Board 8 > Anybody see Incredibles 2 yet? *SPOILERS*

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Ya know, I haven't seen much people talk about this movie

The thing is

I don't think having something darker automatically makes it better

someone I know solely believes thats why majora's mask is better than OoT

but I dunno

in this case, i think it might apply

Theres a somber tone to Incredibles 1, its basically Watchman Jr. Government forces them to step down, they allude to past heroes dying or their deaths are the reasons for certain things

Mooks straight up die, they go out of their way to point out that the villains WILL kill the heroes

hell, Bob is led to believe his family was killed and he almost commits murder in retaliation

yea, none of that is here, its MUCH more family friendly and "Yay super heroes are real again" at the end

it was still a fun time but its much more of a family film here.

But...they still tried ....to act like the original a few times? that flashback where the father dies, and theres some mild cursing here and there? a period joke as well.

I don't think even they knew what they were going for

the film was fun but it fell into certain conventions, straight up started rehashing certain things, going as far as to forget some things in the original so they can redo it here, and becoming WAY too predictable. (who didn't see one of the siblings turning on everyone?)

Even though they DID raise the stakes by having them fight other supers, it just somehow felt like they didn't raise them either. I dunno. It went from men with guns willing to kill children in the first one to super hero saturday morning cartoon fights.

It kinda went from telling a slightly more mature story, not pulling punches for the kids and treating them with respect , to this gag filled, slapstick comedy that just so happens to have super heroes

The movie was just not what I was expecting, it was fun, but ...not incredible
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also I have seen memes sprout up in the past 5 or so years saying how fine Elastagirl is

I think they actually ascended some of those and made her much more gorgeous in this movie

She has bigger eyelashes, made her features softer, and well, made her hips and ass bigger.

They even had her in a bathrobe. They didn't real much there but ...still

I ain't complaining

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I felt that way too coming out of the theater, but I've come around on it.

Incredibles 1 was a deconstruction, but 2 is a reconstruction. The world is still decently "dark" but more hopeful in tone. The plot isn't really as good, but I think that's largely because I don't think they could have topped Syndrome (though let's be real, the twist in 1 that the secret island company is secretly evil would probably be just as obvious as 2's if we were to watch it for the first time today).

It's not gonna go up there with Pixar's greats but I'm happy with what we got. The movie itself isn't incredible, but the execution is. The dialogue is still sharp, and the music, fight scenes, and effects are actually great. It's really easy to overlook how good those were done. If they kept making movies like this, I'd keep watching them.
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the most stand out scene for me was when Elastigirl fought that super villain in that monitor room

what the shit was that! it looked crazy!
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also, while it HAS been several years since I've seen it

did they REALLY not know jack jack had powers at the end of the first one?

I could have sworn
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It was okay. I was surprised by how Elastigirl sounded seventy years old.
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on the contrary, Mr. Incredible is the one that sounded super aged
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no. syndrome took jack jack at the end and while he was flying away that's when jack jack transformed and whatnot and the family never saw that

also I find it funny that we STILL don't know what happened to Mirage

this movie takes place immediately after the first one

she just simply vanished like a mirage would I guess
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Punnyz posted...

also I find it funny that we STILL don't know what happened to Mirage

this movie takes place immediately after the first one

she just simply vanished like a mirage would I guess

Well, the voice actress died. >_>
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that didn't stop them from replacing the voice actor of that Nixon lookin agent
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speaking of voice actors

I always thought Elastigirl was voice by Jodie Foster for some reason

its Holly Hunter

she, along with Sam jackson and others, were in front of the camera saying how good the movie was gonna be before it started
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Apparently the crazy flashing lights scene was enough to warrant an epilepsy warning
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I don't recall seeing one but I don't doubt it

that was intense
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I liked it. I don't really have any complaints about it. Jack Jack was more amusing than I thought he'd be. I bust out laughing at the restaurant scene. My daughter liked it but was a little bit freaked out by the Screenslaver glasses being put on the heroes. I was curious if Saul Goodman would be the villain.
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I loved it but man that "twist" was way too obvies.

Couldn't they have named her anything but "Evil Endeavor"? HA HA, IT'S SO PUNNY!!!

And before somebody spouts the whole "made for kids/families" shtick the original movie came out when most of the target audience WERE kids and most of us have matured since then. Not everyone has started families of their own yet and even those of us who did might not have children old enough to appreciate the finer nuances of the plot. Sure Pixar's always been about family-friendly entertainment, but I feel like they could have set the bar a little higher here.

That said my inner kid was overjoyed by the Jack-Jack versus the Masked Menace scene, second only to Elastigirl's epic comeback. RIP Elasticycle.
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Other than like, Comics and Anime, specifically One Piece

incredibles showed off how stretching powers could be very useful

I'm very glad Elastigirl got front stage because they got to show off even more creativity with her powers

that detachable bike thing was a great idea
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oh yea, and Bob Odenkirk was great as per usual
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I wonder if the 2 Supers that the siblings Dad tried to call were killed by Syndrome
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Yeah I expected a bit more to that backstory at some point.

I dunno, it wasn't super DARK but it still felt "mature" to me with the bits about Mr. Incredible handling everything, and breaking the law to fix the law, and all that. I think it works on both adult and kid levels

Jack-Jack was also a lot more prominent (and less annoying) than I expected
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ffmasterjose posted...

I wonder if the 2 Supers that the siblings Dad tried to call were killed by Syndrome

In the first movie, Gazerbeam was the corpse that Mr. Incredible found on the island who found out the password

Kronos

which was vital to bringing down Syndrome

he was also at Bob's and Helen's wedding and there was a newspaper article about his civilian persona being missing post-relocation act, thus foreshadowing that part of the plot about the supers trying to come back

so I can at least vouch for him, but the lines were cut because of the super ban and he was probably still alive at that point in time of the flashback in part 2
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I was highly impressed with the animation throughout the movie. I also laughed a lot, but I feel like the movie wouldn't be as funny on a second watch since a lot of it was just Jack-Jack being a goofy baby. Which is actually kinda lazy on their part, but hey it worked I suppose.

My biggest disappointment was Dash, I expected more from him since he was so cool in the first movie. Not once did he have any cool superspeed moments like running on water. The movie was really just about Jack-Jack.

Elastigirl was cool though, seeing how creative they got with her powers was highly entertaining and I remember wishing they would make more superhero movies with this animation, since they can do so much more with it than live-action.
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The audience at my showing was mostly families and loved literally every baby-related gag. It didn't really take me out of the movie, but I guess Pixar knows the family audience.
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Dash was a bit in the background compared to the others but I think thats his best place so I was good with that
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