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Season 12 Time!
So today I went to see Incredibles 2 in a epilepsy warning-laden cinema, and here are my fresh thoughts on it.
What are your thoughts on the movie?
- The epilepsy warnings were necessary! I don’t have epilepsy myself, but it was awful seeing the blue strobe lights blasting off the cinema screen. They’re for story purposes, I get that, but did the staff at Pixar not take off their soda-drinking shades when viewing this in their famous auditorium?
- I’m happy the story keeps the seriousness of the first movie, while also getting edgier with a more sinister villain.
- At the same time, it’s balanced out with some comedy, mostly involving Jak-Jak. It’s funnier than the first movie, and more action-packed, though whether I’d say is better is still up for my nostalgia to dictate.
- If there are two things I’ll take away from the serious side of the film, I love how it plays with a cliché that Disney and Pixar movies have been abusing recently. You see it set up with certain lines and behaviours, then it pulls a 180 that makes sense.
- The other thing is the political message. There’s both the rather preachy “doing the right thing should be legal” thing, which at least fits well for the supers and their history, and then there’s the “don’t let the media control you” message, which is worked well into the plot. Supers are being forced to go underground because of the media. Screenslaver’s able to hypnotise so many people because of TVs. This series is set in the 60s (somewhat), but this is a very powerful message that needs to be used more in the Information Age.
- The Tony Ridenger subplot was pretty good, but there shoud’ve been more Tony in it. However, I like how the beginning references Jak-Jak Attack, for those diehard Incredimaniacs to notice.
- Void is cute!
- Dash is more annoying than I remember, but he’s still funny. Him playing with the Incredi-Bile makes for some of the movie’s best jokes.
- Jak-Jak’s new powers are funny and creative. My favourite has to be the lavender safety foam.
- The sequel just seems more colourful than its predecessor. Brighter reds and blues, more superpowers, a new house for the characters (and your eyes) to explore.
- Most importantly, unlike Finding Dory, I don’t feel like too much of the movie’s owed to the first one. Sure it picks up right where the first left off, but you can watch the two consecutively and feel like they’re flowing.
- I’m happy the story keeps the seriousness of the first movie, while also getting edgier with a more sinister villain.
- At the same time, it’s balanced out with some comedy, mostly involving Jak-Jak. It’s funnier than the first movie, and more action-packed, though whether I’d say is better is still up for my nostalgia to dictate.
- If there are two things I’ll take away from the serious side of the film, I love how it plays with a cliché that Disney and Pixar movies have been abusing recently. You see it set up with certain lines and behaviours, then it pulls a 180 that makes sense.
- The other thing is the political message. There’s both the rather preachy “doing the right thing should be legal” thing, which at least fits well for the supers and their history, and then there’s the “don’t let the media control you” message, which is worked well into the plot. Supers are being forced to go underground because of the media. Screenslaver’s able to hypnotise so many people because of TVs. This series is set in the 60s (somewhat), but this is a very powerful message that needs to be used more in the Information Age.
- The Tony Ridenger subplot was pretty good, but there shoud’ve been more Tony in it. However, I like how the beginning references Jak-Jak Attack, for those diehard Incredimaniacs to notice.
- Void is cute!
- Dash is more annoying than I remember, but he’s still funny. Him playing with the Incredi-Bile makes for some of the movie’s best jokes.
- Jak-Jak’s new powers are funny and creative. My favourite has to be the lavender safety foam.
- The sequel just seems more colourful than its predecessor. Brighter reds and blues, more superpowers, a new house for the characters (and your eyes) to explore.
- Most importantly, unlike Finding Dory, I don’t feel like too much of the movie’s owed to the first one. Sure it picks up right where the first left off, but you can watch the two consecutively and feel like they’re flowing.