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4th Update, Saturday AM after midnight post: Refresh for updates Incredibles 2 isn’t just a sequel to an animated film, it’s a sequel to an A+ four-quad movie and it’s acting like the latter pulling in everyone, largely adults with general audiences accounting for 57% of the audience. Note that parents are only repping 12% of the crowd per PostTrak with 31% kids. In the middle of the night we were spotting that Incredibles 2 was clicking to $175.3M and there’s a very good shot this all-audience pic is flying to $180M+. That figure alone is close to 70% of...

Disney and Pixar's The Incredibles 2 is tracking for a huge box-office debut of $140 million-plus in North America. If so, that would make the best domestic start ever for an animated movie, exceeding the $135 million launch of fellow Pixar film Finding Dory. The film opens in theaters on June 15, nearly 14 years after The Incredibles hit the big screen and turned into an instant classic. Incredibles 2 was directed by Brad Bird, who also wrote and helmed the first film. Along with Bird, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L. Jackson and John Ratzenberger reprise...

The Incredibles may be a squad of superheroes, but the highly-anticipated (and long-awaited) sequel to the 2004 animated movie is celebrating one specific heroine. Elastigirl is running things this time around, and it's just one of many reasons to get hyped for this sure-to-be-epic superhero flick. The latest trailer for The Incredibles 2 shows the pitfalls of having a family with incredible powers — especially when only one of them is asked to save the world. The drama in the sequel comes about when mom Helen Parr, a.k.a. Elastigirl, is tasked with bringing superheroes back into the forefront of...

Democrats must have missed this scene from "The Incredibles": http://www.rightsideredux.com/2005/12/incredulous.html

I'm somewhat befuddled as to why objectivists seem so enthralled with The Incredibles. I suppose some of it has to do with some press coverage labelling the movie "Randian". It is understandable for objectivists to bask in the national spotlight that so rarely shines on them. Objectivists seem to be confused by The Incredibles. What underlies their confusion with this movie is their reflexive attempt to fit cultural events into the narrative of Atlas Shrugged. The proper dichotomy should be, they argue, between the strong and the weak, the able and the incompetent. So it is not surprising that they...

I just took one of my daughters to see The Incredibles, and I cannot say enough good things about it. This is a conservative movie in so many ways, I can't begin to catalogue them. It is very entertaining, very well written, visually engaging. It is (1) pro-family, (2) pro-exceptionalism, (3) pro-tort reform, (4) pro-masculinity, (5) pro-use of force against criminals, and almost completely devoid of p.c. bromides. The bad guys are bad guys, the good guys are good guys, and to be able to take your kids to something so sane is like a breath of fresh air. My...

For decades, kids have enjoyed following the out-of-this-world exploits of comic-book heroes, learning along the way about courage and heroism, and the need for the forces of good to triumph over the nefarious plots of those possessed by evil. Every generation needs to learn their own duty to sacrifice and fight for the good. But lately, ever since the first "Spiderman" live-action movie roared at the box office, fans of the long-lasting Marvel Comics stable of superheroes have been inundated with big, noisy, expensive blockbusters bringing these two-dimensional pen-and-ink heroes to life. Unfortunately, in attempting to dramatize Marvel honcho Stan...

I know that a thread already talked about this movie but I wanted to start a fresh one. Saw The Incredibles yesterday with my wife and grandkids. First, I really enjoyed it. I thought it was extremely witty and well-written. Second – and a pleasant surprise – were the hidden messages that jumped right out and grabbed me. I read someone stated that the movie was a metaphor on America and the WOT. I not only agree but the whole movie was about America and its place in the world. Mr. Incredible is America. So sure in his mission, so...

For those who have seen the new terrific movie "The Incredibles" did you notice that one of the villians looks like John Kerry and speaks French? Am I mistaken?