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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 6, 2008 20:02:56 GMT -5
Ditto to all that, bkim. I loved the Incredibles for just the reasons you mention. The "superhero genre" was more just a vehicle to tell a very real story about real people. That image of this larger-than-life man sitting in a tiny cubicle and being forced to drive this tiny little car were so poignant to me.
I loved the intrigue and the fact that you weren't even sure at times who were the good and who were the bad guys. (I was suspicious of Edna for a long time.) It was just so well done on so many levels. And I loved the ending. Bird completely turned the whole "big action finish" on its head by giving us a big action "ending" and then saying, "oh, no, wait -- the real ending is the family pulling together in a private victory in their own backyard." Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Bird does do a lot of dialogue, but I never feel overwhelmed by it. His characters are saying really important things -- sometimes even extremely deep things -- and that kind of dialogue never bothers me personally. It's the rambling on and on for no point that characters tend to do in other studios' films that get me irritated. That's one thing I'll credit Pixar for -- in none of their films do I feel like I'm being talked to death. Including Cars.
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Post by bkim on Sept 6, 2008 20:18:06 GMT -5
The "superhero genre" was more just a vehicle to tell a very real story about real people. That image of this larger-than-life man sitting in a tiny cubicle and being forced to drive this tiny little car were so poignant to me. Ooo, nice point! I didn't think of that. I did think of the "suburbia" theme in the film as representing conformity, and it makes sense that in order to be consistent, Bob would have to live in the same sized house, work in the same sized cubicle, and drive the same sized car as everyone else, even though he's twice as large. Wonderful point. And with some characters, we initially think they're good, then we think they're bad, then it twists again and they're ultimately good! (Mirage) I, too, think of this as the climax. But even better to me is that the denouement and resolution of the film is entirely about the family as well (the scene at the race track), rather than being something political about the Superhero Relocation Act being abolished. Yep. As mentioned, the conversations between Bob and Helen struck a chord with me. The dialogue between Bob and Helen is something I think I could actually hear if I walk into any suburban home in North America. It is very intelligent dialogue.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 6, 2008 20:32:11 GMT -5
Ditto on all. It's just one of those films that has such depth if a person is willing to look past the obvious. The family dinner sequence was a favorite of mine too because I swear Bird was looking in on a typical meal conversation in my teenage life. And, yeah, I was Violet, right down to the smart-aleck comments.
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