The Average Family is More Incredible Than You Think
The Incredibles is a 2004 action/adventure animation box office buster, directed by Brad Bird. This Pixar animation starts out with the protagonist superhero, Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) finding true love with the one and only Elastigirl (Holly Hunter). The two superheroes create a very average middle-class family with new identities as Bob and Helen, because all superheroes and superhero activities had been banned by the government due to past trauma. Bob and Helen adjust to their new average life, have three kids, and a small house in the suburbs. Years go by when Bob finally cracks under the life of being average, goes through a midlife crisis, and gets himself fired from his cubicle job, right as opportunity knocks to be incredible once again. He takes the mission, and heads for a volcanic island to battle an out of control robot. Though Bob took this mission thinking it would only be a one-time thing he realizes how much he missed being super and takes more missions. Helen sees Bob getting into shape and sees an increased amount of income and positive attitude which she really enjoys at first. But when she eavesdropped a phone conversation between Bob and his employer she becomes skeptical of what he is doing during the day. Helen finds Bob by the tracker put in his new super suit and flies a jet to the island leaving her three kids at home with a babysitter. Everything is going smoothly until she finds out that she is not the only one on the plane. Her first two children, Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Spencer Fox), had secretly accompanied her on the mission to find Bob. They are inevitably separated and that is when they are at their weakest, but the family together can’t be stopped and that is how they save the day.
This movie was made by Pixar and it generally targets young ages due to an easy to follow plot, basic jokes made, and teaches lessons that are important for kids to know. The Incredibles draws all kids in because who doesn’t love a good superhero movie, where the audience can look up to a girl, boy, or even baby superhero. This movie paks in the right amount of action, romance, and family bonding that makes it enjoyable for any viewer. The post-millennials fell in love with the Incredible family made a second appearance on the big screen June 15, 2018, and made $180million in the box office, blowing past Finding Dory. I imagine this is because the older generation is going crazy over the fact that an Incredibles 2 came out and even the young kids now are very excited about it.
Something interesting that the writers do with the characters is that who they reflect what their powers are. Mr. Incredible or Bob has the superpower of super strength. This relates to the fact that he is the one who has to be strong for his family because he is the “man of the house”. He is married to Elastigirl, also known as Helen. Her power is being able to make her body stretch any way she wants. The power relates to the fact that she is the mom and needs to be everywhere at every time, especially for her kids. Her first kid is named Violet and she had the power to turn invisible and make force fields. This relates to who she is because when she is shown at school she is very shy and introverted, so she keeps to herself. Her younger brother Dash and he has super speed, mainly because he is a young boy, and always needs to be doing something. Their youngest child Jack-Jack is just a baby, and his power is that he can shapeshift but it is hard for him to control making him unpredictable much like babies are.
Personally, I really enjoy watching this film because it never fails to entertain the audience and it is a classic movie for the generation and I would definitely rate it "good good". The Incredibles was such a success when it came out that the creators decided to make a sequel, and the second movie did even better on its opening night that it is the best domestic start ever for an animated movie. This movie shows that family is always there for you even when you turn your back on them. When Bob secretly took a job to be a superhero again, he was working alone, just how he liked it. What he didn’t realize was that you are stronger with family and that even though he wasn’t telling Helen where he was going she, and their kids had his back when he was in trouble. I would recommend this movie to anyone that wants to revisit childhood, likes action, adventure, or someone that doesn’t like to think too much about what they are watching. The Incredibles is definitely a movie that will take you back to being a kid, and I can guarantee that it will be added to your list of classic movies.
Related Movies:
Incredibles 2
Toy Story
Finding Nemo
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