Saturday, May 03, 2008
Iron Man...yes!
What a difference from the last action piece of drivel I reviewed almost a year ago. To quote South Park:
General: "But Mr Bay, those aren't ideas, those are special effects!"
Michael Bay: "I don't know the difference..."
Iron Man was an unexpected and delightful surprise. The key difference this time may have been that I had no expectations whatsoever going in. I have an appreciation for Stan Lee & co., and Marvel Comics (Wolverine being my favorite character from that side of the house, but I've always been a Superman girl). I was surprised about Robert Downey Jr. being cast as the main character given his history but have never disliked him as an actor.
So with little to no expectations nor fear of watching another childhood memory getting burned at the stake...wow! I was absolutely entertained for the entire length of the movie. Maybe part of it is believing for so long that Hollywood had run out of ideas it was something akin to a starving person sitting down to a steak dinner. I don't know and I don't want to overthink it - but there was action where action was needed, good character development, and the acting was 95% believable. The parts that could have been cheesy were barely noticeable when sandwiched nicely between the really well done parts. Success!
My only regret is not listening to the little voice in my head that told me to stay after the credits. Thank goodness for Youtube but it would have been great to see it in the theater.
I saw the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie and all I could think was "shit, it's that Transformers kid" which inevitable means that will be a Netflix rental. But The Dark Knight looks *awesome*.
posted by Kelley at 10:39 PM
