I am Iron Man

May 6th, 2008

Ok, ok, so I’m not Iron Man I more closely resemble Gumby. But I did go see the newly released movie on opening night and I’ve been talking about it non stop without posting my thoughts here. Sorry for the delay but without any more waiting here is my review.

Iron Man ROCKS! The End.

So you want more? Ok…
One of my more recent movie reviews was that of another comicbookesque movie, “Jumper” and I was not too impressed (read it here). Compared to Jumper, Iron Man is one of the best movies I’ve seen over the past several months. Iron man has good acting as well as action, the special effects are great, and like all good action movies there is a good sprinkling of humor throughout.

I myself am not a film maker but I think I might be able to do it if I had the time, energy and desire to do so. Therefore take this one criticism with that in mind. Movies are more than just good looking actors and flashy special effects… movies are an art and all good art tells a story of some sort. I felt the story telling in Iron Man was a little on the slow side. The movie is long at 2 1/2 hours but that doesn’t mean it has to feel long. And really it didn’t feel that long except for after the fact when you look at the amount of time spent on the building of Suit 1 and Suit 2. The majority of the movie covers the building of the Iron Man suits. The cool action and butt kicking of Iron Man is really just a small portion of the movie. I went to the movie looking forward to seeing Iron Man do what Iron Man does and I got to see a little of that and it was AWESOME! but in the end I was left wanting for more butt kicking and less, leg bone is connected to the hip bone.

That said I still recommend this movie whole heartedly and I can’t wait to see it again.

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