Apologies for the breakdown in our regular posting schedule recently. Life has gotten oddly busy lately, though we’ve been able to sneak in a few movies here and there. (Hope you enjoyed the Iron Man review.) Anyways, in lieu of our regular posts, we’re pleased to host the blog carnival, Movie Monday! Without further ado, here’s the May 5th edition of Movie Monday. Thanks to Missy Frye for letting us host this week!
Missy presents Movie Companions at Observations from Missy’s Window.
TherapyDoc presents The Law of Attraction posted at Everyone Needs Therapy saying, “We can learn SO MUCH from the movies.”
vaprak presents Movie Review: The Hottie and the Nottie (2008) posted at The Critical Critics.
Scott Nehring presents No Country For Old Men (2007) posted at Good News Film Reviews.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of movie monday using ourcarnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Iron Man (imdb)
Jump starting the summer season with strong film comes our first hero movie, Iron Man. Directed by the “so money” Jon Favreau and supported by a superhero strong cast, the movie flies high and hits as hard the title character.
Genius, playboy Tony Stark aka Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr. who propels the movie with his awesomeness. Downey Jr. is at first the “merchant of death,” selling weapons for profit without a care on his mind. But after a close encounter with some of the users of Stark Industries technology, Stark finds his calling and decides to put an end to weapons development and defeat evildoers by becoming Iron Man. So I guess, in an attempt to stop his weapons from being bought and sold, he decides to create a armored suit filled with weapons… Sure it’s a bit contradictory and ironic (hehehe), but the movie is fully aware and acknowledges this fact with grace.
The film has some great CGI effects and explosions to fulfill any action lover’s dream. Seeing the Iron Man suit developed does take up a significant portion of the film, but it’s a pleasure nevertheless as Downey Jr. never lets anything get boring.
The acting is top notch for a comic book film. Robert Downey Jr. oozes with charisma and his screen time is never wasted. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges are fine support as Pepper Potts and the bald dude Obadiah Stane, respectively. The film also has a good humor blending many funny situations into the narrative.
All in all, Iron Man is a definite enjoyable experience. The film is well-made entertainment and thankfully sets up another strong comic book movie franchise. While I still reside on my opinion that Batman Begins is the best comic book movie ever, Iron Man wins a place in my heart and hopefully there’ll be a lot more to come; 2010 is the word on the street.
4 miniature arc reactors out of 5
Don’t forget guys, Harold and Kumar 2: Escape from Guantanamo Bay is set to open tomorrow! We were lucky enough to catch and advanced screening and couldn’t help but post a review last month. To summarize in one sentence, it’s out of control… in a good way. If you liked watching Harold and Kumar making their way to White Castle, you’re going to love watching them take it one step further as they run away from the law. For more, check out our full review. Or, just get your tickets
and go see for yourself!
