I knew I was going to like The Incredibles for the second I saw the first teaser. For those who don’t remember: it features Mr. Incredible attempting in vain to squeeze the buckle of his super-suit belt over his gut while the bombastic horns from the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service provide soundtrack. This let me know the people making this movie were my people. The Incredibles is easily my favorite Pixar film mostly because it’s soooo cool. And by cool I mean, cool like super-spy, death ray, badass, slick cars, everything-has-awesome-names, cool.
But, in a universe of superhero movies trying to depict what being a superhero would really be like by injecting emotional realism into the situations, the Incredibles beats them all.
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