The Incredible
[Books]
Reviewed by DAPHNE LEE
I HAVE just been informed that The Spongebob Squarepants Movie will be released in March 2005 and that the movie tie-in books will be out in January. There will also be, I’m certain, toys and other merchandise galore.
I remember when I was 10, my father and I caught a taxi to Malacca in order to watch Star Wars (this was so we wouldn’t have to wait months before it was released in sleepy old Segamat).
About six months later, someone gave me a comic book of the movie, but I didn’t have the slightest idea that action figures of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (I wanted them to marry and have babies) existed.
These days, there are few children who wouldn’t be aware of movie-based toys. My son has come to expect them:
“Are the Shark Tale toys on sale yet? May I have Mr Incredible for Christimas?” Movie merchandise is big business and boy, does it burn a hole in parents’pockets!
Some of the books are cool though and I’m OK with anything that gets a kid excited about reading.
There are a wide range of The Incredibles titles, something for every age, from Ladybird books like The Incredibles: Meet the Boys/ Meet the Girls (64 pages) to comic books, complete with character game cards, like The Incredibles: Return of the Supers (Random House, 24 pages), to The Art of the Incredibles (Chronicle Books, 160 pages) which will appeal to graphics fans and anyone interested in the technical aspects of an animated movie.
There is also the most excellent, fully-illustrated The Incredibles: The Essential Guide (DK Essential Guides, 47 pages), which has everything you want to know about the making of the feature, its plot, script and characters.
Considering how popular Pixar movies tend to be with viewers of all ages, buying this year’s Christmas gifts may well be a very, very simple exercise!
Daphne Lee was a cheerful three-year-old before she became a grumpy old lady whose idea of heaven is curling up in bed with a good book, her husband, their two sons and a plateful of sausage rolls. You can e-mail her at daphne@thestar.com.my and check out her blog at daphne.blogs.com/books.
Reviewed by DAPHNE LEE
I HAVE just been informed that The Spongebob Squarepants Movie will be released in March 2005 and that the movie tie-in books will be out in January. There will also be, I’m certain, toys and other merchandise galore.
I remember when I was 10, my father and I caught a taxi to Malacca in order to watch Star Wars (this was so we wouldn’t have to wait months before it was released in sleepy old Segamat).
About six months later, someone gave me a comic book of the movie, but I didn’t have the slightest idea that action figures of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (I wanted them to marry and have babies) existed.
These days, there are few children who wouldn’t be aware of movie-based toys. My son has come to expect them:
“Are the Shark Tale toys on sale yet? May I have Mr Incredible for Christimas?” Movie merchandise is big business and boy, does it burn a hole in parents’pockets!
Some of the books are cool though and I’m OK with anything that gets a kid excited about reading.
There are a wide range of The Incredibles titles, something for every age, from Ladybird books like The Incredibles: Meet the Boys/ Meet the Girls (64 pages) to comic books, complete with character game cards, like The Incredibles: Return of the Supers (Random House, 24 pages), to The Art of the Incredibles (Chronicle Books, 160 pages) which will appeal to graphics fans and anyone interested in the technical aspects of an animated movie.
There is also the most excellent, fully-illustrated The Incredibles: The Essential Guide (DK Essential Guides, 47 pages), which has everything you want to know about the making of the feature, its plot, script and characters.
Considering how popular Pixar movies tend to be with viewers of all ages, buying this year’s Christmas gifts may well be a very, very simple exercise!
Daphne Lee was a cheerful three-year-old before she became a grumpy old lady whose idea of heaven is curling up in bed with a good book, her husband, their two sons and a plateful of sausage rolls. You can e-mail her at daphne@thestar.com.my and check out her blog at daphne.blogs.com/books.
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