The Incredibles and The Fountainhead both have the exact same central message, and the exact same resolution: If everyone is special, then no one is. Luckily, in the end, the individual retains their right not to conform to the masses. The only distinction is that the former is a story of superheroes, and the latter of architects.
Despite their close similarity, I’d be more likely to praise The Incredibles as a work of genius. The reason for this is the characters: there are a number of them in the movie who I really liked, but in the book, there is exactly one person who is not a vicious misanthrope, and he is affected by exactly one thing in the world: an architectural ideal of purity and beauty.
That is all.
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