The Incredibles and Action

Throughout the history of the film industry, Action movies have been the highest grossing and one of the more popular genres out there.  From the old western films of the 1940's and 50's where John Wayne was always the hero shooting up the old west villians, to the 1970's and 80's where Star Wars became a cult phenomenom with Luke Skywalker and the rebles fighting for peace against the Empire and Darth Vader, movie goers continue to flock to the movie theatres to see action mixed with drama and to see their heros overcome unimaginal feats.  Almost every film created these days have some sort of action mixed in.  just a simple car chase, or gun fight/fist fight has people in awe when the exploisons go off.

In the Disney Pixar movie The Incredibles, a family blessed with super powers, hide in their secret identity because the law has banned any super heros from saving the world.  This film is a true action film.  To begin with, the Music can faintly be recongnized.  Some of the score in the Incredibles emulates the music that was played in the old James Bond films, one of the most popular franchies ever made. 

In every action film, a villan terrorizes society and the hero rises up after being beaten down and tortured, to defeat the evil.  The Incredibles follow this same rule.  Syndrom, who as a child idolized the hero, Mr. Incredible, attempts to take revenge of being humilated by his idol.  Syndrom captures Mr. Incredible, tortures him, and seems to have won.  Mr. Incredibles family comes to his rescue, and together they defeat Syndrom.

Movement in this film is really what makes this such a great film in the film making aspect.  As a company, Pixar always seems to out do itself with every movie they make, and this movie is no exception.  Dash, the son of Mr. Incredible, and the middle child in the family, has the ability to run a super speed.  In many scenes, the camera shows off his abilites as in showing his feet move and his hair flow through the wind.  The fight scenes and explosions always show off the high movement involved in this film.

Disney has never really been known to have such violence in its movies, but In this film it is packed with every Action aspect there is.  It is still mixed with drama and love and family, which is why It became such a great movie amoung all ages.