Incredibles 2 - Film

Happens every World Cup summer. Ant-Man 2 isnt out in UK til 3 August. Frustrating but makes business sense.

Film releases are usually staggered. I wasn't aware there was anything unusual about this one.

I'm really looking forward to this (not least of all because it's in the future so forward is the only direction I can look to it). The Incredibles is my favourite of all the Pixar films and I wish they'd done a sequel sooner instead of giving us sequels of films that didn't even need an original.

Saw the trailer when I saw Jurassic World last week. It does look brilliant.

Usually yes but the World Cup puts a spanner in the works.

Actually these days most of the big comic book films and many other Disney films do day-and-date releases wordwide - and in the past we've had Marvel films a good week before the US. The latter (when they know the film is good) so that positive word of mouth can filter across the pond (since we're an English-speaking market and Marvel do disproportionately well here) to create a huge US domestic opening weekend, since that's the measure of success the studios care about most.  

It also creates a sense of an 'event' film that you must see as soon as humanly possible - and to avoid being spoiled by internet chatter before you manage to see it.

Occasionally even when they know a big blockbuster film isn't good they go day-and-date wordwide - they embargo reviews right up until the last minute so that a chunk of people book tickets before the reviews are out. Then they can use the worldwide opening weekend box office number in the US to advertise the film and try and drive interest in the US domestic market with the 'we made it for the fans, not the critics!' line.

Given that none of us expect England to last very long in the world cup and a whole lot of people are not that bothered by football, I doubt keeping the original release date would have made that much difference to box office take. Having said that, anyone with half a brain could figure out that Ant-Man is going to be relatively inessential in the grand scheme of the MCU (though I do know a few geeks who are very upset that they have to wait an extra month) so the fact we're unlikely to make it to August without running across spoilers online is unlikely to be a huge concern.

The Incredibles definitely one of my favourite films. We often quote the 'super' conversation. So great to hear that the follow up is just as good. I’ll prob get the DVD when it appears. I can wait.

I just went to my first ever 'Secret' film screening for Cineworld Unlimited members, and the film was... Incredibles 2. I even watched Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom again as a time killer between work and the start of the secret film as it was the only one where the timings all matched up.

I saw it this afternoon and really enjoyed it. Even though superhero films are now the norm, it's wonderful to see one that has the right mix of action, comedy and drama and the sub plots of Bob trying to be a stay at home Dad. I would say it's more aimed at an older audience than kids but kids will still enjoy it.

I do agree with Matthew that

What did I miss?

It's pretty right-wing: a critique of the 1960s left-liberal 'all shall have prizes' culture. There's even a character who looks like Ayn Rand. Also, nasty characters are short (the boss) , ginger (the baddie) and to round it off there's even the implication that gothy girls just need to find the right, very mainstream jock boy to sort them out.

I hear you. I have been forced to watch some pretty dodgy films by the youngsters in my family. I still haven’t forgiven them for Cars, which made my brain implode. At least this sounds like a good film for adults too.

According to Brad Bird it isn't a children's film. It is child-accessible: almost all animated films need to be because there will inevitably be some parents who assume that "animated" means "for kids" and will take their children to see an animated feature without doing any further research. (I forget the details, but there was one TV station that put an animated show in its children's schedule using that logic, until people pointed out that it was very much an adults-only series and totally inappropriate even for teens.)

Btw, politically Ratatouille (which I love) is the opposite. Rat's 'special power' is just enthusiasm and luck, not some magical, supernatural gift. And the 'lost prince' character, the son of the chef, isn't the hidden hereditary blue-blood genius that such characters invariably turn out to be in 99% of fiction, including supposedly progressive stuff like His Dark Materials.

Yes, I always saw it echo the sentiments of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.