I still have my ticket in my wallet for seeing The Incredibles just before I moved out of Florida with silvrethorn. We both loved it.
The Incredibles is one of the few contemporary films that both my dad and I like (he usually gives up after 1950). He's a wee bit cynical, so he loved the idea of superheroes being sued underground, and after that he was hooked. :-)
Pixar does such fun, fun work, I agree. I didn't think I would like Up but the imagery in the commercials dragged me to the theater.
I remember seeing the teaser trailer and thinking, "What the -- ?" I couldn't fathom where Pixar was going with a little old man in a floating house. Fortunately, you can usually trust that they've got a story to tell.
Of course, I wondered who in Pixar had read that '80's-'90's series about the superheroes being redlisted by McCarthy and being sued/chased underground...still, I liked the lighthearted way Pixar told the story without it becoming a drag, you know? (And Violet is my hero. Well, she and Edna Mode, who appears to have been cloned for the series, NCIS: L.A..)
I haven't seen all of Pixar's works but I have enjoyed all that I've seen (evidenced to the fact I have a 'life size' Buzz Lightyear who will eventually make an appearance in my Twisted Toy Theatre...).
I love Edna. I love the fact that she has to offer a weeping guest toilet paper. "Go! Fight! Win!" (I also love the fact that Pixar's board people seem to end up doing half the supporting roles; they're that good at owning their characters.)
Oh, Edna, how we wish we could worship at your feet. And find you fluffy, useless dogs (who turn out to be masquerading pooches and superheroic as well).
They'd better be masquerading. I mean, this is a woman who doesn't even keep Kleenex. I don't see her having much use for anything that was actually fluffy and useless.
My dogs are little and feisty, so I'm not sure about inverse (considering I'm little, as well). But yes, Edna and Alpha would probably get on very, very well.
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Date: 2010-01-05 05:13 pm (UTC)The Incredibles is one of the few contemporary films that both my dad and I like (he usually gives up after 1950). He's a wee bit cynical, so he loved the idea of superheroes being sued underground, and after that he was hooked. :-)
Pixar does such fun, fun work, I agree. I didn't think I would like Up but the imagery in the commercials dragged me to the theater.
I remember seeing the teaser trailer and thinking, "What the -- ?" I couldn't fathom where Pixar was going with a little old man in a floating house. Fortunately, you can usually trust that they've got a story to tell.
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Date: 2010-01-05 05:40 pm (UTC)I haven't seen all of Pixar's works but I have enjoyed all that I've seen (evidenced to the fact I have a 'life size' Buzz Lightyear who will eventually make an appearance in my Twisted Toy Theatre...).
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Date: 2010-01-07 05:57 pm (UTC)Oh, yes...probably with the 'cigarette onna stick' that was so fashionable then.
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