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redfiona99 Apologies for any typing errors, I'm having to type left-handed. Damn tendonitis.
Finally got to see Iron Man (the finally is a long story all of its own).
But first the trailers. Prince Caspian is filled with do not want. Seriously, there's only one scene from the trailers that I remember from the book. And I fear what they will do to Reepacheep. Do not mess with my favourite mouse.
Dark Knight Returns (or whatever it's called) yup, so totally going to be scared out of my wits.
The whole Summer 2008 trailer bit, Penzy and I both now totally know we're not going to be leaving the cinema that much this summer.
It did appear to be two different films smushed into one. I preferred the film it was being in the first half, housemate preferred the second half.
I think I liked the first half because it was all about consequences, and things looked like they hurt. I like that in my superhero films. Actually, I like that in my films full stop.
They also brought up some interesting issues that, while they didn't follow up fully, they did pay some attention to, like what happens to the rest of Tony's business if they stop selling weapons, and if you could control it, is the weapons trade ever moral. It asked questions, I liked that.
I was interested in how they treated Vanity Fair girl. Because she wasn't the scrappy girl reporter of yore, but she wasn't the evil out for herself entirely journalistic stereotype either.
I loved Tony's pet robots, even if that again showed that Tony was not good with things with pulses.
I really like how they don't give Rhody a reason for liking Tony despite him being a total prat on occasions. It's a good way of getting across that he has charisma. I also loved the faked magazine covers.
The delightful Miss Pot was delightful. They've managed to get her character across a lot better than they did MJ or most of the other Marvel girlies. And I loved that they don't get together because it would be either brilliant or a disaster because he'll take advantage of everything and she'll try to fix him and they're probably better off as they are.
While I was always aware that Jeff Bridges was tall, I'd never considered him as being huge before. Well played the cameramen/cinematographer and the director.
Did I mention I love the robots?
The most interesting part about the entirely fan-servicey tag at the end (other than setting up the Avengers movie which will be either brilliant or terrible) is that Tony Stark can just come out and say he's Iron Man because he is alone (in the sense of has no dependents, because if there's one thing Rhodey and Pepper Pot aren't it's dependent), in a way that say Superman or Spiderman can't. Which as you can imagine sets me off on yet another set of thinking about the nature of comic book heroes. Because Iron Man is another one that doesn't fit (for future reference, the others are the X-men en-masse, which I hope they deal with in the Avengers film, even if I have no doubt that they won't, Batman, because he really is just a man in a kevlar suit [about which more later] and Iron Man). He's about the only Marvel superhero who could be said to be right-wing (which I think has a lot to do with Stan Lee and the other original writers being left of centre) and he's also one of the few who chose his superpowers. He can change them, improve them, a lot easier than the others can.
Robert Downey jr did a fantastic job of portraying him as a man of will, which is both his real superpower (that and being a genius with machinery) and his major flaw.
Of course, taking about people who are just men in suits (and about Nick Fury who is the epitome of Badass Normal I am always brought back to my beloved Bat. Mostly, because as me and Penzy were leaving we were talking about it being a majorly cool suit, and Batman doesn't have a metal suit, it's just kevlar, and given that the fencing kit has kevlar weaved in, so I know it doesn't stop everything and that's why I loved that scene in Batman Begins where his ribs hurt. And, of course, why I spend half my time wanting to hug Batman.
Finally got to see Iron Man (the finally is a long story all of its own).
But first the trailers. Prince Caspian is filled with do not want. Seriously, there's only one scene from the trailers that I remember from the book. And I fear what they will do to Reepacheep. Do not mess with my favourite mouse.
Dark Knight Returns (or whatever it's called) yup, so totally going to be scared out of my wits.
The whole Summer 2008 trailer bit, Penzy and I both now totally know we're not going to be leaving the cinema that much this summer.
It did appear to be two different films smushed into one. I preferred the film it was being in the first half, housemate preferred the second half.
I think I liked the first half because it was all about consequences, and things looked like they hurt. I like that in my superhero films. Actually, I like that in my films full stop.
They also brought up some interesting issues that, while they didn't follow up fully, they did pay some attention to, like what happens to the rest of Tony's business if they stop selling weapons, and if you could control it, is the weapons trade ever moral. It asked questions, I liked that.
I was interested in how they treated Vanity Fair girl. Because she wasn't the scrappy girl reporter of yore, but she wasn't the evil out for herself entirely journalistic stereotype either.
I loved Tony's pet robots, even if that again showed that Tony was not good with things with pulses.
I really like how they don't give Rhody a reason for liking Tony despite him being a total prat on occasions. It's a good way of getting across that he has charisma. I also loved the faked magazine covers.
The delightful Miss Pot was delightful. They've managed to get her character across a lot better than they did MJ or most of the other Marvel girlies. And I loved that they don't get together because it would be either brilliant or a disaster because he'll take advantage of everything and she'll try to fix him and they're probably better off as they are.
While I was always aware that Jeff Bridges was tall, I'd never considered him as being huge before. Well played the cameramen/cinematographer and the director.
Did I mention I love the robots?
The most interesting part about the entirely fan-servicey tag at the end (other than setting up the Avengers movie which will be either brilliant or terrible) is that Tony Stark can just come out and say he's Iron Man because he is alone (in the sense of has no dependents, because if there's one thing Rhodey and Pepper Pot aren't it's dependent), in a way that say Superman or Spiderman can't. Which as you can imagine sets me off on yet another set of thinking about the nature of comic book heroes. Because Iron Man is another one that doesn't fit (for future reference, the others are the X-men en-masse, which I hope they deal with in the Avengers film, even if I have no doubt that they won't, Batman, because he really is just a man in a kevlar suit [about which more later] and Iron Man). He's about the only Marvel superhero who could be said to be right-wing (which I think has a lot to do with Stan Lee and the other original writers being left of centre) and he's also one of the few who chose his superpowers. He can change them, improve them, a lot easier than the others can.
Robert Downey jr did a fantastic job of portraying him as a man of will, which is both his real superpower (that and being a genius with machinery) and his major flaw.
Of course, taking about people who are just men in suits (and about Nick Fury who is the epitome of Badass Normal I am always brought back to my beloved Bat. Mostly, because as me and Penzy were leaving we were talking about it being a majorly cool suit, and Batman doesn't have a metal suit, it's just kevlar, and given that the fencing kit has kevlar weaved in, so I know it doesn't stop everything and that's why I loved that scene in Batman Begins where his ribs hurt. And, of course, why I spend half my time wanting to hug Batman.
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Date: 2008-05-27 05:36 pm (UTC)Dude, there was a glimpse of him in the trailer, and I was like OH NO YOU DID-N'T,because he sounded almost kinda gangster/ghetto, which is very much HELLS NO, though I will say the glimpse was on the quick side, so I could be wrong. HOWEVER: Caspian? Not some kind of teenage Spanish heart throb, kthnx.
I remember being REALLY excited about the first Narnia movie, and then feeling underwhelmed after seeing it. The BBC version they did ages ago is still the best.
As for Iron Man. a;fldsjalkfdj;alkfjafj;dlksajflk;asjflkd. It is made of stupendous amounts of awesome. Yeah, they did a really good job at making Jeff Bridges seem super enormous and engulfing. Though, haha, it probably helped that RDJ is, like, 5 foot 8.
I really REALLY like the fact that Iron Man doesn't have a secret identity. Because, as you said, he doesn't need one. This sets him apart from the massive amounts of superheroes out there. It's a new direction to take him.
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Date: 2008-05-27 10:24 pm (UTC)Then again, I've seen the BBC Prince Caspian so they've got a lot to live up to there as well.
I'd say RDJ was tiny, except I'm 5'2" so I can't say much.
I'm going to assume that given the trade Tony Stark worked in, he's already got a spectacular security system, so nothing much is going to touch him.
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Date: 2008-05-27 10:33 pm (UTC)I'd say RDJ was tiny, except I'm 5'2" so I can't say much
Hahaha, doesn't matter! He is definitely shorter than average, but the hot thing is that he carries himself like a six footer.
I'm going to assume that given the trade Tony Stark worked in, he's already got a spectacular security system, so nothing much is going to touch him.
But Sam Jackson managed to break in, though that's Sam Jackson.
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Date: 2008-05-27 10:51 pm (UTC)A lot of what you can get away with depends on how you carry yourself.
I wish to declare a new rule - if Samuel L Jackson is involved, all bets are off ;)
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Date: 2008-05-28 12:02 am (UTC)