That's Incredible!

No, not the campy early eighties prime-time television show that featured amazing human feats and stupid animal tricks long before David Letterman brought them to the small screen. I'm talking about Pixar's recent big screen creation The Incredibles. I finally got around to seeing it yesterday afternoon at the theaters over at Brier Creek here in Raleigh. Here's my mini review/synopsis...

Fifteen years after being forced into early retirement by a less than grateful general public, superheros Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl are still adjusting to marital bliss and their new lives in suburbia as Bob and Helen Parr. Bored with his new career as an insurance agent, Bob longs to return to his crime-fighting glory days. When he answers a mysterious call to don his superhero suit once again to fight an out-of-control machine on a remote tropical island, Mr. Incredible uncovers a plot destroy the earth. Confronted by a spurned fan turned superhero-wannabe now known as Syndrome, Mr. Incredible and his family must answer the call, thwart Syndrome's plot and save the world from evil one more time.

Engaging story, good animation and a nice blending of thematic elements from movies such as Superman, any James Bond flick and Misery -- think "I'm your No. 1 fan." I'll give it *** out of ****.