Edna was a dead-on portrait (at least physically) of the legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
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Betsy HP - Nov 06, 2004 4:51:38 pm PST #5487 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Anne W. - Nov 06, 2004 4:57:54 pm PST #5488 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Edna is a delight and a wonder. The whole montage on why capes are BAD had me in pain from the funny.
Jessica - Nov 06, 2004 6:48:53 pm PST #5489 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love The Incredibles so so much and I want to watch it again a MILLION times.
I can already tell it's going to be one of those movies where the crypoints are going to bleed into the surrounding scenes until I'm quietly tearing up throughout the entire film. It's going to be Lilo & Stitch all over again. (There was actually a point towards the end where I realized that the giant machine they fight basically IS a mechanical Stitch, the way it tucks in its arms and rolls around destroying stuff.)
Thomash - Nov 06, 2004 7:06:08 pm PST #5490 of 10001
I have a plan.
Pierce Brosnan wants Colin Farrell.
Sean K - Nov 06, 2004 9:47:52 pm PST #5491 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Edna was a dead-on portrait (at least physically) of the legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head.
That was very intentional.
I LOVED the cape montage. SO HILARIOUS!
(There was actually a point towards the end where I realized
OMG!!!! IT IS!!!!!!!!
Jessica - Nov 07, 2004 6:16:08 am PST #5492 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've often said that I don't want any more film adaptations of Alan Moore comics, because they always seem to go very, very badly. And within 5 minutes of The Incredibles, I was jumping up and down in my seat, elbowing Ethan and whispering "IT'S WATCHMEN!!!!!!"
How much do I love Pixar? THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS much!
Betsy HP - Nov 07, 2004 7:07:29 am PST #5493 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Heh. I thought when I saw the mechanical Robodoom, "God, they must be pissed off that Sky captain came out first!
Alibelle - Nov 07, 2004 2:40:50 pm PST #5494 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Okay, I am now kind of spoiled for The Incredibles. There is no way for my weak will to resist white font about it in two different threads, over several days.
I am not made of steel, people.
Like, uh... that guy Skip. On that Minear show. Angel. He was all, like, metallic and stuff. Right?
Tom Scola - Nov 07, 2004 5:07:18 pm PST #5495 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I really, really, enjoyed The Incredibles, as much as anyone on the board, but after I saw it, I read this review, and now I'm having second thouights about it. Especially
Villains aren't simply villains. They're terrorists. "They'll kill you if they can," Elastigirl warns her children. You can't miss the post-9/11 desperation in her voice. Or the elitism embodied by the "supers."
and other reviews comparing it to The Fountainhead. I'm very confused. Is it elitist?
Betsy HP - Nov 07, 2004 5:49:35 pm PST #5496 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
What nonsense.
The movie can certainly be read as allegorical. I'm sure Randians have a field day with it. But Elastigirl KNOWS the bad guys will kill her kids, because they just tried to. She said "There are children here", and they fired anyway. It's not a global statement, it's a specific one.
I suppose anytime you deal with Superman you have echoes of Übermensch. But there's no suggestion that the Incredibles are morally superior to anybody else; just physically.