Movie Review: Ironman (2008)

Just came back from Iron Man, by far the best Marvel comics movie up to this point (yea except for Spiderman 2, it’s really not that hard to do). I could give you the whole story again but you can read that in any review right? Robert Downey Jr. has always been an extremely talented actor but now mainstream audience know about it as he was sensational as the Iron Man. Solid cast overall although Terrence Howard and his somewhat high pitched voice doesn’t make him very believable as a high echelon military officer. Nevermind, he was an Air Force officer, it does make sense after all Gwyneth Paltrow was fine albeit unmemorable as Pepper Potts although I still don’t understand how she survived the explosion in the lab at the end of the movie. The focus is obviously on Iron man but it would have added to the movie to make the Pepper Potts role a little more significant than that shallow little role.

Nevertheless, the movie kind of made me want to know how to put shit together and have a sweet lab in the basement where you can experience with that stuff. Nevermind no, this made me think about freshman Physics I and II. Never again… Simplistic plot but fast paced, excellent cinematography, and no abuse of CGI effects (cough *I am Legend COUGH).

Also saw Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay right after Iron Man. Same old pony trick but it had a few really hilarious scenes that left me gasping for air. Notably the one where Harold and Kumar are hiding in the dark basement of some rednecks while their in-bred child with one eye is lurking around in the dark as well as the sex scene with Kumar, Vanessa (the gorgeous Danneel Harris), and that good old giant bag of weed. A lot of nudity and sexually explicit scene so don’t bring your mom with you. Not as good as the first one, not worth the money, I would rent it on DVD for a quick laugh but that’s it.

D-