Of Ironmen and the Jones'

Last week I went to see the movie "Iron Man". I will start off by saying it was never one of my favorite series in the Marvel Universe. I went in expecting a weak telling of the background of Tony Stark and Iron Man. However I was blown away by Robert Downy Jr.'s performance as Tony Stark. I didn't think it was much of a strech considering his past addictions and drinking problems. He was born to play the part.

I felt the casting was great and kept the feel of the universe it is set.
The action was great and the effects were top notch. Even the slower parts of the movie were layden with humour and furthered your immersion into this great story.

I have felt on so many of the other super hero movies they just dropped the ball and changed the story to fit some kind of demographic need or whatever. For example I am a huge X-Men movie and found them only passable at best. I have to say this is Marvels best movie to date!Great job Marvel!


This past week I was lucky enough to get tickets for the midnight showing of the new Indiana Jones movie. I was really excited to see this movie and I wasn't disapointed in the least. They brought back many from the original cast. I won't say much about this so you can be surprised by all the characters from past movies. Also watch for a lot of jokes about Indiana Jone's age in this one. There is also some humour that if you don't know the previous movies well you might not catch them. I really like how George Lucas always has to do something like that.

Shia Lebough perhaps stole some of Harrison Ford's thunder in this one. I personally think his action sequences were the amungst the best in the film. Especially the sword fight scene. I would hate to be him after that fight though lol.
Cate Blanchett played the fanatical russian eh scientist well and wasn't too bad on the eyes either. Her accent was well done and her mannerisms made you believe she was truely a russian offer of the era. I also enjoyed her action scenes as well. She had a few tounge in cheek moments that are pretty obvious at their meanings.

Overall the story is set up like most of the others in the series. Being chased find the way to the lost object, get captured, and at the end discover the deeper truth of the artifact. I wouldn't change this though because it really felt like I was watching one of the other movies except the sci fi twist that sorta made me roll my eyes. All in all I would have to say go see this as soon as you can it was that good if you are a fan of this series it is well worth the eight dollars. I think this might be my new favorite of the series, hmm perhaps a tie with the Last Crusade. In both movies the interaction of the main characters is what made these films so great for me and this one won't disapoint!