The Incredibles DVD

I love DVDs that provide lots of bang for the buck. I mean a good movie, loaded with extra features, commentary tracks, outtakes, and behind the scenes footage. Look no further than “The Incredibles”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/combined DVD coming out March 15th.

My sister works for Blockbuster, so I often get to check out DVDs like this before they hit the street. After spending nearly four hours with it last night, I can assure you this one is *packed* with extras. And high-quality extras — not just filler. One of my pet peeves is behind-the-scenes featurettes that are sprinkled with so many clips of the movie you might as well be watching it instead. Thankfully, this DVD has an insightful 27 minute-long featurette. By the time you finish watching it, you feel like you really know director “Brad Bird”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083348/ and his compadres. Along with the featurettes on Pixar’s other movies, you have to admire the creative process that goes on behind the closed doors in that company. It seems like it would be a killer place to work.

Then there is, of course, “Boundin'”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395479/combined — the short with the sheep and the jackalope that opened the movie in theaters, along with a cute featurette about the creator of that movie (long-time Pixar animator “Bud Luckey”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524726/ ). There are some hilarious extra cartoons on there — including a look at the babysitter’s trials with the baby and a terrific sendup of the more awful superhero TV cartoons of the 60’s.

The deleted scenes section shows animated storyboards of scenes that were cut out from the movie, along with explanation from the director why they were ultimately cut. Again, these are a big “cut” above many other tiresome/boring deleted scenes included with movies these days, and run for almost a full half-hour total.

Trust me — if you loved the movie that won Best Animated Feature this year, then these are the “DVDs”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JN4W/qid=1110182473/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6138331-2834537?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 to own.