Monday, August 25, 2008
Iron Man
9. The first of the "Summer blockbuster season," and possible my favorite movie of the summer. I am so fucking grateful when a comic book movie remains true to its original material and doesn't fall victim to the "I can make it better" syndrome so prevalent in Hollywood (Superman, Hulk, X-Men, etc). While slightly updated for contemporary sensibilities (I believe in the comic, Tony Stark became Iron Man in the jungles of Vietnam, not the deserts of the middle east), the story remains essentially unmolested. And aside from the inexplicable pussifying of Jim Rhodes, the characters are very much their comic counterparts. Visually, the producers hit the mark precisely, and I enjoyed watching every CGI-spewed effect sequence. Probably too late to see it in the theaters, rent Iron Man at the earliest possible moment.
¶ 5:45 PM 
9. The first of the "Summer blockbuster season," and possible my favorite movie of the summer. I am so fucking grateful when a comic book movie remains true to its original material and doesn't fall victim to the "I can make it better" syndrome so prevalent in Hollywood (Superman, Hulk, X-Men, etc). While slightly updated for contemporary sensibilities (I believe in the comic, Tony Stark became Iron Man in the jungles of Vietnam, not the deserts of the middle east), the story remains essentially unmolested. And aside from the inexplicable pussifying of Jim Rhodes, the characters are very much their comic counterparts. Visually, the producers hit the mark precisely, and I enjoyed watching every CGI-spewed effect sequence. Probably too late to see it in the theaters, rent Iron Man at the earliest possible moment.
¶ 5:45 PM
