Let us make this clear at the very outset - I am not a fan of animation movies. They are supposed to be cute movies with not much of a storyline and built around simple characters. The leading examples would be the leading animation movies like "The Lion King", "Ice Age", etc. So, I never saw this movie, though it has been a number of years since it was released. I finally saw it a few days back, when all I had was about an hour and a half, while the other movies that I had were well longer than the time I had. Having run out of choices, I finally paid homage to this animation extravaganza.
Basically put, "The Incredibles" is an animation superhero movie. But wait, it is not another animation superhero TV series like He Man, Batman or Spiderman, that we have grown with. The animation quality is much better, but that doesn’t make the movie look like a 3-D superhero series from "Cartoon Network". The story is of a superhero, rather a superhero family, or even better put a retired superhero family, who have retired from saving the world.
Like a zillion other movies, the movie can be described as a battle between the good and the evil. However, the conflict here is more subtle and represents the fight of superheroes with themselves and their inner desire to be the superheroes again. As an interesting aspect, it is also a fight of the superhero with the superhero wannabe, and especially the evil and brilliant ones of the kind. The superhero comes out victorious in the end, but it is the battle and its representation that will hold you for much longer than one and a half hour of movie time.
Having said that, the movie is simply brilliant and while being different than the other animation movies, it retains the simplicity of characters and the cuteness of the storyline, which has become a hallmark of animation movies.
Basically put, "The Incredibles" is an animation superhero movie. But wait, it is not another animation superhero TV series like He Man, Batman or Spiderman, that we have grown with. The animation quality is much better, but that doesn’t make the movie look like a 3-D superhero series from "Cartoon Network". The story is of a superhero, rather a superhero family, or even better put a retired superhero family, who have retired from saving the world.
Like a zillion other movies, the movie can be described as a battle between the good and the evil. However, the conflict here is more subtle and represents the fight of superheroes with themselves and their inner desire to be the superheroes again. As an interesting aspect, it is also a fight of the superhero with the superhero wannabe, and especially the evil and brilliant ones of the kind. The superhero comes out victorious in the end, but it is the battle and its representation that will hold you for much longer than one and a half hour of movie time.
Having said that, the movie is simply brilliant and while being different than the other animation movies, it retains the simplicity of characters and the cuteness of the storyline, which has become a hallmark of animation movies.
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