April 10th - I is for Iron Man

April 10th - I is for Iron Man



I saw the trailer for the new Iron Man movie, and decided it was time to go back and remind myself what the first one was like. It was a good move because I had forgotten how annoying Tony Stark was before his life turned upside down. That being said, I think the character does develop through the movie in an appropriate way. By the end he’s still annoying, but you can tell that the character has learned something from what they’ve gone through.

 

The story is cohesive and there are only a couple of things that don’t make sense, but nothing quite as blatant in G.I. Joe. I can’t decide if it’s one of my “best story in an action movie” nominees, but it does try really hard to be. The character progression is grounded in things that happen on screen and not just out of the blue. It got me into the movie when I could feel the change rather than having to just believe it was happening.

 

The effects are really nice, but then again, it’s Marvel. None of their stuff doesn’t try to look pretty. My favorite effect though is how the paint comes off the Iron Man suit when it gets damaged. It gives the scenes the extra weight of knowing that the suit can fail and break, and it give Iron Man the human quality of weakness even with such great power.

 

SO, in conclusion, great effects, interesting story, and most of all, true character development (even though it seems to devolve at the beginning of each movie). Plus the bad guys are REALLY dumb. I’d give it a 4 and a half out of five, but since I’m not doing halves, 4 out of 5.

Iron Man cover from IMDB

Stars from Google Images