Somewhat spoilery
Iron Man II
review: [link]
Here's something interesting:
So, let's take another look here at the two things which set the tone for this entire film: The Death of Anton Vanko, in his son's arms--Vanko, Sr. being the man whose work on the Arc Reactor helped Howard Stark become the man he was, but who received none of the credit--directly followed by the Grand Entrance of Tony Stark, at Stark Expo to the tune of AC/DC's "Shoot To Thrill." Do you get it? Vanko, broken and alone? Stark, triumphant and surrounded by admirers, through ill-gotten gains? AC/DC? This is Son of Tesla versus Son of Edison, with the fight for recognition, for legacy, for fulfilling a father's dreams, played out on a grand, violent scale. It is subtle but completely intentional, and we even get the joy of seeing some mad-scientist-on-mad-scientist laboratory action, here, though not nearly enough. More on that later.
Somewhat spoilery Iron Man II review:
I loved the caption on the picture:
Tony Stark, biggest EPCOT fan there is.
::snerk::
It was interesting, to me how they unreliable-narrator-spun that whole thing. I forget who it was who said
that Vanko Sr. was in it for the money. I believe it was Fury. There's this whole thing in the movie--and I think it's a rich enough text that you can read it different ways, rather than "Here is the moral" about the military-industrial-complex. But my real point, relative to tommyrot's point, is one of motive, which I am mangling my memory of Edison vs. Tesla on,
and can't comment.
Look, all I know is that
Tesla isn't a vampire anymore.
I just saw Wall-E for the first time this morning. My, what an utterly sweet and charming film!! Even the fat blobs ended up being sweet and charming (loved the couple hooking up, and the woman saying to the man, "John, we're going to have kids!" when the nursery slid into them).
Even the fat blobs ended up being sweet and charmingEven the fat blobs ended up being sweet and charming
And the woman staring out the window at the stars.
And the woman staring out the window at the stars.
Yes! Which was a faint echo of Wall-E's joy of flying through space to the Axiom ship.
Is it just me or does Prince of Persia look like a *really* bad movie.
Some of my co-workers saw it in preview at the studio and most said it was just "ok" but they also thought that Iron Man 2 was "just ok". YMMV There's something about JG's jaw that bugs me in the movie where it usually doesn't...
Oh, it's going to be horrible.
