But the city is in danger!
My evening is in danger!

There's something about watching an excellent movie. If affects my mood, I tend to walk out in tune with where the movie was. This can be tough for heartbreaking, depressing fare - but it's lots of fun for upbeat, high energy stuff.

When I walked out of The Incredibles tonight I felt spectacular. This movie is fantastic. The story itself is fun, clever, and laugh out loud funny in several spots. It's just a well concieved idea.

But the amazing thing is what Pixar does with that story. A family of super-hero's and over the top super-villian island bases complete with stock guards is a playground for the imagination. Normally, logistics limits that imagination in live action but with animation they can do just about whatever they like. There's scene after scene after scene that works in animation that wouldn't even be attemptable in live action.

Pixar also stepped up their visual quality too. If you thought Finding Nemo was pretty and full of rich environments, wait until you see this island. My personal favorite, look at the water.

And of course, every Pixar film leads with an animated short. And as usual, the short was excellent (and got applause and cheers when it was over.) Pixar somehow has figured out how to make consistently great movies. Every one of their films has grossed at least $200 million, and this one will easily break that number as well. I highly recommend this movie.

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