Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min · 12 segments
Season 11 begins, and Bob and Brad have finally cracked the format they've been chasing for ten seasons. The plan: 10 canon-level films across the year, each one kicking off a three-movie mini-program…
We're here to talk about a movie that I cannot believe we have not done to this point in the podcast, Brad-
It made a bunch of money, and it has a ton of cinematic merit, so there's a lot of, like, really good meaty conversation we can have around 2004's The Incredibles.
I guess where I'd like to start with The Incredibles is to say that when I first saw it in the theater, I remember thinking, like, you know, on a four-star Roger Ebert scale, this is, like, a three to a three and a half, and I really like this movie, but I, in my own mind, I, I never put it into, like, the upper echelon of Pixar.
[laughs] I'm just imagining 13-year-old Bob being like, "Hmm, not quite upper echelon, but decidedly solid.
I mean, this is the guy that talked his aunt into letting him go see Joe Dirt by himself.
[laughs] In any case, you and I have even sat down and done an episode where we put all the Pixar movies into, like, a tier ranking.
And I can't remember if Incredibles made that S tier or not, but it's one of those films that's talked about as a really good movie and almost never picked as, like, the best Pixar movie.
And I will say now, coming back to it, I think this might be pound for pound the best movie that Pixar has ever produced, Brad.
We're here to talk about a movie that I cannot believe we have not done to this point in the podcast, Brad-
It made a bunch of money, and it has a ton of cinematic merit, so there's a lot of, like, really good meaty conversation we can have around 2004's The Incredibles.
I guess where I'd like to start with The Incredibles is to say that when I first saw it in the theater, I remember thinking, like, you know, on a four-star Roger Ebert scale, this is, like, a three to a three and a half, and I really like this movie, but I, in my own mind, I, I never put it into, like, the upper echelon of Pixar.
[laughs] I'm just imagining 13-year-old Bob being like, "Hmm, not quite upper echelon, but decidedly solid.
I mean, this is the guy that talked his aunt into letting him go see Joe Dirt by himself.
[laughs] In any case, you and I have even sat down and done an episode where we put all the Pixar movies into, like, a tier ranking.
And I can't remember if Incredibles made that S tier or not, but it's one of those films that's talked about as a really good movie and almost never picked as, like, the best Pixar movie.
And I will say now, coming back to it, I think this might be pound for pound the best movie that Pixar has ever produced, Brad.
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