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Its a declaration a lot of kids might make in the excitement of such a moment.
But Bird wasnt like a lot of kids.
There, he was mentored by his hero, animation legend Milt Kahl.
They turned him into a creator with something to prove.
The kid who asked How do I do that?
set out to show others how it ought to be done.
Birds perfectionist tendencies are evident in his films.
Yet theyre too kinetic, and too emotionally rich to feel fussed over.
Those talents didnt develop overnight, however.
(An intriguing pencil test still survives.)
The film began as an episode ofAmazing Storiesand might have worked better in that format.
Directed by Matthew Robbins, it lays on the sentiment way too thick.
But what he really wanted to do was make movies.
6.Tomorrowland(2015)Of those movies, only one counts as a misfire.
(Bird had come back into the Disney fold by way of his work with Pixar.)
That its anchored by one of the least charming performances Clooney has ever delivered doesnt help.
Still, as an intriguing collection of ideas, its worth a look.
Unavoidably,Incredibles 2cant be as surprising as the first film.
In some ways it doesnt even try, picking up the action at the very momentThe Incrediblesended.
If its more of the same, is that really such a bad thing?
That mostly involves splitting the family apart.
As Elastigirl becomes the public face of a movement to restore trust in superheroes, Mr. 4.Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol(2011)How good is Brad Bird?
And yet its only the fourth-best film Birds made.
For his live-action debut, Bird wastes no time establishing he knows what hes doing.
It was also, by all evidence, not the easiest job.
He came toRatatouillealmost by accident, taking over when Pixar removed original director Jan Pinkava from the project.
(Any resemblance to Disney may not be coincidental.)
(More on that below.)
Over the course of the film, the former Mr. Hes made one extraordinary film after another since that debut.
He just happened to make one of the greatest animated films of all time with his first try.
LikeRatatouille,The Iron Giantbegan as someone elses project.
The film debuted to stunning reviews and virtually no audience.
In the end, the kid from Montana earned recognition doing it his way.
It just took a while for the rest of the world to catch up.
