know!) in the first part of the film picking up exactly as to where the first movie left, and it made me feel as if it was like yesterday. It brings back so many good memories of my life back when I was 14 years younger and damn it made me feel older.
As for the story, I think that The Incredible 2 focuses more on the characters and fleshing them out in a way that we have not seen in the first movie such as Jack-Jack which is a delight to watch and Frozone with his relationship with the Parr family. They also included a bunch of new characters both supers and humans. Surprisingly though, Mr. Incredible was left out of action and stayed home to take care of the kids but what made me realize is that this movie is a perfect film to watch on Fathers Day. Mr. Incredibles relationship with the kids, especially with Violet's boy problem and Dash's math homework, made me appreciate him even more as a character and as a father. So, I thought it was an odd choice at first to release The Incredibles 2 in June but now that I saw the movie I think it was a great move because of Fathers Day especially now that some of those kids who saw the first film 14 years ago could be/or a father now. Too bad though that they did not use it in their marketing strategy or maybe I was not just paying attention.
As for Elastigirl, I was skeptical at first when I saw the trailer and that they just basically move the spotlight from Mr. Incredible to Elastigirl. And that Disney/Pixar are just riding the badass woman bandwagon that we have in movies, tv, and books these days. I'm not against it but I think that it is important that these characters were not there because they're a woman, or because they're sexy, or because it's a trend but I think it should be more than that, they should also possess certain qualities of what it takes to be a hero or give them some ideology, a push and a reason as to why we're having these stories in the first place. And to be fair with Elastigirl though, I think that it totally made sense as to why she was put on the spotlight, she has the least collateral damage to make than Frozone and Mr. Incredible when fighting a crime, and that either her or Mr. Incredible needed a job in order to get out of the motel that their family are staying.
The movie also has some great visual action scenes. I was never a fan of Mr. Fantistic from Fantastic 4 but I think it was a missed opportunity for previous Fantastic 4 movies to showcase such great power set on screen because of Elastigirl is really rocking it and made me change my mind about elasticity as an awesome superpower to have. She was a fusion of Mr. Fantastic and Spiderman and it was really amazing to see her on screen swinging on buildings fighting crimes and chasing the Screenslaver.
Overall, It was really a fun movie! I just think that when you watch too much Disney/Pixar movies you'll kinda predict what's going to happen but still, 14 years of waiting was worth it. I am excited to watch this movie again and again.