Reflectin #10

For our first analytical essay, I watch the movie The Incredibles. I haven't watched this movie in a very long time and when I re-watched it and had to takes notes, there were a couple things I noticed. Every super member in the Parr Family (Bob, Helen, Dash, and Violet) have superpowers that match their role in the family. Bob is Mr. Incredible who has super strength. He is also the father of the family and earns the family income. Helen is Elastigirl who can stretch her body into almost any shape and length. As a stay at home mom, she balances so many tasks. Violet has the ability to turn invisible and can make unbreakable force fields around herself or another object. She is a very quiet teenage girl who isn't very confident. She doesn't like to have a lot of attention put on her (invisibility) and she also doesn't open up very well to others (force fields). Dash has the power of super-speed. He is a very hyperactive little boy. Their superpowers aren't just to show that they are "super," but to also help the audience understand their personality. 

Something else I noticed was that this is a very dark movie. There is a scene where the mother (Helen/Elastigirl) tells the kids (Violet and Dash) to stay hidden because these bad guys "aren't like the ones on TV." She goes on the explain that they will kill them if the get that chance. That's something very serious for a kids' movie. Most movies where a kid is the hero don't mention the villain actually wanting to kill him. It's a very dark thing to think about. Syndrome's motives are very dark as well. He wants to get rid of all supers so he can use his inventions to pose as one. Then, once he's "had his fun," he's going to sell his inventions so everyone will be super which makes no one super because these inventions will become the new norm. He will turn these naturally conceived powers into something that anyone can buy. Superpowers will turn into a commercial product.