Product Description
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From the Academy Award(R) winning (2003 Best Animated Feature
Film) creators of FINDING NEMO comes the action-packed animated
adventure about the mundane and incredible lives of a house full
of superheroes. Bob Parr and his wife Helen used to be among the
world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil
on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to
adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they
live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and
Jack-Jack. to get back into action, Bob gets his chance
when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island
for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take
a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.
Exploding with fun and featuring the animated short film
"Jack-Jack Attack," this spectacular 2-disc collector's edition
DVD is high-flying entertainment for everyone. "It's James Bond,
Indiana Jones, and the X-Men all rolled into one." -- Peter
Travers, Rolling Stone
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After creating the last great traditionally animated film of the
20th century, The Iron Giant, filmmaker Brad Bird joined
top-drawer studio Pixar to create this exciting, completely
entertaining computer-animated film. Bird gives us a family of
"supers," a brood of five with special powers desperately trying
to fit in with the 9-to-5 suburban lifestyle. Of course, in a
more innocent world, Bob and Helen Parr were superheroes, Mr.
Incredible and Elastigirl. But blasted lawsuits and public
disapproval forced them and other supers to go incognito, making
it even tougher for their school-age kids, the shy Violet and the
aptly named Dash. When a stranger named Mirage (voiced by
Elizabeth Pena) secretly recruits Bob for a potential mission,
the old glory days spin in his head, even if his body is a bit
too plump for his old super suit.
Bird has his cake and eats it, too. He and the Pixar wizards
send up superhero and James Bond movies while delivering a
thrilling, supercool action movie that rivals Spider-Man 2 for
2004's best onscreen thrills. While it's just as funny as the
previous Pixar films, The Incredibles has a far wider-ranging
emotional palette (it's Pixar's first PG film). Bird takes
several jabs, including some juicy commentary on domestic life
("It's not graduation, he's moving from the fourth to fifth
grade!").
The animated Parrs look and act a bit like the actors portraying
them, Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter. Samuel L. Jackson and
Jason Lee also have a grand old time as, respectively, superhero
Frozone and bad guy Syndrome. Nearly stealing the show is Bird
himself, voicing the eccentric designer of superhero outfits ("No
capes!"), E Mode.
Nominated for four Os, The Incredibles won for Best Animated
Film and, in an unprecedented win for non-live-action films,
Sound Editing.
The Presentation
This two-disc set is (shall we say it?), incredible. The
digital-to-digital transfer pops off the screen and the 5.1 Dolby
sound will knock the socks off most systems. But like any
superhero, it has an Achilles heel. This marks the first Pixar
release that doesn't include both the widescreen and full-screen
versions in the same DVD set, which was a great bargaining chip
for those cinephiles who still want a full-frame presentation for
other family members. With a 2.39:1 widescreen ratio (that's big
black bars, folks, à la Dr. Zhivago), a few more viewers may
decide to go with the full-frame presentation. Fortunately, Pixar
reformats their full-frame presentation so the action remains in
frame.
The Extras
The most-repeated segments will be the two animated shorts.
Newly created for this DVD is the hilarious "Jack-Jack Attack,"
filling the gap in the film during which the Parr baby is left
with the talkative babysitter, Kari. "Boundin'," which played in
front of the film theatrically, was created by Pixar character
designer Bud Luckey. This easygoing take on a dancing sheep gets
better with multiple viewings (be sure to watch the featurette on
the short).
Brad Bird still sounds like a bit of an outsider in his
commentary track, recorded before the movie opened. Pixar captain
John Lasseter brought him in to shake things up, to make sure the
wildly successful studio would not get complacent. And while Bird
is certainly likable, he does not exude Lasseter's teddy-bear
persona. As one animator states, "He's like strong coffee; I
happen to like strong coffee." Besides a resilient stance to be
the best, Bird threw in an amazing number of challenges, most of
which go unnoticed unless you delve into the 70 minutes of
making-of features plus two commentary tracks (Bird with producer
John Walker, the other from a dozen animators). We hear about the
numerous sets, why you go to "the Spaniards" if you're dealing
with animation physics, costume problems (there's a reason why
previous Pixar films dealt with single- or uncostumed
characters), and horror stories about all that animated hair.
Bird's commentary throws out too many names of the animators even
after he warns himself not to do so, but it's a lively enough
time. The animator commentary is of greatest interest to those
interested in the occupation.
There is a 30-minute segment on deleted scenes with temporary
vocals and crude drawings, including a new opening (thankfully
dropped). The "secret files" contain a "lost" animated short from
the superheroes' glory days. This fake cartoon (Frozone and Mr.
Incredible are teamed with a pink bunny) wears thin, but play it
with the commentary track by the two superheroes and it's another
sharp comedy sketch. There are also NSA "files" on the other
superheroes alluded to in the film with dossiers and curiously
fun sound bits. "Vowellet" is the only footage about the
well-known cast (there aren't even any obligatory s of the
cast their lines). Author/cast member Sarah Vowell
(NPR's This American Life) talks about her first foray into movie
voice-overs--daughter Violet--and the unlikelihood of her being a
superhero. The feature is unlike anything we've seen on a Disney
or Pixar DVD extra, but who else would consider Abe Lincoln an
action figure? --Doug Thomas
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Review
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"A unique mix of comedy and slam-bang superhero action..." --
Leonard Maltin, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
"Great for the
whole family." -- LARRY KING
"TWO THUMBS UP" --Ebert &
Roeper
"
one of the years best
" --Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"The Incredibles is quite literally
the perfect family film!"
--Clay Smith, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD
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