Ron Howard made an extremely watchable movie from what is maybe the worst STAR WARS script (yes, even that one, whatever “that one” is for you). This is slick and polished and enjoyable. The creature designs are a hoot, the performances are (mostly) great, the moment-to-moment action is compelling, but underneath it all, there’s fundamentally no reason for this movie to exist. It has more prequelitis than the prequels ever had; at least those were ostensibly *about* something, this is…

Been several years since I’ve watched this. The weird pseudo-objectivism stuff is more noticeable, but I still don’t think it’s as pro-Rand as some claim. Mr. Incredible is motivated by his own selfish ego, but also by a sincere desire to help others; in fact his egocentrism is the main flaw he has to overcome over the course of the film… mostly. He still clearly values the lives of “supers” over the day-to-day normies, and the film still has the…