I had a fun day yesterday hanging out with Jack. The gals all went to an all-day free concert put on by the local country radio station, leaving us guys to fend for ourselves. Since Jack's not yet into a day-long of tracking fantasy football stats, we went to see the season's hit movie The Incredibles.
I'm sure it's cliche by now to describe the film as incredible. So i won't. But i checked with my friend Roget, and he said i could call it amazing, marvelous, fabulous, and wonderful, among other things. It's really quite good. I liked it better than any of the recent animated movies, other than perhaps Shrek and the Toy Story movies.
Holly Hunter is just terrific as the Mom, Helen Parr. Edna (voiced by the director/screenwriter), the diminutive seamstress to superheroes, was also very good.
But this movie is about the action, and the themes. One theme is the sense of loss that frequently comes as you age, thinking that your incredible days are all behind you. How we all long to be special, break free from the chains of the mundane. Thoreau's quiet desperation. It's a glorious thing, then, when the spirit to save the world is resurrected.
The other main theme is one of the family bond, with the Parr family as metaphor for either our own family or the larger families of communities or the church. A family bonded by love, and saved only by each one lending his or her unique special gift.
Jack also enjoyed the movie, and was such a little gentleman. Never fussing even though we were probably the only ones not to get snacks. No bathroom breaks, which means he probably didn't have a long-enough moment of boredom to think about it.
After the movie, Jack wanted a McDonald's Happy Meal (chicken nuggets, fries, and Sprite -- always the same), with its Incredibles toy. We brought it home and hung out together until Julie and gang came home.
P.S. If you liked The Incredibles, check out Brad Bird's other movie, Iron Giant.
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