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Lee - I went to the El Capitan in Hollywood: there were very young children there (barely able to see over the seat in front of them), and older. But I think it's one of those ageless movies - again, the only movie I can compare it to is "Iron Giant," though story wise, a theme about superheroes is much more approachable than the Red Scare as in "Iron Giant."

As for the "animation," to me, real animation is hand drawn and hand painted with hand painted backgrounds. Real animation is also strictly fiscally prohibitive these days, especially in the U.S. I actually hate CGI, but it seems CGI had found its footing quite well with "Monsters, Inc." However, IMO, "Monsters, Inc." does not even compare stylistically with "The Incredibles." Part of the reason is character design: in animation, with character design, you're sort of locked into a style that remains a crap shoot for CGI. But the crap shoot paid off with this one; their movements, their mannerisms...everything made complete sense. All of it was believable. I loved the 50s sort of style of everything. It was like: "I remember when my parents had a table and chairs like those, or lived in a track home like that." It was waaayyy cool.

BTW: I think this is the final movie for the Pixar-Disney partnership - Disney's loss by far.

Oh, and for those going to the El Capitan, fork over $15 a ticket, 'cause they also include an organist and a stage show as preludes to the feature.