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Originally Posted by venetian blinds
Call me paranoid but there was something in the message of "the incredibles" that rubbed me the wrong way. All the pixar flicks before it i found had better moral tales to go along with the great animation and stories. I hope ratatouille is more in the vein of those earlier pixar flicks.
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Whoa - I completely disagree about the Incredibles message.
It exposed the way that society tries to crush anyone that doesn't go along with the apathetic, least-common-denominator group-think that is so pervasive in our society, it has become a way of life. The movie highlighted how important it is for everyone to use whatever talents they have to make a difference, even if it brings them risk. Being true to yourself, even in the face of society's scorn, is of utmost imprtance in this world more than ever.
The Incredibles, used superheroes as an allegory to comment on society and the individual. Take a peek at the deleted scene (where Bob stops the thief on the motorcycle in traffic), about how society (in that scene, the police)treats individuals who dare to act on their own. Heck, the other deleted scene where Helen rants about how being a mother and staying home to properly raise her kids is looked down on by a society that values mover-and-shaker career-oriented consumers is a statement that is seldom even brought up in contemporary dramas - and this is a cartoon for families!
But I'm curious -
what did you see as the moral tale in Toy Story 2? That it's good for the main character to choose to leave a loving-but-shortlived environment as long as he is saved/pulled away by his friends?
What was it in Monsters, Inc? That good-hearted whistle-blowers are eventually rewarded with great wealth and owning the company?
How bout Bug's Life? That a selfish, grasping dangerously-deluded malcontent can ascend to be king if he stumbles enough to have others cover for his near-genocidal-causing mistakes?
And Finding Nemo could be perceived as valuing blind faith and reckless gambles in an uncertain world (which could easily lead to death).
I'm curious what you see as the moral tales in those films, though.
