the film makes fun of everything from superhero cliches, such as a villain "monologuing," to educational cliches, such as mom Elastigirl tells her educationally-challenged son, "Every child is special," to which Dash sardonically but correctly replies, "If everyone is special, then NO ONE is special." A savvy comment on the blanderizing of America in which… Read More »The Incredibles from a writer’s viewpoint
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Earning an estimated 70.7 Million Dollars The Incredibles beats Pixar’s previous best weekend opening numbers from Finding Nemo. That’s a good sign if you ask me. The three-day weekend total was the best ever for a film released by Disney, and Saturday’s $29.4 million was the highest single-day tally for Disney. Not too shabby there… Read More »Incredible BOFFO
Why check up on the Lindsay Lohan fan blog, of course. According to The National Enquirer, the ‘Mean Girls’ star’s relentless work schedule, nonstop partying and multiple car crashes have taken a heavy toll on her emotions. Her friends say she is on the road to self destruction. The full National Enquirer story is here.
Jason Kottke saw The Incredibles and wrote a short review. Be sure to read the comments.
Phil Johnson, of Roadside Attraction Band and Blog, has a look at some of what Disneyland is offering for it’s 50th Anniversary. Hint: he’s not all that happy. So, besides the gold car bit and the new fireworks and parade shows, the other stuff seems like stuff that could and would happen regardless of the… Read More »Some plans for Disneyland’s 50th.
The movie, at 115 minutes, is the longest all-CG film to date. The plot actually fills the time out nicely — I never felt bored, rushed, waiting for the next scene, or wondering why we hadn’t seen more of the goings-on. It wouldn’t be nearly as good a film in either traditional animation, nor in… Read More »Dave Does The Incredibles
Don’t click on this link until you’ve already seen The Incredibles. However, once you have, you need to see how similar Edna Mode is to Edith Head