{"id":6285,"date":"2018-07-01T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2018-07-01T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:12:13","slug":"was-incredibles-2-worth-the-wait-incredibles-2-at-the-edinburgh-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/was-incredibles-2-worth-the-wait-incredibles-2-at-the-edinburgh-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Incredibles 2 \u2018Worth The Wait\u2019? &#8211; Incredibles 2 At The Edinburgh International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since <em>The Incredibles <\/em>came into our lives back in 2004, fans have been pining after a sequel, and now, 14 years later, we finally have one! But was it \u2018worth the wait\u2019? For those of you that are still patiently waiting \u2013 minor spoilers ahead!<br \/>\n<em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>releases in the UK on July 13<sup>th<\/sup>, almost a full month after the US release. By now, as a resident of Scotland, I\u2019m used to usually having to wait a little longer to see Pixar movies in the cinema, but I was beyond excited to discover that I was able to attend the Edinburgh International Film Festival (or EIFF) this year and see <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>on June 24<sup>th<\/sup>. It wasn\u2019t so much the slightly earlier screening that I was excited about \u2013 it was the <strong>atmosphere<\/strong>. Seeing <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>in the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh has made my first viewing of this fantastic movie, and the wonderful short <em>Bao<\/em>, even more memorable and unique than I could have imagined.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6286 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" \/><br \/>\nIt was surreal to be sitting in a theatre traditionally built to house opera and ballet performances while listening to Michael Giacchino\u2019s <em>Incredibles <\/em>soundtrack in the background and watching kids running around with balloons and superhero facepaints. It was surreal, but also oddly fitting. It felt so right to be sitting in an audience of over 1000 people, enthusiastically awaiting the next Pixar movie. The release of a new Pixar movie is absolutely something worth celebrating, and this was my first time really getting to be a part of the celebration.<br \/>\nEIFF Artistic Director Mark Adams and Pixar\u2019s Fran Kalal, the Tailoring Lead on <em>Incredibles 2<\/em>, were there to thank the audience for coming, and were even joined on stage by Bob and Helen Parr themselves! Or at least\u2026people in Bob and Helen Parr costumes. Like I said \u2013 it was all very surreal. Kalal said this was her first time visiting Scotland, which was very exciting to her since she helped design Merida\u2019s dress from <em>Brave. <\/em>And then, in true theatre fashion, the curtains were raised and the film started playing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edfilmfest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#edfilmfest<\/a> Artistic Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markadamsmirror?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@markadamsmirror<\/a> is joined on stage by @DisneyPixar\u2019s Fran Kalal, technical director behind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheIncredibles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheIncredibles<\/a> costumes, &amp; Mr &amp; Mrs Incredible &#8211; all before special screening of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Incredibles2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Incredibles2<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>@EIFFYoungWild <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YOYP2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YOYP2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YOYP2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YOYP2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BR8TYWFeww\">pic.twitter.com\/BR8TYWFeww<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edinburgh Film Fest (@edfilmfest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edfilmfest\/status\/1010875286857142272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nFrom my experience as a UK cinemagoer, audiences are always relatively subdued. It\u2019s unusual when someone makes any sort of exclamation during a movie, and even more unusual for people to actually applaud when the credits start rolling. I think that\u2019s what made my EIFF experience so special. When the little dumpling in <em>Bao <\/em>first came to life, its eyes bursting open in horror when it realises it\u2019s about to be eaten, there was the biggest uproar of laughter from the audience, and the laughter barely had a chance to die down until the very end of the short. It was to the point where I had trouble making out the music and sound effects \u2013 and I\u2019m not even complaining! I was so moved by being able to hear the audience\u2019s reaction to something I\u2019m so passionate about \u2013 <strong>in the moment<\/strong> &#8211; instead of finding out through online communities afterwards. With <em>Bao<\/em>\u2019s particularly shocking twist (you guys know what I\u2019m talking about), I can\u2019t think of a better short to see in this atmosphere. We all applauded as it came to an end, and I found myself applauding Pixar movies in general, making up for all the applause opportunities I\u2019ve missed over the years. The fact that an actual Pixar employee was out there in the theatre somewhere made it feel like we were personally saying \u2018thank you\u2019, all 1,900 of us.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6328\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Concept-art-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" \/><br \/>\nThe same goes for the whole of <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>\u2013 with the audience gasping, erupting into laughter, and going eerily quiet, I could immediately tell which scenes, gags, and reveals were going to stick in people\u2019s minds for years to come (Jack-Jack and Edna taking away the trophy for \u2018most memorable <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>moment\u2019). I was in the \u2018upper circle\u2019 of the theatre, and two kids in front of me could barely sit down from the excitement of all the action scenes \u2013 they\u2019d moved past the \u2018on the edges of their seats\u2019 stage, standing on their tiptoes and holding onto the bannister as Elastigirl had her stunning face-off with the Screenslaver. Honestly, I wish all my cinema experiences could take place in as dramatic a setting as the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6331\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/i2-EIFF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4096\" height=\"1403\" \/><br \/>\nSo \u2013 was <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>\u2018worth the wait\u2019? For me, I don\u2019t know if I was even waiting for a sequel to <em>The Incredibles <\/em>before it was officially announced. I love <em>The Incredibles, <\/em>its family values, and its characters, and I was content in revisiting its world simply by watching the original movie whenever I had the urge. That said, when Pixar announced that a sequel was in the works, I was eager to see where it could take the Parr family and how current day animation techniques could flesh out their world and its designs.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t exactly \u2018worth the wait\u2019, not because it didn\u2019t live up to my expectations, but because I wasn\u2019t even waiting for it! I didn\u2019t <em>know<\/em> what to expect! However: it <em>was <\/em><strong>more than <\/strong>worth a trip to Edinburgh, <strong>more than <\/strong>worth bravely attending a screening on my own, and <strong>more than <\/strong>worth seeing. And I think that is what\u2019s really important.<br \/>\nI\u2019m looking forward to seeing it again once the UK release date officially rolls around. Maybe it won\u2019t be as magical as my first viewing, but the magic that Pixar managed to capture in <em>Incredibles 2 <\/em>through its action-packed sequences, its attention to detail in the animation and settings, and its messages on everyday, heroic acts is unquestionably enough for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Ever since The Incredibles came into our lives back in 2004, fans have been pining after a sequel, and now, 14 years later, we finally have one! But was it \u2018worth the wait\u2019? For those of you that are still patiently waiting \u2013 minor spoilers ahead! 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