Huh, Debetesse, I hadn't realized that was the rating. For me, no issue with the violence at all (in fact, I'm so hard hearted that it made me laugh long and hard).

I would just be hesitant to take young kids.

Funny but weird to see in an animated movie aimed at kids.

I took my 4 year old daughter to see it last night. She's a huge Pixar fan and a huge superheroes fan (just like her daddy) and this was her second movie-going experience (her first one was Finding Nemo and we had to leave for a potty emergency halfway through.) Anyway, I was a little distressed by the cape death montage (even though I found it uproariously funny) but I don't fault Pixar because there was a PG on it, and I had heard there was a certain level of superhero violence. I don't think she really understood what was happening. She did ask me to take her home during the scenes where Elastigirl is sneaking into the fortress, but I managed to convince her to stay on and she got really pumped soon afterwards when Dash and Violet are evading those copter-thingies (and blowing them up ewok-style too - I didn't see the drivers parachuting out or anything.)

The most important thing was we had some great daddy/daughter time and we chatted all the way home about the cool characters and funny scenes.

Aw. And, interestingly, I had some good discussion time with my six y.o. niece today who had seen it, too. She didn't seem bothered by the cape scenes either, though she regularly watches some stuff that just makes me wince when I think about it, so...

I found the movie just hilarious in parts, but I found myslef thinking that, for many kids, long stretches of it were probably just boring. Particularly the scenes of Mr. I on the day job at the beginning.

I found the movie just hilarious in parts, but I found myslef thinking that, for many kids, long stretches of it were probably just boring.

No question. This movie's pacing was more Monsters Inc. than Finding Nemo. A lot of workplace humor. And a lot of stuff that's going to be over the head of most kids. At one point I was afraid it was going to get all Spy Kidsy on us, but I think they avoided that pitfall.

Huh. I thought "This movie made me happier than anything except *Spy Kids*." Which is to say, being like *Spy Kids*? Not an insult. The most visually inventive movie I'd seen in years, for one thing.

Which is to say, being like *Spy Kids*? Not an insult.

Absolutely, Betsy!

In addition to the above Minear-related discussion, did anyone else get a Holtz vibe when Buddy threatened to take Jack-Jack and raise him as his own?

Which is to say, being like *Spy Kids*? Not an insult.

I didn't mean Spy Kids was bad. I meant that the scene where the rest of the family goes to the remote island to rescue dad, and then mom gets separated and the kids are on their own, well it started to approach the same setup that the first Spy Kids had. IOW, been there, seen that.

That's not to say that I didn't do my share of eye-rolling during Spy Kids, because you bet I did. But an enjoyable movie, nevertheless.

Love the reality show idea P-C. It would be like getting a "best bits" show; like picking the chocolate chips out of a muffin, or the really cheesy Doritos out of the bag, or adding LOTS of extra lemon to your salad.

I just pre-ordered Wonderfalls (using the buffista link, BTW). According to amazon, the series stars Katie Finneran and some other people. WTF? Why isn't Caroline's name first?

Probably for the same reason that David Lynch's Dune "starred" Sting, and a whole bunch of other people nobody had ever heard of, all of whom had much bigger parts.

Except that, it's not like Katie Finneran is busting out all over in mega-stardom or anything, so we're back to WTF???