Monday, November 08, 2004
I like good movies.
The Incredibles is a good movie. Very good. It's really not that profound at all, but just really solid the whole way around. Equal parts James Bond, Fantastic Four, and family comedy all viewed through a very intelligent and funny filter. The story isn't amazing and some scenes and plot devices are far from original, but that's not really the point here. The point is to enjoy yourself and have fun. This movie delivers on that. The voice work is pretty great, too. Throw away joke that unintentionally delivers: John Ratzenberger voicing "The Underminer."
Another solid movie that I saw recently that's worth checking out is Sideways which is completely on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum as The Incredibles. Paul Giammati gives an amazing performance in a movie littered with strong performances. The film's strong grounding in wine culture takes a little getting used to because, well, unless you're a connoisseur wine tasting isn't really all that interesting. It does, however, provide a strong base for much of the character work and the movie is very strong in that regard. Each character contributes to the story in their way which we tend to see less and less of lately. This movie wanders occasionally into the land of pretentiousness, but is on the whole very honest and sometimes laugh out loud funny. To tell what it's about would be to ruin it. Another dark comedy in the mold of Alexander Payne. Not as good as Election, but probably better than the somewhat underwhelming About Schmidt.
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Another solid movie that I saw recently that's worth checking out is Sideways which is completely on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum as The Incredibles. Paul Giammati gives an amazing performance in a movie littered with strong performances. The film's strong grounding in wine culture takes a little getting used to because, well, unless you're a connoisseur wine tasting isn't really all that interesting. It does, however, provide a strong base for much of the character work and the movie is very strong in that regard. Each character contributes to the story in their way which we tend to see less and less of lately. This movie wanders occasionally into the land of pretentiousness, but is on the whole very honest and sometimes laugh out loud funny. To tell what it's about would be to ruin it. Another dark comedy in the mold of Alexander Payne. Not as good as Election, but probably better than the somewhat underwhelming About Schmidt.
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