The Incredibles - Brad Bird (2004, in theatre)
This is an astoundingly good movie. Story good enough for live-action. Some of Pixar's most impressive graphics yet - unbelievable rendering of hair, cloth, skin, and water (though they miss the mark with some of the fire effects). More high energy nonstop action than any three James Bond flicks. Hundreds of standard (and not-so-standard) comic-book and action hero tropes incorporated, half of them somehow made fresh. Dozens of moments from other action movies stolen yet made new and better. This immediately leaps over Spider-Man and X-Men to become my favorite superhero movie, and it's contending for a slot in my top three movies of all time. Catch it on the big screen - I'm likely going to see it again myself.
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