Rating: PG (Violence)
Running time: 125 minutes
Opens: 30 April 2008, Now Showing
Some info:
1) Wiki
2) IMDB Profile
3) MovieMistakes Profile
4) Official Site (English)
Sure took me long before I watched this blockbuster. Well, as you might notice from the opening date of the movie showing on local cinemas (excluding premiere, sneak preview whatnot) is in the midst of my semester exams. In fact it was just a couple of days before my most dreaded paper. Haha, ah well, before I watched this earlier today, in general I’ve heard good responses about this film, which I often don’t hear especially when it comes to movies about superheroes and whatnot. Haha.
The way the movie introduced Tony Stark, the main character of the show, was pretty nicely done imo in order to show the transition from his wild lifestyle into a man who has found a direction and goal to work at fully to achieve. The story sets it up nicely, and of course, the actor must also be able to carry out his role well in order to be more convincing, in which case I think it has been done nicely in this 2-hour movie. He has brought out the personality of the character well, showing the different faces on different occasions.
Well of course, that aside, the highlights of this movie of course would be Iron Man, or rather the suit. The movie also shows the process from a prototype that breaks after a short battle to the various testing and tweaking to make the final Iron Man suit as shown in the film. Stark’s home also has quite many nifty gadgets, robots and stuff, which really shows him off as someone possessing various equipment (rich mah, and invented alot of cool stuff) capable of performing such tasks. It’ll be cool to have some of those in our homes as well =D But I think it’d be too expensive even if it’s fully functional in its own right in present day and time. So yeah, it’ll probably remain as a dream for the future =P
The movie ends off setting up for a sequel, and future developments to the Iron Man character. I wonder what the sequel will be focused on (more like I too lazy to find out).
Now for some lame observations. Let’s see:
1) Since I bothered to stay behind for the credits, I noticed that Stan Lee was credited for playing “Himself”, but at that point in time, I had no inkling whatsoever of any Stan Lee being mentioned in the entire movie. After putting in some thought on the bus, I realised he really didn’t play a character with the same name, assuming Tony Stark didn’t recognise/remember wrongly (which wiki article seems to believe so). Hahahaha.
2) In the movie, there’s this super long name that this agent keeps saying he’s from, which happens to be Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, and he did mention that they are working on a shorter name. Finally towards the end of the movie, he finally says SHIELD. It amazes me how a special division takes so long to think of such an acronym when it’s already… there. Lol. Oh btw, I wonder what happened to him in the Stark Industries after the fake “iron man” attacks his colleagues. I’m quite positive his colleagues probably died from the attacks =D
3) Being a genius in the fields of science, and with a capable secretary, surely both of them will know the dangers of wearing accessories that are made of metal when dealing with “operations”. Yeap, I’m referring to the part where Tony asks his secretary for help during his upgrade of his core. Ah well, without that it probably won’t create the comedic effects it had intended for anyway. But just thought it’s kinda lame to allow such a thing to happen.
4) Being so rich and living in a house with so many high-tech devices, I wonder why it is so easy to enter his home without being noticed. His secretary aside, whom I presume has free roam into and out of his house, there are at least 3 other people who could easily just get into his house. Ah well, maybe they’re all very skilled with Tony’s home security systems or something. Haha.
Overall, a pretty cool movie, seeing all the technology, gadgets and stuff. My take: 6.5/10. Go watch it =)
p.s. btw, there’s a very short clip after the credits, though it doesn’t really affect the main storyline for this movie. Probably will be of some importance in its sequel, or some other Marvel film. =D Oh, can someone tell me if gold-titanium alloy be really that durable and sturdy?
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