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Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Antelope valley Calif Posts: 3,502 Blog Entries: 7

Re: The Incredibles (2004) I read this movie completely different. I though it had a great message to it, one that is plauging our nation right now. The superhero Mr. Incredible is a metaphor for the white male. Lots of spoilers so go see it before reading on, I highly recomend it.



Mr. Incredible saves lives, his power is hurculean strength and invulnerability, much like white America back in the day. Unfortunately one of the ingrateful people that he saves sues him with the help of a jewish lawyer, and he is forced to hang up his cape. Although his methods were destructive at times he was ultimately doing the right thing, but because of a change in his culture Mr. Incredible can no longer be a Strong White Male, he is relegated to a mundane job, being ordered around by a boss who is not even close to half the man he is, his self esteem is lacking and he gains weight and is out of shape. His lovely wife Elastic Woman metaphorically todays White Soccer Mom, thinking she is doing what is best for her husband constantly stands in between Mr. Incredibles man hood by demanding that he no longer does what he was born to do, save peoples lives. Mr Incredible in due course forbidenly starts becoming a hero again. As soon as he does this his manhood returns, his happiness is restored, his health recovers, and his physical relation with his wife heats up.



His wifes transformation is just as important, her journey lies in her letting go of control of her man and trusting in his morals and his strength, and there is this great scene where her ignorance of her husbands will to protect her leads to her finally understanding that as a mans ego is a neccesary tool that he uses to defend his family, and she poignantly convinces him that she understands this and that together with her participating equally they can protect each other.



Basically what this movie is about is societies unhealthy roles for man and women today, and how they lead to unhappiness, it also touches base with societies drive to reward the mediocre, and punish the superior, or the Incredibles.



There is so much more to this movie dash the male child in the family is a candidate for Ritalin, but only because of societies restraints on him from acting like a boy should does his frustration manifest itself in disruptiveness and mischief. The daughters journey is of a female child who mistakenly thinks that a submissive women is a women unsure of herself, and without power. Go see it with this in mind if youread all the way through youwill not be disapointed.