prillalar | Kindred spirits

Last night I was meeting the Boy for a movie and since I went right after work, I was very early. So I went to Starbucks. I was sitting down outside and I thought: I have forty minutes to spend with a coffee, an oat bar, and my brain. It made me smile. Really, the only thing that would have made that better was a pint of stout instead of coffee.

I'm not, I think, anti-social, but for the most part, my favourite person to hang out with is me. I go out alone a lot. I go out to read, to think. I'd rather see a movie by myself than with someone else. My best friend is my own brain, I guess.

It's a good thing we usually get along.

The movie was The Incredibles and while the Boy enjoyed it a lot, I have to report that, aside from Edna, I found it quite tedious. I haven't quite figured out why. I think everyone I know who has seen it has loved it. But I found the characters uninteresting and unsympathetic. And they were just too weirdly shaped -- it was hard to look at them. The humour seemed too broad -- not much sharp wit. I had expected to enjoy it, so it was disappointing not to.

The Star Wars trailer made my heart go pitter-pat. I get so angry at George for making me feel that way again. You don't have the right to do that anymore!

But my brain and I had a good time over coffee so I guess I shouldn't complain.

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What I didn't like about the body shapes is that the men were all more or less within a normal range. The women were all either stick-thin, or Edna. And by 'stick thin' I don't mean 'super model thin'. It was like they were trying so hard not to have the typical cartoon fantasy woman that they were afraid to have any female figures at all.

I wasn't dead gone on The Incredibles, myself. I found it charming and funny in spots, and I loved Edna, and I *adored* the production design. But I felt the story was tired and very Disneyfied; I wasn't comfortable with the gender roles (predictably) or with some of the messages. I look forward to Pixars upcoming separation from The Mouse. They're going to do a lot of edgier stuff, I'll bet. And, hopefully, more liberal.

I didn't have trouble with the people being oddly-shaped; for me, it was part of the overall design, that off-kilter early 60s style reflected in the chairs and buildings and even in the music.

Hm. I usually notice that straight away, but I didn't feel it was the case here. The mom character had a tiny waist, certainly, but she had rather large hips -- larger than you usually see in American animated features. Edna was short and dumpy. And I didn't think the men were normal, either. Everyone was odd-looking. The main dude's teensy weensy little legs and feet were absolutely impossible, for example, and Frozone's head was shaped like a tube.

IOW, I thought it was equal-opportunity deformity. (:

Oh Hal and HalBrain, how I love you.

Maybe I have been at that! But after Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo I think I was entitled to my expectations.

That one woman -- Mirage? -- was so thin she looked like she was made of needles. Ick.

The design was the best part of the Incredibles, that's for sure. I think the best part was the closing credits. And a big amen on the gender roles. Gah.

We love you too! *squishy brain kisses*

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hal + hal's brain 4-Eva!!!!

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