It’s been five days since I saw Incredibles 2, a movie I loved while I was watching it. It’s probably been five years since I last saw the original Incredibles (for the second time) with my kids. But here’s the thing. While I could easily describe the plot and business of the first movie to you right now, I find I can’t do so when it comes to the Incredibles outing I enjoyed only 108 hours ago without doing a quick read-through of its Wikipedia entry.

It should not be surprising that The Incredibles has stayed with me: It is one of the two or three greatest accomplishments in the 90-year history of animated features, and like all great works of popular art it has burned itself into the national consciousness (and mine). What does it say about Incredibles 2 that it didn’t and doesn’t and won’t, no matter how successful it is at the box office?