Every time a new Pixar movie comes out I think “this is the best animation they’ve ever done”. Then the next one comes out and I think “this is the best animation they’ve ever done”. Then the next comes out and so on and so forth.
That’s where we are with Incredibles 2.
This is the best animation Pixar has ever done. The movements are smooth, fluid and realistic. Yet they maintain the feel of a cartoon. The color palette and styling are reminiscent of the 1950’s. The opening sequence featuring the villain Underminer’s drill vehicle has one of the best, brief animated moments that I’ve ever seen and it sets the tone for how the rest of the film will look.
Incredibles 2 is so much fun. It picks up exactly where The Incredibles left off and features the Parr family along with Lucius/Frozone going up against The Underminer. Things don’t go the way they hoped and the fervor against Supers in renewed.
A billionaire shows up and offers to rebuild and rebrand their image using Elastigirl as the face of the new effort. Meanwhile, Bob is left at home navigating Violet’s teenage angst, helping Dash with “new math”, and trying to get a handle on Jack-Jacks emerging powers.
Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Samuel L. Jackson and Brad Bird all return as the voices of Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet, Jack-Jack, Frozone, and everyone’s favorite superhero fashion designer, Edna Mode. They’re joined by newcomers Huck Milner, Catherine Keener, Bob Odenkirk, and Sophia Bush as the voices of Dash, Evelyn Deavor, Winston Deavor, and Voyd.
I know that everyone loves The Incredibles and everything you said about that movie, you can say about this sequel. It took 14 years to get here but Incredibles 2 was worth the wait.
Also new in theaters this week…
Tag starring Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jeremy Renner and Leslie Bibb. Is loosely based on the true story of five highly competitive friends who, for one month every year, hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade -- risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry "You're It!"
This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming... and he's ready. Tag shows how far some guys will go to be the last man standing.
In a remake of the same-titled 1972 film, Superfly is the story of Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one last score, Priest and his partner travel to Mexico to arrange a deal.
The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom. This remake of the 1972 film is reimagined by Director X, director of music videos from Drake and Rihanna.