In 2008, Iron Man strayed away from the usual comic superhero formula and became an unexpected worldwide box office smash hit, racking up over $585 million. Aided by a star-reviving performance from the mercurial Robert Downey Jr. as well as some bold risk-taking from the studio, the origin story became an excellent stepping stone for a successful franchise.
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Movie Review: Kick-Ass (2010)
Dark humor and satire permeates the very fabric of Kick Ass and this where it diverges from every comic book movie that came before it. We are never really sure at any point in time whether things should be taken with a grain of salt or not. This is a movie about superheroes where no one has superpowers.
Movie Review: The Dark Knight (2008)
Finally got to see the Dark Knight after being unable to go this past weekend. Drove off to another town just to realize that the showing was sold off, and came back to the local mall for a later showing. Ok, great, after half an hour of driving in a perplexed state, we got seats, [...]
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 [...]
