Super Heroes

[allyndra]

First of all, Iron Man was freakin' awesome. It wasn't just a good comic book movie, it was a good movie. Full stop. It was what I wanted from Spiderman and didn't get: excellent acting, snappy dialogue, humor, drama, plot. Robert Downey, Jr. did an amazing job of making Tony Stark obnoxious and charming, simultaneously, and even Gwyneth Paltrow (whom I generally don't care for) was very good as Pepper Potts. The CGI very rarely made me feel like I was watching a video game. And where most American action movies have no problem unapologetically casting Muslims as evil incarnate, this movie did a decent job of avoiding some of that bigotry, with sympathetic Afghani characters and multi-racial (though primarily coded as Muslim, so the film-makers don't get a complete pass) villains.

Second of all, Free Comic Book Day! Yay!

That is all.

Comments

[wingwyrm.livejournal.com]

I AGREE. Totally :)
There is nothing else I could saws about the movie. It was just awesome.

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

It really, really was. :o)

[ariadne83]

Oh wow - someone else who didn't like Spiderman. I think we are a dying breed

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

I know! My husband and son just love all three Spiderman movies. I don't get it. Toby Maquire looks nothing like Peter Parker to me, Kirsten Dunst has dead eyes, the CGI looks like a video game, and the dialogue has moments of sheer, intense cheese. I just ... there's a lot I don't like about Spiderman. Which is sad, because I like the character quite a bit. Where I never cared much for Iron Man before, and his movie ruled.

[ariadne83]

LOL I watched the second one against my better judgement and when it got to the point where better was standing across the street from MJ, just watching, and he got all sad cos her boyfriend showed up - I shouted at the screen: THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING A STALKER
I like Spiderman - like the character, always got up to watch the animated series when I was growing up - but the movies? So much no