Random thoughts

After the disappointments of Fantastic four and Spiderman 3, I was beginning to tire of the comic book genre. I mean I expect visual scenes to predominate in this genre but I do like an intriguing storyline to sustain me through the visuals. I think some of the superhero comic films had relied too much on visuals and just hadn't worked for me. I must admit that I had been impressed by the trailers and other promotional spots for Iron man so I did have high hopes for the film. Thankfully, I wasn't disappointed. I thought Downey Jr was superb as Stark- he managed to make a flawed character chariasmatic: you felt you could actually like this character although he was self centred. I enjoyed the humour and the way we saw the evolution of the suit. I thought Bridges was great and Paltrow made a great Pepper Potts. I didn't have the patience to wait through the credits as I was too hungry. If you haven't seen the film yet, I recommend that you wait for the end: there is a nic...

Personally, I was really impressed by this film and found it impressive. However my step son and daughter hated it and thought it was really lame. I found it gripping particularly when the monster first hit New York. Not the greatest movie ever but a ...( read more ) refreshing alteration of some of the codes and conventions of Blockbuster monster movies. This is what I wrote in a review for flickster movies on my facebook account. My step-son found the whole idea preposterous and complained that it was Blair witch meets Godzilla. At this point I had to point out that was the point of the film. To be fair on him, I think his argument that they should have just got out when the big monster thingy started bashing the army was a logical one. What won the film over for me was the sequences at the beginning of the rampage, I really felt tense and that is something I haven't felt whilst watching a monster movie in years- I genuinely felt unsettled by the visuals which came over like a p...