Comic heaven

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2010)

Well, I love super-hero comicdom, my favourite era being the DC range from the mid-60's to late 70's so this Pixar feature on the Incredible family was a treat for my sore eyes and plays so much better than any number of real-life action simulations to which Hollywood is so much in thrall at the moment.
Of course it's all in the writing, with a script that not only works as a comic adventure, but of course with all those sly, but never condescending digs at adult fascination with comic characters with their ridiculous costumes and of course personal problems. When not engrossed in the clever plot or laughing out loud at some killer one-liners ("You got me monologuing" intones master-villain Syndrome as his long-windedness affords Mr Incredible some valuable escape-time), of course being a Pixar production, I was marvelling at the animation which depicts various super stunts with consummate ease.
The characterisation of all the characters is superb, with nods to "The Simpsons", "Fantastic Four" and even "Married With Children", plus the musical soundtrack, James Bond derivative, is also perfectly simpatico. The vocal characterisations are marvellous too. There are various well-signposted sub-texts at play too, for the more discerning viewer, better and more succinctly handled than in any Iron/Spider/Super/Batman film I've seen and there's some lovely detail too in the writing (witness Syndrome's demise down to that pesky cape of his!). Plus there's a wicked little mickey-take on fashion designers too in the (small) shape of costumer extraordinaire "E".
No, I absolutely loved every minute of it and have to declare it my favourite Pixar movie to date.