Disney Countdown

The second movie of the day is the one just released, Incredibles 2. The Movie: Incredibles 2 is the 20th Pixar movie and the sequel 14 years in the making.  Officially opening in theaters today, the movie is getting a mostly positive reaction from critics and fans alike. Incredibles 2 picks up with the battle against the Underminer teased at the end of the first movie, which was set three months after the main story of that film.  "Supers" are still illegal though, and as a result of the battle, the entire Parr family is arrested.  Though they are released, the government shuts down its support for "Super Relocation," leaving the Parrs just two weeks in a motel an no means of income for the family.  Along with Frozone, they are approached by tycoon Winston Deavor, who wants to use a targeted public relations campaign to rehabilitate the supers' image and make them legal again.  He chooses Elastigirl to be the face of this campaign, leaving Bob to tend ...

With the sequel opening in theaters today, first let's take a look at the first film, The Incredibles. The Movie: The Incredibles is the 6th movie to come out of Pixar and the first to be directed by someone who was previously not affiliated with Pixar.  This director was Brad Bird, who also wrote the movie, and had previously directed the highly acclaimed by financially unsuccessful The Iron Giant for Warner Bros.  The Incredibles was also Pixar's first movie with human protagonists.  It went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Film and the Hugo Award, the first animated movie to do so. In the movie's opening, "supers" are outlawed due to the rising cost of lawsuits and public backlash against their collateral damage.  Fifteen years later, the former Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl are living the married, suburban life as Bob and Helen Parr, with three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack.  Bob has had a tough time adjusting to life as a regular person, a...