Things Only Adults Notice In The Incredibles

Marvel broke box office records and earned high critical praise for their 2016 film Captain America: Civil War, but Disney had already covered most of the movie's main themes 12 years earlier when The Incredibles was released. If you look closely, there are a lot of similarities between the superhero flicks, with The Incredibles asking some questions that may seem very deep for a kids movie.

The Incredibles' early scenes bring up the question of whether superheroes are worth the destruction they bring, something which is also hugely instrumental in Civil War. Mr. Incredible definitely seems to be on Captain America's side, fully believing that his powers are still necessary to the world, despite the fact that he often brings about quite a lot of collateral damage.

Regardless of Mr. Incredible's thoughts on the matter, the government ultimately decides the question for everyone, just as they did in Civil War. The Incredibles' decision to force supers into hiding has some similarities with Civil War's Sokovia Accords, and discussions like the ones that the Avengers have throughout Civil War likely occurred off screen before the supers decided to drop out of sight in the Incredibles universe.

Considering The Incredibles and Captain America: Civil War are two of the best superhero films of the modern age, it's not that surprising that the pair share some thematic connections. Still, it's interesting to see a kids' movie covering the same moral ground as a big screen Marvel blockbuster.