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penguinfaery) wrote2008-05-11 04:22 pm
penguinfaery) wrote2008-05-11 04:22 pm
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So I took mom out to the drive-in double feature for mothers day to see Iron man and SPeed Race.
Speed racer pwn Iron Man but both were REALLY good.
This movie is like the pinnacle of special effects. Everything visual was just SO incredibly amazing, I don't even know how to explain it.
They also TOTALLY got the manga thing. Like there is no other way you could have a live action manga as purely as that. Speedline, shoujo sparkles, punch burst, but they all flowed into this kaleidescope of colors so it didn't look silly. (Or...looked intentionally silly, I should say) This movie just DRIPPED fun and ridiculous and made you feel like a little kid. If you were looking for a dark, gritty realistic Speed Racerwtf is wrong with youyou won't get it.
The acting was generally pretty good. The parent were both awesome, Speed was acceptably hero like, and Christina Ricci was an awesome real life anime girl. Roger Allam (The Bill O'riley guy from V for Vendetta) was a kick ass bad guy. The only character that were wearing thin for me by the end were his little brother and the monkey. Cute Brats are....ehh.
The beginning scene involved a lot of switching between time periods that got quiet confusing by the end, and they should refined that some how. The plot is pretty cliched and expected but it's fun in the same way a melodrama is...sure you KNOW what's going to happen, but it's fun to watch anyway. It's not the most interesting plot in the world, but it's enough to make it worth going to see for something besides the visuals. I will admit however, with out them it's just be a fun kids movie...with them? Amazing.
Dear Marvel:
Get a new plot plz. When the hulk comes out, all three of your last movies will have the main plot of hero snubs villain in some way, villain gets revenged by becoming a second hand version of hero.
I know it's a common super hero plot line but there ARE othesr, obviously. Once was fine, twice I could probably forgive you, but three times? (And honestly, if it had been twice, the one without that plot should have been middle but....)
Terra.
Besides THAT big flaw, Iron man was pretty awesome. Sleek, and clean and funny. The special effects were incredible (That suit was just SEXY), the acting was really good (Jeff Bridge's wasn't the most intense, but he was still good), and Robert Downey Jr. was AWESOME. He made Tony Stark a LIKABLE asshole. Instead of...uhm...Tony Stark. *cough* I'm worried about some of the themes becoming dated as they were very like "Current events!" but they might survive just fine. Pepper was an amazing awesome character in the beginning and started to peter out towards the end, but it never crossed from "Capable girl is a situation over her head." to "incompetent bimbo". I wanted to strangle Leslie Bibb's character every time she was on screen.
The writing was funny as hell. I cracked shit up like every five minutes. And the plot had no big plot holes and was in general a good action/super hero movie. Nothing blew me away, but everything made me quiet happy, and nothing disppointed me.
Ok, I lie. The part after the credits blew me away. Cause...awesome? Yeah.
And the Batman preview made me an mom cry a lot. And Two face's line was awesome("You either day a hero or live long enough to see yourself as the villain."), so even if he does end up with the suck zombie!face he'll have good lines :3
Speed racer pwn Iron Man but both were REALLY good.
This movie is like the pinnacle of special effects. Everything visual was just SO incredibly amazing, I don't even know how to explain it.
They also TOTALLY got the manga thing. Like there is no other way you could have a live action manga as purely as that. Speedline, shoujo sparkles, punch burst, but they all flowed into this kaleidescope of colors so it didn't look silly. (Or...looked intentionally silly, I should say) This movie just DRIPPED fun and ridiculous and made you feel like a little kid. If you were looking for a dark, gritty realistic Speed Racer
The acting was generally pretty good. The parent were both awesome, Speed was acceptably hero like, and Christina Ricci was an awesome real life anime girl. Roger Allam (The Bill O'riley guy from V for Vendetta) was a kick ass bad guy. The only character that were wearing thin for me by the end were his little brother and the monkey. Cute Brats are....ehh.
The beginning scene involved a lot of switching between time periods that got quiet confusing by the end, and they should refined that some how. The plot is pretty cliched and expected but it's fun in the same way a melodrama is...sure you KNOW what's going to happen, but it's fun to watch anyway. It's not the most interesting plot in the world, but it's enough to make it worth going to see for something besides the visuals. I will admit however, with out them it's just be a fun kids movie...with them? Amazing.
Dear Marvel:
Get a new plot plz. When the hulk comes out, all three of your last movies will have the main plot of hero snubs villain in some way, villain gets revenged by becoming a second hand version of hero.
I know it's a common super hero plot line but there ARE othesr, obviously. Once was fine, twice I could probably forgive you, but three times? (And honestly, if it had been twice, the one without that plot should have been middle but....)
Terra.
Besides THAT big flaw, Iron man was pretty awesome. Sleek, and clean and funny. The special effects were incredible (That suit was just SEXY), the acting was really good (Jeff Bridge's wasn't the most intense, but he was still good), and Robert Downey Jr. was AWESOME. He made Tony Stark a LIKABLE asshole. Instead of...uhm...Tony Stark. *cough* I'm worried about some of the themes becoming dated as they were very like "Current events!" but they might survive just fine. Pepper was an amazing awesome character in the beginning and started to peter out towards the end, but it never crossed from "Capable girl is a situation over her head." to "incompetent bimbo". I wanted to strangle Leslie Bibb's character every time she was on screen.
The writing was funny as hell. I cracked shit up like every five minutes. And the plot had no big plot holes and was in general a good action/super hero movie. Nothing blew me away, but everything made me quiet happy, and nothing disppointed me.
Ok, I lie. The part after the credits blew me away. Cause...awesome? Yeah.
And the Batman preview made me an mom cry a lot. And Two face's line was awesome("You either day a hero or live long enough to see yourself as the villain."), so even if he does end up with the suck zombie!face he'll have good lines :3