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Incredibles 2 (2018) https://letterboxd.com/smudgeefc1985...incredibles-2/
Well i didnt have to wait quite so long as everyone else did, having only watched the first one for the first time last week, so it was still very fresh. Huge fan of it picking up exactly where the first left off, a la Back to the Future. It definitely worked, as while the family dynamic was sort of resolved at the end of the first one, a lot of other questions, such as what happens to the illegality of Superheroes after what happened and so on, were all still there for exploration.
And despite the fact the film is rooted in the 1960s, there is a lot here that feels relevant today. The idea of an enemy who can hypnotise huge numbers of people by simply taking advantage of technology and digital screens is a particularly apt topic in 2018. It is also interesting given it's 60s setting, Elastigirl and Evelyn are both eager to step out from the shadow of the men, and that Bob becomes the stay at home dad, reflecting how the world was changing in that time. With Bob, it's how he copes with being so incredible on the outside, yet finding it much tougher being just normal in his own home. (his rant about 'changing math' by the way...the struggle is real...) In that sense, it maintained much of what was so lovable about the original. How a family with incredible powers manage to maintain some semblance of a 'normal' life. A worthy sequel.
Well i didnt have to wait quite so long as everyone else did, having only watched the first one for the first time last week, so it was still very fresh. Huge fan of it picking up exactly where the first left off, a la Back to the Future. It definitely worked, as while the family dynamic was sort of resolved at the end of the first one, a lot of other questions, such as what happens to the illegality of Superheroes after what happened and so on, were all still there for exploration.
And despite the fact the film is rooted in the 1960s, there is a lot here that feels relevant today. The idea of an enemy who can hypnotise huge numbers of people by simply taking advantage of technology and digital screens is a particularly apt topic in 2018. It is also interesting given it's 60s setting, Elastigirl and Evelyn are both eager to step out from the shadow of the men, and that Bob becomes the stay at home dad, reflecting how the world was changing in that time. With Bob, it's how he copes with being so incredible on the outside, yet finding it much tougher being just normal in his own home. (his rant about 'changing math' by the way...the struggle is real...) In that sense, it maintained much of what was so lovable about the original. How a family with incredible powers manage to maintain some semblance of a 'normal' life. A worthy sequel.