Mild mannered. Father of four. Husband to a flexible wife. The muscle-packed Bob seems out of place working for an insurance company. His forearm alone is about the size of his boss’ head. So what is this hulk of a man doing working in one of the most low-key positions the corporate world has to offer?
Wednesday Warriors presents Mr. Incredible (a.k.a. Bob Parr), the animated superhero who makes fighting an archenemy look easy.
[Spoilers lie therein.]
Mr. Incredible was once a daily headline. He, along with the rest of the other supers, protected the country from criminals hell-bent on robbing, pillaging and killing innocent bystanders. But with great power comes great lawsuits. Eventually, the supers couldn’t come up with the cash to pay the judgments for the massive damage they had caused to the nation’s infrastructure and had to go into hiding.
Bob is one of those supers.
Dressed in a white shirt, black pants and sporting a tie tucked tightly around his neck, Bob can imagine a better place than sitting in an office watching a mugging take place just outside his boss’ window. Suffice it to say, once his boss gives him an ultimatum, Bob doesn’t work there anymore. Neither does his boss, considering a trip to the hospital reveals that almost every bone in his body is broken.
Bob’s life from drab insurance adjuster takes a turn for the better when someone contacts the former superhero with a special mission. The mission isn’t exactly what he expected though. He finds himself the target of a sinister plan—a plan dedicated to eliminating supers everywhere.
What becomes his escape from the real world suddenly throws Bob wanting to escape from a nefarious genius. It doesn’t help him in the least that his wife and children are supers as well. If anything, they all become targets to the evil menace who wants to see his arch-rival dead.
The film The Incredibles highlights what happens when good intentions yield bad results. Among the hilarious jokes resides a powerful story built on the simple premise that good overcomes evil. Within the smart dialog comes the character Mr. Incredible. He’s strong, resilient and difficult to get rid of. His power though, does not come from his sheer physical strength but his willpower to do good, even if it means dying for what’s right.
That is what it means to be a true hero.
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Have you seen The Incredibles? What did you think of Bob?
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A very clever film, takes a wry look at the ‘real side’ of being a superhero without using pastiche or mockery. I liked the character who fitted them all out with new costumes.
Love The Incredibles and love Bob! 🙂
My family and I always have the inside joke of “Close Second!!!”
Also love that inside joke. I think I’ve used it on occasion! 🙂
Keep hearing that they’re going to make a sequel. I really liked how the movie played up how superheroes were having trouble adapting to normal life. It made them more human and believable even with the powers.
Never have caught this movie, & I LOVE a lot of movies based on comic book characters, or in the mold of comic book characters* ( * Darkman, for example ).
I really is one of those comic book movies worth checking out!
It was the 1st movie I ever saw the incredible Mr. Liam Neeson in. I’d NEVER seen him in ANYTHING prior to that. It’s like ” Now who is HE ? ” & then one does research & sees the other things he’s done.
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