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Iron Man - Review and Playlist
2 May 2008, Allan @ 8:41 pm

Iron Man came out today and there have been some amazing reviews to say the least with a 94% approval rating on RottenTomatoes and a 78 on Metacritic.

I saw the film today with a few friends…more along the lines of doing something as I am admittedly never much of an Iron Man fan in my childhood. With the good reviews, I obviously did not protest seeing the movie at all. The movie itself was good but not great in my opinion. There are some funny moments and it the best part of the movie is the creation of Iron Man itself it follows the difficulties of Jason Stark to actually make a superhero. The graphic and special fxs are really cool and seeing the Iron Man itself is probably one of the cooler super hero moments. Robert Downey Jr. is a believable superhero unlike other superhero’s who are always looking to “serve and protect” and are stuck up bitches…Iron Man has much more personality. The problem that lies in this movie from making this “great” is that the plot is quite non-existant…nothing really happens in the movie. I can sum it all in a few sentences and there are certain points that take away from the movie like the sex with the reporter. An addition problem which my friends pointed out was that there wasn’t really a villian to make Iron Man that “super hero”. I secretly love villians and heels (in wrestling). The problem is that he had an enemy and was more against the destruction caused by war. By villian I mean someone you can feel for and can understand why he/she is evil…that duality is a key aspect I look for.

This movie seems to be more prepared for a sequel and like I said, it’s a good movie but not great. It’ll produce a few laughs and some cool action scenes but if you’re expecting “the great fucking thing ever” you’ll be disappointed.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

I was not that keen on the soundtrack so like last week, I’ll make my own. (You can find the actual soundtrack here)

1. Iron Man by Black Sabbath (I have to put this up)
2. MX Missiles by Andrew Bird
3. Start A War by The National
4. Killing Armies by Wolf Parade
5. Put Us Back Together Right by Headlights
6. The Great Escape by We Are Scientists
7. Fire It Up by Modest Mouse
8. You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine by Death Above 1979
9. Know You’re Enemy by Rage Against The Machine
10. One Man Army by Our Lady Peace
11. Air War by Crystal Castles

1 Comment for “Iron Man - Review and Playlist”

1. License Farm — May 4, 2008 @ 12:14 am
   

   Yeah, I saw IRON MAN Fri and liked it quite a bit, but I wasn’t blown away by it. In my opinion, it has the same flaw as does MATRIX RELOADED and, so I understand, MATRIX REVOLUTIONS: they had action and philosophy to spare, but integrated poorly if at all. Swap out philosophy for characterization and you have IRON MAN: the characterization was great but mostly set in a mundane tableau, whereas the action looked cool but was mostly devoid of emotional investment. I’m still pleased overall and I hope this is only the start for a renaissance in Downey’s career.

   Without revealing anything, the biggest laugh I had was the scene on his private jet between him and Terrence Howard as Rhodey. I guess the “Brotherhood of the Ten Rings” is an allusion to The Mandarin; I wonder if he’ll be showing up in a sequel, and how they’ll handle that without unduly offending those of Chinese backgrounds. Better to just get on with items like his alcoholism, War Machine, AIM and The Avengers.

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