Actually, I wanted to see Ray today but it's a pretty long movie and by the time we all got our acts in gear, there wasn't enough time for Billy to see it or The Incredibles before his shift started. So I figured, everyone else also wanted to see TI? As it turns out, I think Billy was late for his shift anyway but oh well.
I didn't like TI at first. It's a Walt Disney/Pixar movie and already I didn't like the look of the hero, Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible. It's not just that he was fat and bulky. His head didn't look right. Sometimes I think Disney does a great job with animation and other times I wonder if the artists on the film are meat cutters.
I don't want to give away too many details of the movie but very soon we got into the "normal" life of the Incredible family trying to blend in with society. The kids bickered at the dinner table, taking pot shots at each other. The mom was trying to get the dad to pay attention. He had this crap paper pusher type job for an insurance company (of all things). The kick in the head came when the boss began to dress down Mr. I/dad/Bob because the insurance company was "losing" money paying out on claims they ought to pay without making a fuss.
Did this feel too familiar?
Already I was not feeling so good today and as I'm watching this, I'm thinking, oh, please, let's not spend a lot of time here or I'll scream.
At that point, the story took another direction and went far, far away from the bloodsucking insurance company. Then I enjoyed it a little more.
I might be jaded or something but it didn't really seem like a kid's movie. I mean ... a young kid movie. We had scenes of the older super heroes confronting their flabby selves and I don't know, it was just depressing. It's not like Thumper and the Genie and Tamon and Pumbaa. I'm not saying Disney films don't have sad or depressing themes. I don't know how to explain it any better. It's an older kid movie at best.
But there are other movies I'm looking forward to seeing:
Ray
Alfie
Christmas with the Kranks
The Polar Express
Finding Neverland
National Treasure
Lemony Snicket & A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Aviator
Ocean's 12
Flight of the Phoenix
Meet the Fockers
Thank goodness Billy workings at the movie theater!