Best movie of 2004. Thank you Brad Bird and Pixar.

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2005)

The Incredibles is a CG movie with actual substance. I was not impressed by Pixar CG-animated movies in the past, except for Toy Story 2 which have a substantial character development with emotional payoff. Until I gave The Incredibles a chance on a cold winter night in January, being aversive to hype.
The Incredibles is the best computer-generated film I've ever seen in terms of story, character development, healthy dose of humor (amazingly, no toilet humor) and CGI animation. I don't know if the top-notch quality level of this film will ever be topped, even with John Lasseter's next Pixar movie Cars. I won't blather about the plot; the less one know before going in to see, the better. Video will not do justice to the animated film of this highest caliber. I'm sad to note that The Incredibles's astonishingly high caliber and Shrek 2's phenomenal box office success are the final death knell for traditional 2-D animation feature film-making, with the possible sole exception of Studio Ghibli of Tokyo, Japan (Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata).
The movie-going experience - sitting in the dark screening room without distraction or disruption by the patrons at the theatre - is crucial to the overall enjoyment of the film, and this movie exceeds my (admittedly low) expectation in every way much to my awe and astonishment.
Brad Bird and Pixar production team should be complimented with utmost praise for their hard work and incredible creative energy that made the movie the highest quality and most enjoyable there is in the history of CGI cinema. The Iron Giant was the best movie of 1999 (I saw it at a dollar theatre on a 50 cent movie night with zero expectation and I was floored by the ending); The Incredibles is the best movie of 2004 (floored once again by the whole movie). Coincidence? I think not.
Brad Bird is brilliant and extremely talented, and he should direct more movies with total creative control and freedom. He definitely knows how to make great movies with enthusiastic energy and fusing creative output with impossibly high substance. The Academy Awards should give this man an Oscar for Best Animated Film.
**** out of four stars