sjung5150 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sjung5150) wrote,@ 2008-05-11 20:23:00 |
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Iron Man
All the reviews I've read so far are pretty correct - it's a damn entertaining movie.
(Saw it Saturday night.)
A few comments about the movie:
- It's good to see that folks of Middle Eastern descent are the Russians of the new millennium. Whenever a plot needs some bad guys, make them Middle Eastern.
This of course is not a new idea. This notion of Middle Easterners being the default antagonists first began with the 80's classics "Iron Eagle" and "Delta Force".
- Robert Downey Jr. right now kind of has a "Scent of a Woman"-era Al Pacino vibe around him. Or maybe I'm insane.
- The only person in the cast that Koreans are aware of is Gwyneth Paltrow. Nobody really knows who Robert Downey Jr. or Jeff Bridges is. When someone asked me what movies these white people have been in, all I could think was "Jeff Bridges was in the 70's remake of King Kong & The Big Lebowski, both of which I'm sure Koreans never saw. As for Robert Downey Jr, I told them he's a famous actor in the States who had some drug problems a few years back."
- When I saw that one of the co-stars was black, I was sure that he would die. To my surprise, he didn't. But I'm sure he'll die in Iron Man Part II.
- I was disappointed that the Sabbath song "Iron Man" wasn't used at all throughout the movie, and only played during the end credits (just the music, no lyrics).
- Speaking of the song "Iron Man", the movie's plot had nothing to do with the song's lyrics. (Maybe that's why they removed the vocals from the end credits, so the viewing audience wouldn't be confused or get mad).
Lyrics from the song that are not reflected in the movie's plot:
"He was turned to steel in a great magnetic field, where he traveled time for the future of mankind."
- No magnetic fields or time travel in the movie.
"Vengeance from the grave, kills the people he once saved."
- Again, no resurrection or killing people Iron Man once saved in this movie.
Which begs the question: Did Geezer Butler (who wrote most of Sabbath's lyrics) just make shit up? Or did the producers of the movie make shit up?
Anyway, a great comic book flick. Highly recommended.
Next up: Indiana Jones Part IV, opening up May 22nd.
(To gear up for this, I recently watched Raiders of the Lost Ark again. Goddamn, what a kick-ass movie.)
All the reviews I've read so far are pretty correct - it's a damn entertaining movie.
(Saw it Saturday night.)
A few comments about the movie:
- It's good to see that folks of Middle Eastern descent are the Russians of the new millennium. Whenever a plot needs some bad guys, make them Middle Eastern.
This of course is not a new idea. This notion of Middle Easterners being the default antagonists first began with the 80's classics "Iron Eagle" and "Delta Force".
- Robert Downey Jr. right now kind of has a "Scent of a Woman"-era Al Pacino vibe around him. Or maybe I'm insane.
- The only person in the cast that Koreans are aware of is Gwyneth Paltrow. Nobody really knows who Robert Downey Jr. or Jeff Bridges is. When someone asked me what movies these white people have been in, all I could think was "Jeff Bridges was in the 70's remake of King Kong & The Big Lebowski, both of which I'm sure Koreans never saw. As for Robert Downey Jr, I told them he's a famous actor in the States who had some drug problems a few years back."
- When I saw that one of the co-stars was black, I was sure that he would die. To my surprise, he didn't. But I'm sure he'll die in Iron Man Part II.
- I was disappointed that the Sabbath song "Iron Man" wasn't used at all throughout the movie, and only played during the end credits (just the music, no lyrics).
- Speaking of the song "Iron Man", the movie's plot had nothing to do with the song's lyrics. (Maybe that's why they removed the vocals from the end credits, so the viewing audience wouldn't be confused or get mad).
Lyrics from the song that are not reflected in the movie's plot:
"He was turned to steel in a great magnetic field, where he traveled time for the future of mankind."
- No magnetic fields or time travel in the movie.
"Vengeance from the grave, kills the people he once saved."
- Again, no resurrection or killing people Iron Man once saved in this movie.
Which begs the question: Did Geezer Butler (who wrote most of Sabbath's lyrics) just make shit up? Or did the producers of the movie make shit up?
Anyway, a great comic book flick. Highly recommended.
Next up: Indiana Jones Part IV, opening up May 22nd.
(To gear up for this, I recently watched Raiders of the Lost Ark again. Goddamn, what a kick-ass movie.)
