Author: Graeme McMillan / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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For all the excitement surrounding the release of The Incredibles 2, it’s worth noting that — in keeping with a recurring theme inside the movies themselves — Bob and Helen Parr and kids return to a world far different from the one they’re used to. As opposed to the cinematic landscape of 2004’s original movie, this time around, the Incredibles have to survive in a world where superhero movies are all around them… and audiences have learned to be far more discerning about what they want to see.
When The Incredibles arrived 14 years ago, the Golden Age of Superhero Movies was barely underway; Marvel Studios wasn’t going to happen for another four years, although Marvel properties were still showing up in theaters from other studios; in the same year as The Incredibles, audiences could go see Artisan’s The Punisher, Sony’s Spider-Man 2 or New Line’s Blade: Trinity, and the previous year had seen the release of Universal’s Hulk and Fox’s Daredevil and X2: X-Men United. No surprise, then, that such The Incredibles made such an impact; it wasn’t just that it was such an enjoyable movie in and of itself; it was arguably the best superhero movie in years — and certainly the first that captured the comic-book feel of a heavily populated superhero universe.
Today, of course, things are very different….
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