Spring Break
Disney, Pixar do 'Incredible' job
Tom Gaffey
Issue date: 3/17/05 Section: Focus
Bird seems to have found a knack in creating dramatic, yet enticing animated features. Bird's other great success "The Iron Giant" is said by many to be the best animated film of all time and is original, poetic and quite serious. "The Incredibles" is not nearly as human and delicate as "The Iron Giant," but it certainly tries, and has no trouble entertaining the masses who have and will see it.
The two-disc DVD includes deleted scenes, a behind the scene's featurette, one long deleted scene disguised as the animated short film "Jack-Jack Attack" and an amazing short film created by Pixar animator Bud Lucker, "Boundin'." "Boundin'" is the No. 1 reason to put disc two in a DVD player. The short features a sheep that dances around showing off its fluffy layer of wool, until its shaven bald and is ashamed until a creature comes bouncing by and decides to try and help him feel better. Its message of tolerance, intriguing animation, sensitive protagonist and wonderful banjo-infused score make it five minutes of greatness, well-worthy of its Academy Award nomination.
The deleted scenes are not like most DVD deleted scenes. Many of the scenes are basic sketches, and are almost impossible to get to, as creators of the film talk for several minutes introducing the short clips - it gets rather frustrating.
Other features include audio commentaries on disc one, an alternate opening (found in the deleted scenes), "bloopers," "outtakes" and a telling, but ultimately boring "making of" featurette.
"The Incredibles" doesn't touch the viewer like "The Iron Giant" or make the viewer laugh like "Finding Nemo" did two years ago, but it sure is a joy to let an imagination run wild throughout the highly addicting two hours of flipping, stretching, running and disappearing.
The two-disc DVD includes deleted scenes, a behind the scene's featurette, one long deleted scene disguised as the animated short film "Jack-Jack Attack" and an amazing short film created by Pixar animator Bud Lucker, "Boundin'." "Boundin'" is the No. 1 reason to put disc two in a DVD player. The short features a sheep that dances around showing off its fluffy layer of wool, until its shaven bald and is ashamed until a creature comes bouncing by and decides to try and help him feel better. Its message of tolerance, intriguing animation, sensitive protagonist and wonderful banjo-infused score make it five minutes of greatness, well-worthy of its Academy Award nomination.
The deleted scenes are not like most DVD deleted scenes. Many of the scenes are basic sketches, and are almost impossible to get to, as creators of the film talk for several minutes introducing the short clips - it gets rather frustrating.
Other features include audio commentaries on disc one, an alternate opening (found in the deleted scenes), "bloopers," "outtakes" and a telling, but ultimately boring "making of" featurette.
"The Incredibles" doesn't touch the viewer like "The Iron Giant" or make the viewer laugh like "Finding Nemo" did two years ago, but it sure is a joy to let an imagination run wild throughout the highly addicting two hours of flipping, stretching, running and disappearing.