Is it Incredible? (The Incredibles (Collector's Edition, 2 DVDs))

Member Name: chilipepper27

Product:	The Incredibles (Collector's Edition, 2 DVDs)
Date:	19/11/07 (64 review reads)
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Advantages: Funny and entertaining.

Disadvantages: Can drag in some parts for younger kids.

Here is another gem from Disney Pixar, whose past releases include the award winning ‘Finding Nemo’, along with ‘Monsters Inc’, ‘Toy story’ and ‘A bug’s life’.


~Synopsis~

The Parr family are an average family in an average town living average lives…..actually that’s a lie – well the first part anyway….because unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Bob Parr and his wife Helen –who now have three children named Violet, Dash and Jack, used to be the infamous Mr Incredible and Elastigirl, superheroes who fought crime on a daily basis – that is until things went awry for the ‘supers’ as they were known across the world, who became bombarded with lawsuits and were eventually forced into an ‘ordinary life’.

But Bob is far from happy with the daily grind and is desperate to get back to the excitement of being a superhero. So when an ominous letter arrives for Bob one day, he wastes no time in squeezing himself (literally!) back into his superhero costume.
But little does he know that it’s a trap which was set by a ‘self-made’ super, named ‘Syndrome’, formerly known as Buddy - who is out to get revenge for being ridiculed when he was younger.

And soon the whole family of supers are joining forces to save Mr Incredible from Syndromes evil plan….but will they succeed?


~My Thoughts~

This is another fabulous creation from Pixar animation studios for Walt Disney pictures. We’ve come to expect the best from these guys, and that’s because they always deliver the goods! Perfectly polished and brimming with humour, along with a great story and faultless animation, this film is another stunning creation from Pixar. And although I really like this film, it’s not one of my favourites from Pixar, and I’m not quite sure why, I just didn’t find it quite so memorable as the other films by the same creators, especially ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘Monsters Inc’, but saying that it’s still an awesome movie that I really enjoyed.

This is the sixth animated film by Pixar, the story was originally developed for Warner Bros, but after they shut down its animation division, Brad Bird moved to Pixar and took the story with him.

The film appeals to a wide audience, but in my opinion it’s better for age 5 and over as it can drag a bit in some parts, and some of the humour is aimed at a slightly older age group. The DVD is also presented really well, it comes in a duel-ambary case with great artwork and a separate reflective card sleeve, that is the same picture as the front of the DVD, really nice to look at.

The special features on the disc are also fantastic and will keep you entertained for hours! A favourite of mine is ‘Boundin’, a short film about a sheep with a beautiful coat, who bounds along proudly…until one day it gets sheared! Really funny! And ‘Incrediblunders’, I love the outtakes Pixar add at the end of the films, and so do my kids – they were in hysterics watching these! There are some really great extras to watch, which are both interesting and funny.


~Special features~

The first disc: Along with the film, there are also the filmmaker’s audio commentaries.
The extras disc:
• Introduction – Brad Bird gives an introduction to the extras on the disc.
• Deleted scenes – Shows all the films deleted scenes and has intro’s to them.
• Jack Jack attack – A Pixar animated short made especially for the release of The Incredibles, showing what happened when Kari was left baby-sitting Jack Jack, a really funny short film!
• The making of the Incredibles – A documentary about making the film, and features about 30 of the crew members.
• More making of the Incredibles – Another longer documentary about how the film was made.
• Incredi blunders – Fantastic! The outtakes of the film.
• Vowellet: an essay by Sarah Vowell – Which is a documentary about the life of Sarah Vowell, a writer who did the voice of Violet Parr.
• Character Interviews – The actors and actresses interview the characters.
• Theatrical trailer – The Incredibles film trailer.
• Mr Incredible and pals – A Mr Incredible cartoon spoofing cheesy superheroes from the 60’s.
• Mr Incredible and pals with commentary.
• NSA files containing info about the supers.
• One to watch is a short film directed by Bud Luckey called ‘Boundin’, which is fantastic!
• ‘Boundin’ – with commentary by Bud Luckey.
• Who is Bud Luckey? A four minute documentary about the making of Boundin.


~Trivia~

A cameo from Doc Hudson from another Pixar movie ‘cars’, can be seen parked on the left of the screen at 1.40:27 into the film, (although cars was released after the Incredibles – but the development of Cars was well under way at this point.)

The film won the Academy Award for ‘Best animated feature’ in 2005.


Voices by, Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Samuel L Jackson, Jason Lee and Brad Bird.
Directed by, Brad Bird.
Produced by, John Walker.
Released in 2004.
Run time 115 mins.
Certificate U.


Thanks for reading.

Summary: A fantastic film for all ages to enjoy with some great extras.