{"id":2953,"date":"2004-11-14T11:02:39","date_gmt":"2004-11-15T03:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/14\/the-incredibles\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:57:55","slug":"the-incredibles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/14\/the-incredibles-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredibles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9835,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000185&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000185&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Incredibles\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/FC102604\/man_AP_theIncredibles.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000185&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Took Prairie out to see The Incredibles today &#8212; my second time, her first. As I said before, Pixar can do no wrong, and the movie was just as good the second time. Possibly better, as I caught a couple lines and gags that I&#8217;d missed the first time through.<\/p>\n<p>Some mild spoilers follow, so they&#8217;re going behind the cut&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I really think that my favorite sequences in the film are all in the battle on the island. Not only is it an incredibly well-done action sequence, but the real joy in it is seeing Dash and Violet realize just what they can do with their powers, from the &#8220;hamster ball&#8221; of Violet&#8217;s forcefield to Dash&#8217;s sudden giggle of exhilaration when he discovers that he&#8217;s fast enough to actually run across water.<\/p>\n<p>Prairie got a big kick out of the entire movie, but I think one of the biggest laughs I heard from her stems from her background in education, when Bob and Ellen are fighting and Bob rants a bit about the &#8220;graduation&#8221; from 4th to 5th grade &#8212; &#8220;They keep finding more ways to celebrate mediocrity!&#8221; Sadly, very true.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, far and away one of the best flicks I&#8217;ve seen this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBlind Faith%2526albumTerm=Crossroads%2526songTerm=Presence of the Lord%26partnerId%3D30\">Presence of the Lord<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBlind Faith%26partnerId%3D30\">Blind Faith<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBlind Faith%2526albumTerm=Crossroads%26partnerId%3D30\">Crossroads<\/a><\/em> (1969, 4:48).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Took Prairie out to see The Incredibles today &mdash; my second time, her first. As I said before, Pixar can do no wrong, and the movie was just as good the second time. Possibly better, as I caught a couple lines and gags that I&#8217;d missed the first time through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,2533],"class_list":["post-2953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-the-incredibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}