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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2004, 04:55:33 AM »
Well...this was the first time I mentioned her name in a thread, but...yeah, see the other thread. >_>;;;
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2004, 06:11:36 PM »
I went out and saw this one by myself. It was pretty good. I felt that Violet's character was kind of lacking. Sure she had her moments, but... what? And I wanted more supers! Why Syndrome, why have you killed so many!?
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2004, 10:13:58 PM »
Hm, I thought Violet was just fine...had that whole insecure angsty teen thing going, and once she accepted herself and proved her usefulness she started actually smiling. I remarked on her first smile when I saw it.
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2004, 05:57:22 PM »
I'm finally going to see it tonight! Yay!
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2004, 07:47:01 PM »
Wahoo! My mom is coming up to spend the night on 12/2 to watch Mathias (he'll be sleeping), so my husband and I can catch this movie.
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2004, 10:10:51 PM »
Never wear a cape, that's what I've learned today. Great movie. I was laughing the whole way through. It took me forever to realize who was doing Mr. Incredible's voice. The Coach himself, Craig T. Nelson. I think he did a great job. The best voice would have to be Edna, though.

So many surprises. I went in not really knowing what the plot would be, so I was pretty much surprised at every turn.
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2004, 04:24:57 AM »
You know this might go in the thread about movie critics and how worthless they are, but no....

Incredibles has 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Which is pretty good.  But that still means there were 7 people who didn't like it.  Which boggles me.  I mean you read  a review like "An unfortunate use of Pixar magic to tell a tired story in a typical world," and I think "Did they see the same movie that I did?"
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2004, 04:08:53 PM »
So four critics disagreeing with you means that all critics are worthless?

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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2004, 04:36:08 PM »
No.

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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2004, 05:04:12 PM »
you know, there were people who didn't like The Fellowship of the Rings as well. Some on our own site. People just ahve differnet opinions.

Of course, in teh case of The Fellowship of the Rings and teh Incredibles, if they don't like them they're WRONG. but still.

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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2004, 07:58:31 PM »
Technically I didn't say they were wrong. I can't believe they saw the same movie that I did.  I postulate that their theater was near some sort of vortex and they  slipped into a parallel universe in which the movie sucked.
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2004, 08:21:10 PM »
Well there are lots of generic things in the movie, it's not that original.  It's just well done.
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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2004, 09:31:21 PM »
and you say Dreamworks is a better studio? sorry, that movie was pretty brilliant. They had some really creative uses of powers and ideas. No, it wasn't the most original movie ever. If it was, it wouldn't be a superhero movie. But it still held it's own against many other movies.

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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2004, 10:33:13 PM »
I finally saw this the other night and came out of the theatre with a big smile on my face.  I loved every minute of it.  Sure, it starts out slow, but when the action hits, it hits hard.  Very impressed.  Makes me want to try out CoH now...

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Re: The Incredibles
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2004, 07:39:30 PM »
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If it was, it wouldn't be a superhero movie.


Sorry, I disagree.  One of the things I LIKE about superhero movies is their originality.  Sure, they follow a common plot structure.  However, the powers, the way they use them, the visuals, the personalities, the backstories--these are generally creative and interesting.  Original, if you will.

I loved THE INCREDIBLES.  However, I'll admit that I was disappointed that the powers presented were all so generic.

You could make that same comment about fantasy.  "If it were original, it wouldn't be fantasy.'  Just because a lot of the genre is repetitive doesn't mean it all has to be.
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