Hardly incredible, merely okay

Rating: 1/10 (5 December 2004)

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The Incredibles, the latest film from Pixar, is yet the latest disappointment for me. Don't get me wrong. This is by no means a bad film... sadly, it's just that the film isn't that good, or at least as good as I would have hoped. The film takes place in a world where super-heroes, or "supers" as they're called, have been prohibited. One of them, Bob Parr, aka Mr. Incredible, is eventually called back into action by a mysterious person, who turns out to be... Buddy, a guy who lost it after Mr. Incredible refused to let him be his teen sidekick. Since then, Buddy, now calling himself Syndrome, has secretly been killing all of the supers off one by one, until there's only a handful left: Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Frozone. When things eventually get too tough for Mr. Incredible to handle, it's up to his wife Helen(aka Elastigirl) and their kids, Dash and Violet to land a hand. Overall, the storyline is pretty weak. It's a bit predictable, and nothing that much comes as a surprise, although the characters are for the most part likable. My major complaint with The Incredibles, however, would be that midway through it completely changes into a brain-dead action film, and if I wanted something like that, I would have watched a Bond movie. There isn't enough of the trademark "Pixar" wit that has been in films like Toy Story and Monsters Inc, something that I really enjoy. If I wanted an all-out action flick, I would have watched something like Overall, I probably could have waited until this came out on video and DVD.