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
This kind of behind-the-scenes, real-life-of-superheroes stuff can be pretty funny. But The Incredibles is more than mere spoof. This is both a lovingly crafted superhero film and a crafty send-up of one — a film that takes the genre apart and then puts it back together, better than ever. Wired Magazine’s Jason Silverman reviews The… Read More »Wired Magazine Review
This review in Slate magazine mentions something I meant to put in my review. Bird begins with his superheroes being interviewed by an unseen documentarian with a handheld-camera, and they go in and out of focus as they get excited and the cameraman tries to keep them in the frame. Clever! This is another trend… Read More »The Slate Chimes In