Cartoon Central

Prefering The Incredibles to Aardman Animation.

I don’t get the appeal of these films; I don’t understand the people who like them. The best Hollywood animations (Toy Story, Shrek, The Incredibles) manage to be at once witty, irreverent and affectionate - the sort of kids’ films that parents can enjoy. By contrast, the Aardman outings appear to have have somehow skipped a generation. These are the kids’ films that grandparents can enjoy (and when I say grandparents, I mean the birch-and-flog-’em variety, not the nice kind).