5.12.2013

 

Iron Man 3


PG-13, 130 minutes
Official Site | IMDB
Series: Iron Man; Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
Overall Grade: A

The first post-Avengers installment in the MCU finds Tony Stark struggling with PTSD after almost dying in the Avengers. Events from 13 years ago resurface in the form of two individuals from a New Years' Eve party he once attended, one slept with and one he slighted. The latter is now an enemy/rival hiding behind the face of a terrorist attacking the U.S.

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# posted by Cptn. Suz @ 10:21 PM

6.08.2012

 

The Avengers

PG-13, 143 minutes
IMDb | Official Website
Prequel films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor & The Incredible Hulk 
Overall Grade: B+


I don't want to knock this movie too much, because it is the awesome superhero flick of the summer, but I do have a few beefs with it. Although the villian is Loki (Thor's brother, see the 'Thor' movie) and whatever aliens he's joined forces with, we hardly see the aliens until the end when everybody teams up to fight them off. Before that, the movie might be more properly titled, the Avengers vs. the Avengers, because it's pretty much a series of fights and arguments between all the team members. Which isn't too surprising when you stop to think that Stark is an egotistical genius, Steve is a time-displaced goodie-two-shoes,  and that's just two of the members. It's like one big pissing contest all the time.
Ensemble moves like this also suffer from the danger of shifting between characters so much that you don't really get a feel for any of them. While it helps that we've had an individual movie (or two) for Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk, we definitely feel the lack of character-building for Black Widow and Hawkeye. What is this shared past between them? Are we supposed to be feel romantic vibes between them or not? And as far as I know (not being a comic person) they are the only two Avengers without superpowers (or a supersuit).
I won't expound here on the cringe-worthy science discussed in the movie. I would just cautious the reader that sources of gamma-ray radiation are really dangerous, and should not be treated as cavalierly as shown in the film.
And finally, as you hopefully know from the prequels movies, stick around through the credits (ALL of the credits) for a couple more scenes... can we say sequel setup?

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# posted by Cptn. Suz @ 11:17 PM

8.06.2011

 

Captain America

PG-13, 124 mins
IMDb page, Official Website
Overall Grade: B+

Not being a comic book geek, I didn't go into this with any preconceptions about Captain America and his surrounding mythology. So I can't say how well or poorly that was treated. I did however enjoy it as a good summer action flick. Plenty of explosions, fight scenes, and generally bad-ass-ness.

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# posted by Cptn. Suz @ 7:20 PM

6.16.2008

 

Iron Man

PG-13, 126 min
Official Website
IMDB page
Overall Grade: A+

This film gets a solid A+ from me because it is a thoroughly entertaining summer action movie. I didn't know anything about the superhero beforehand, so I can't judge if this stays true to canon or not. But it was a funny movie to watch.

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# posted by Cptn. Suz @ 4:03 AM

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