The Incredibles ****

Brilliant movie. Saw it in the local DLP theater, which if you are anywhere near one, I highly recommend seeing it DLP as it is the best theater format available to us peons. True, celluloid is better, but I have not seen but perhaps one movie in a theater that could surpass DLP, and that particular theater doesn't exist anymore. Computer animated films are the best thing to see in Digital Light Projection. Anything straight from a computer to your local theater is most likely the best presentation you will ever see. Maybe not hear, but see.

As with all Pixar movies, the characters shine and are immediately likeable. You always feel strongly for the players in their films. The voicework is perfect, the design and imagination of this film is so spectacular. A moving, thrilling adventure for the kids and adults. The look of this film is very stylized, and not bent on showing off the prowess of current computer technology. Story and characters are what count in this movie, but the quality is nothing to be taken lightly either. Brad Bird is most responsible for this film, and a lot of it reminds one of the previous movie he did: The Iron Giant. Both are set in the 50s and some of the character designs are very much alike. As usual, this film is a comedy adventure. The funniest moments are laugh-out-loud funny, and the adventurous spirit brings you back to your childhood, where your imagination ruled the day and you could go anywhere and do anything. I can't wait to see this again! I love that superhero movies of this sort make me want to don a supersuit and fight crime, if only my woman would tell me where it is! "Why do you need to know?" she says!

The usual Pixar suspects are still here: Wallace Shawn, who played Rex, the dinosaur toy in the Toy Story movies is here as Mr. Incredible's day job boss, and embodies just about every annoying boss you've ever had. John Ratzenburger, who played Ham, the piggy bank in the Toy Story movies also makes a very brief appearance, as he does in every Pixar movie.

There were a few good trailers before the movie. The next Pixar movie is called Cars, and it looks like it is going to be a comedy classic. Again, great characters that you can't help but love the minute you meet them. And of course, the creme-de-la-creme: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. I had just seen the teaser on the internet, but it needs to be experienced in a large theater. There were moments of big bass that you just can't get at home... at least, not without mucho dinero and many home theater equipment purchases. That film is gonna tear the house down. I can feel it.

Kudos to Pixar. Again. The way they're going, they can do no wrong.
Brilliant, exciting, imaginative, and machine washable, darling, that's a new feature.