***This Incredibles 2 Review has a Spoiler Section***

The first (36) minutes are spoiler FREE. Then we play some spoiler music & dive into the plot.

Non-Spoiler Section for The Incredibles 2

Production Profile (Bird, Hunter, Long Development) - 3:22

Movie Specs (Record Box Office + Critics) - 10:51

Expectations (Raised by the Brand of Pixar?) - 14:26

Theater Going Experience (Giggly Kids) - 18:14

Production Values (Sight to Sound) - 21:43

Performances (Our Favorite Characters) - 26:52

Best/Worst Scenes (Jack Jack is funny) - 31:27

Oscar Lens (Best Animated Feature Plus?) - 32:16

Final Nonspoiler Thoughts (Watch or Don’t) - 34:08

Spoiler Warning Music Break - 35:25

Spoiler-Filled Section for The Incredibles 2

Carryovers/Worst Scenes (A Villain Problem) - 36:35

Best Scenes (The Action Sequences) - 43:29

More Best Scenes (The Jack Jack fight) - 51:54

Final Final Thoughts (And Grades) - 54:15

SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMENT ON OUR ITUNES! - 56:58

The Incredibles 2 is breaking box office records for animated films and putting up numbers closer to MCU films. Our production profile breaks down the cast & crew, the original film, and the production story behind the sequel. Then we discuss some of those early box office numbers and the high marks from critics and audiences alike in our overview of the movie specs.

The Mikes took another field trip to the movies, and we share our theater going story. We also discuss whether or not the Disney Pixar brand should raise our expectations, or do we lower them for animated films. Then we dive into our reviews of the production values including the eye popping animation and nostalgic musical score.

These characters are fun and fantastic, and we share our favorites while also mentioning which storylines may have fallen a bit flat as we do a brief non-spoiler review of the script. Then we glance over some best & worst scenes before offering our Oscar Lens on where the film may get nominated come awards season.

The spoiler music plays, and we open up with some of our worst scenes, but fear not. We come back around for a lot more praise for the film’s action and comedy as we break down all those best scenes we alluded to in the non-spoiler section. We end with our final grades and describe how we got there, putting a bookend on the two sections of the pod. How do our expectations & particular tastes affect the takeaways from this kind of movie? Tune in and fine out!

The Incredibles 2 is the latest in a long line of 2018 films we’ve reviewed as movie events. Check out our episodes on The Cloverfield Paradox, Black Panther, A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Hereditary to catch up on possible Oscar contenders. We’ve also given some way to early predictions for next year’s award season (ep 53), we’ve reviewed Cannes, Sundance, and SXSW in ep. 71, and we’ve previewed March & April (52), May & June (67), and we will preview July & August in our next episode.

Our Oscar Off-Season rolls on as we’ve also reviewed the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and we’ve mined Oscar history for some fun retrospectives including 6 Best Original Song halfisodes, the 1989 Best Original Screenplay, and 1991 Best Actress races. There’s a ton of fun movie talk. So do check out our massive catalog of episodes.

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