Posts Tagged movies
So, Iron Man…
Posted by Rockjaw in Nerd Alert, Personal on May 1st, 2008
Rocked.
That is all.
PS: Sequel? Already covered.
PPS: Great round-up of movie-related links over at Newsarama’s blog; warning, minor spoilers there.
PPPS: If you’re any kind of Marvel fan… wait in your seat riiight until the very, very last credit has rolled.
“Shark still looks fake.”
Posted by Rockjaw in Nerd Alert, Personal on May 1st, 2008
New Incredible Hulk trailer. Which is still not doing it for me.
I don’t really know why, which kind of bothers me. I think it’s possibly a combination of the Hulk himself (Too realistic? Too comic book? Can’t decide), that horrible abomination of an Abomination (or Tim Roth’s inexplicable English accent) and maybe – maybe – CG-fighting fatigue brought on by last summer’s Transformers. Big CG things smacking each other… eh.
It could just be that I still love the 2003 movie, and I’m being sour. Still don’t worry Marvel, your relentless campaign of brainwashing appears to be working great, and every forum fanboy seems to now insist that Ang Lee’s vision was rubbish just like you kept saying after this version got the go-ahead.
Iron Man, on the other hand? All over that bad boy. There’s an entire row in our local cinema pre-booked for the NC posse this very evening. So I’ll let you know how that turns out tomorrow.
Oh by the way, if you’re off to see it – I hear on very good authority that it’s worth staying past the (inevitably loooong) end credits….
PS: Bonus points if you recognise the title quote. Not that hard, mind you.
The incredible… meh
Posted by Rockjaw in Nerd Alert on March 13th, 2008
MTV is hosting the first (and much overdue) trailer for The Incredible Hulk (click the HD link if outside the US).
This would be ‘The Incredible Hulk’, of course. AKA Hulk 2. AKA “Hulk 1: No there was never any Hulk movie before this, you are mistaken.” Honestly? Trailer had me right up until the big dudes started appearing.
I’m one of the apparently shrinking number of people who thought Ang Lee’s 2003 Hulk was really good. Loved Eric Bana. Loved the Hulk on-screen. Really loved the script, too. While there might not have been enough mindless action for the average teenager (Don’t worry folks; they got the director of The Transporter in for this one, so we’re sorted) I thought that the 2003 Hulk was a serious meditation on anger dressed up as a blockbuster. Read the rest of this entry »
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