Incredibles 2 film review- by Chris Stuckmann

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Incredibles two was directed by Brad Bird, just like the predecessor, and that’s a film that I really love, it’s one of, if not my favorite Pixar movie, it’s a fight between that and Toy Story to the end of the days. And after quite a long wait, we’re finally getting a sequel that once again involves the PAS family and their struggles with the fact that superheroes are illegal. Alastor Girl has a new job opportunity where she wears a camera on her suit, which records everything she does in the hopes to raise public awareness of how much good superheroes actually do to hopefully get enough votes to make superheroes legal again while Bob Parr stays home trying to raise his family. I remember when I saw cars, too, I was thinking to myself, why not Incredibles two? I thought the same thing when Cars three came out. And basically every time a new Pixar movie was released, I kept thinking to myself, When are we ever going to get Incredibles two?

And Brad Bird, the director of the original, has stated for many years that he would only make it if he felt that it could be as good as the first, which I liked, because contractual sequels are never going to be as good as when you let an artist have time to create their art and make something that they feel they’re proud of. Because when it comes to Brad Bird’s animated films, he’s made some of the best of the past 20 years The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, The First Incredibles. All of his animated films are fantastic. And the same goes for this film. I love this movie. I thought it was so good. This was an extremely exciting and fun movie that understands what a superhero movie needs, but also has great messages underneath for young people and for older people. One of my favorite things about Brad Bird’s films, the animated ones, are that they’re aimed at children, but they’re very intelligent. His films never pander to children. They never treat children as if they’re stupid. Yeah, there’s a few poop and fart jokes in this movie, but it’s never done in poor taste. If you’re going to do one like this film, does it then make it relevant to the story? And in this case, Bob has to take care of Jack, Jack, the little baby. And so obviously there’s a lot of dirty diapers.

The sequences with Bob trying to take care of Jack Jack and discovering what his powers really are are some of my favorite in the film, because one of the best messages of this film is that being a superhero is not just about what Alastor girl does go going out and actually fighting crime. It’s being a parent. It’s raising children, it’s being a family. That’s a heroic act. And this film understands that and it communicates it beautifully. It’s not just, oh, it’s a role reversal of what you usually see in movies where the dad raises the kids and the mom goes out and has a job. It’s more than that. It shows that both of these acts are heroic, which I love when it comes to the animation is stunning. Pixar continues to improve the depth and clarity of their images. There is a sequence with Bob holding Jack and you can see like little hairs sticking out of the fabric of his t shirt, Alastor girl’s hair, just the little individual strands that are flowing. It’s fucking mind boggling, to be honest, the amount of work that went into this film from an animation standpoint. And animators don’t get enough credit. It’s gorgeous. And Brad Bird continues to do something that I love about all of his animated films. He directs them as if their live action, the action sequences here are just enthralling.

There’s a sequence with a character named Void that’s able to create portals and sort of tossed people through the portals to transport them places or do whatever she wants, really, where she’s trying to get somebody to a plane and they keep missing and they have to try again. I mean, I could feel my hand just tightening underneath. I was you know, I was sitting there like this, like, oh, my God, this is fucking amazing. Like, there’s action sequences in this movie, one with a train and Alastor girl having to use her abilities to get this train that’s going in reverse to stop. There’s a sequence where someone’s breaking into an apartment and just the lighting doesn’t even feel like a kid’s film. It feels like this very suspenseful, dark drama. It’s impressive what Bird and the animators have done with lighting in this film. That’s something that he does with all of his movies. They all have a very sleek fluorescent look, especially ghost protocol. There’s a lot of mirrors and reflective surfaces. The car sequence at the end in that factory and all of those white lights, obviously, the Burj Khalifa seen here when the train is in that tunnel and you get those white lights blurring back and forth, the use of lighting in this film, I think is unparalleled when it comes to other Pixar films.

This is one of the best looking I’ve seen. Despite the long gap between films, the characters feel just as fresh and fully realized as they did in 2004, especially since this is coming out in the middle of our oversaturated superhero environment. It has intelligent conversations between characters. One where Alastor girl is talking to this other character about superheroes and the law and politics surrounding superheroes. And it’s an actual debate. This is the kind of thing where I could see a young kid starting to nod off. But as an adult, I was sitting there enthralled with the fact that Brad Bird clearly. Cares about making a great film with these characters, that’s also very exciting with amazing action sequences. Now, of course, there’s a big, bad guy for them to fight, and that’s somebody named Screen Sklaver, someone who is able to hypnotize people and make them do what he wants to do. And I found this character very obvious. The set up, I thought, was very weak. This was definitely the worst aspect of the film. There were no surprises there for me. And I suppose if you really wanted to look at the screenplay from that perspective, it’s not terribly unexpected. It goes the way you would hope that it would. It’s not like it throws a curveball in there or something.

And so that aspect of the movie was definitely weaker than the first the villain the first time around I thought was was much better. This one gets the job done. But this film and some of Marvel’s movies are challenging that age old notion that a story is only as good as its villain, because this film was really epic and exhilarating and the villain was kind of weak. But it understands to focus on the heroes and really flesh out their each character and their stories and give them something relevant to be concerned with and have a message that also feels relevant. I thought the action sequences in particular were better than the first film. The animation obviously has improved as well. They’re both wonderful movies and I’m glad that Bird took his time with this film to tell a compelling story that was true to the original. That was also an extremely exciting movie and I had a great time with Incredibles two and I cannot wait to see it again. I’m actually going to go this weekend again to see it. I’m going to give Incredibles two and a minus. Guys, thank you so much, as always, for watching. Look forward to more reviews very soon. And as always, if you like this, you can click right here and get stuck, ionised.