There are an insane amount of deleted scenes, totaling over 34 minutes. The longest is an alternate introduction. Everything is done with storyboards and Mark Andrews and Bird introduce each scene.
Behind the scenes is split into a few different sections. The biggest areas here are two separate making-of documentaries. One comes in at 27-minutes, the other running a crazy 40-minutes. One thing that makes something like this interesting compared to another special effects, CGI laden documentary is the footage of the studios. These guys have fun when they need to wind down and it's always entertaining to watch.
"Incredi-Blunders" is a short reel of mistakes made by the animators, not outtakes that were so hilarious in other films. The section is rounded off with trailers, a photo gallery, and "interviews" with the Incredibles. That's a short feature worth watching.
"Top Secret" goes deeper into the mythology of the film. There's a cartoon called "Mr. Incredible" that manages to be a perfect parody of some early super-hero cartoon shows. For maximum laughter, listen to the commentary from both Flozone and Mr. Incredible himself. It's one of the most entertaining features on this disc. The "NSA (National Super Agency) File" is a text feature that gives an overview of all of extra characters in the film.
"Boundin'" is the final section of the disc, a short feature that played before the film in theaters. You can watch it with or without commentary. This is a wildly different piece from the company, directed by a long-standing animator Bud Luckey. If you're not sure who he is, you can watch a three-minute featurette on who he is and his inspiration for this short. (*****)
Coming in just under two hours, this is the not just the longest Pixar film ever made, it's the longest CG animated movie. It feels like it. Oh, and to all those reviewers out there who thought it was funny to call "The Incredibles" incredible, please stop. That's not a funny play on words; it's stupid. Thank you for your consideration.
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Article comments
1 - Masochist
Gee Mr Negative .. you need to get laid or something .. The Incredibles wasn't THAT bad. My girlfriend laughed from start to finish. I found it stumbled in the middle but thought it was overall quite good,
2 - Steve Rhodes
Iron Giant is great. I bought the DVD recently.
Brad Bird will be speaking in San Francisco on April 7 at a series on Sound & Cinema. He'll also be giving the State of the Cinema talk at the SF International Film Festival.
3 - Eric Olsen
Matt, have to disagree with you on this one - I really love The Incredibles
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
matt, i agree that the tone of the film shifts dramatically after the first half hour. i think i prefered that first bout of comedy and pathos more than the action type stuff. still, i think the film is wonderful.
and i may well prefer Iron Giant. too early to decide.
5 - Kim
OH SHUT UP YOU LOSERS- GET A LIFE ALL OF YOU
6 - The Theory
^that was a constructive comment. Thank you, Kim, for your wisdom and insight.
7 - Creford
How wonderful it is! Today, I had seen the film - "The Incredibles" this afternoon, my father also had seen this film in this evening. This cartoon movie is powered by Disney-Pixar.
In this film, I love the people's sensation, scene, bugbears. The scene is so sublime.
With the great imagination.