The name fits

Rating: 9/10 (23 March 2005)

I found "The Incredibles" to be much better than anticipated. I'm not real big on Pixar movies, but they are growing on me thanks to movies like this. The opening scene where you see Mr and future Mrs. Incredible meeting at the scene of a crime, on the same day of their marriage to be, was just hilarious. Little did I know they already knew each other, let alone were getting married that night. Disney did a very good job of showing the flirtatious side of the two superheros there, had me laughing my butt off. The movie though, took a very slow pace for while the superheros were trying to live just normal lives, with very little action. But it made up for it in the 2nd half of the movie when Mr. Incredible (Bob) got into trouble and his wife (who thought he was cheating on her) and his kids (who snuck along with their mom) flew out to try to save Bob. One of the most riveting scenes was during the plane ride in to save Bob and the heat seeking missiles were chasing the plane with his wife and kids. It sounded as emotional as you would expect it to sound in a real life situation. Anyways, in the end, you learned that the youngest (baby) also had powers that were not revealed the entire movie before that, so it was a good ending. Everything came full circle, even down to the detail of the costume designer not wanting to put a cape on Mr. Incredible's uniform since she claimed it was responsible for several superhero's deaths. In the end, it was Syndrome's cape, fittingly that cost him his life. A well thought out movie, and very entertaining for the most part. I gave it a nine.
Jason