Iron Man

Ok this was not premeditated. Agreed that I do get a dose of rotten- tomatoes before I head out to watch any weekend releases but someplace at the back of my skull (not head) there’s this mini-me with the wings and the golden corona which asks me to pay no heed to the critics and of course there’s the satanic me with the spear and the German pitch asking me to go on and do the honors. The thing with me is that I kinda get partial by the writings pretty effortlessly although no one can really stop me from watching the movie if I really want to but again like I said now that I have read about it be it good, bad or ugly I’m leaning at an acute angle for now. I haven’t written much ever like a critic or a reviewer but something about the one I saw last night captured my imagination after a really long time. I realized that I always wanted to be a Tony Stark from Iron Man. (I know this is one thing everybody would dream of and there’s nothing astonishing that I thought of this worth writing a blog entry, but HEY!! This space is about me and what I crave to write, so eat it.)



I’m not going to post a complete movie review here, just Google for that and there are already tons of them. In short what I liked the most about Iron Man; Tony Stark-Robert Downey Jr for his superb portrayal of the sarcastic, jokey, and scotch-friendly womanizer and DIY master engineer. He fit in so well as if he was destined to do that. State of the art CGI/special effects and handsome futuristic technology concepts (Code complied into a 3D hologram, friendly mischievous robotic arms- WOW). This definitely stands out from the other superhero movies in a way that powers here are not inherited from an unknown source or from a spider bite but engineered, modeled and built from scratch which makes it look even more rational and realistic even though it’s supposed to be a yet another fairy tale from Marvel comics, but I liked the adaptation better (ok I haven’t read the comic so can’t really vouch for that). The CGI rendering just gets better with every movie; I like the fact that the dudes who are responsible for this have become sticklers for specifications. If you’ve seen Transformers you’ll know what I’m talking about. Following suit are upcoming releases namely- The Incredible Hulk, Narnia-Prince Caspian and of course the most eagerly awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The disappointing news is that the sequel Iron Man 2 is slated for a 2010 release, now that’s a long wait.

[Pepper catches him in Iron Man suit.]
Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: What's going on here?
Tony Stark: Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've ever caught me doing.


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