Friday, May 2, 2008

Quick Review: Iron Man




It's  a good movie, with a good story. Stays pretty faithful to the origin story in the comic as far as I know.

Robert Downey Jr is great as Tony Stark. He's a great actor, but I doubted he could pull off Tony Stark because he lacks "star power" to pull off such flamboyant character. But Downey really nailed it, make him very human even.

Iron Man suit is awesome.

However,  for a summer movie, it's somewhat really lacking in awesomeness. Lots of explosion, but not enough action. and the final battle really blows. (Spoiler) It's Iron Man VS War Monger, another robot vs robot better that was done better last year in a certain sucky michael bay movie (end spoiler)

Let's expect more awesomeness to come in the sequel. See below

Rating: 3.5/5

(Possible Spoiler)
For the sequel, please do the following:
- bring a powerful villain
- James Rhodes, War Machine - makes it happen
- It's not so secret that Samuel L Jackson filmed a cameo for this film as Nick Fury, agent of SHIELD. I was waiting for him to appear. But instead, SHIELD is only mentioned in passing in the movie. Bah, so please bring him in next time!
UPDATE: Nick Fury does appear! wait until the end credits finish
- and another marvel superhero crossover, come on, we know Tony is going to be in the upcoming incredible hulk film

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