failed attempt

Rating: 4/10 (2 December 2004)

I was pretty disappointed when I went to see The Incredibles, and I think the audience agreed with me. We all laughed and clapped enthusiastically at the short, but at the end of the film, not only was there no clapping, but there were many grumblings. And this was an audience of mostly adults; this was late into the film's theater time. The problem of The Incredibles, I think, was that it was geared towards older people. In Finding Nemo, Monster's Inc, and Toy Story, the attraction was that we were watching a kid's film. There was no sex, mid-life crisis, or other icky adult seriousness. That is what I was expecting in The Incredibles, and I was surprised and disappointed when it was different. The change of audience wasn't the only bad thing about The Incredibles. The ending strongly reminded me of the ending of Lord of the Rings. Much, much too long. One (at least me and my friends) would think, in this type of movie, that Mr. Incredible would defeat the monster, he and his wife would reunite passionately, not sappily, superheroes would be back in business, and maybe as an afterthought the baby would begin to show signs of powers (but not in a huge long thing with the weird kid who used to be known as IncrediBoy). But there were monsters, monsters, and more monsters. The movie ended in an unresolved conflict which is actually really good in some movies. Also, there was just way too much fighting and running and weird, cheesy names.