Have you ever heard that if you put a monkey in a room with a typewriter that eventually it could randomly produce a Shakespearian work of art? The rub is that it would take a measure of time greater than the theorized age of the universe. The point I’m making is Hollywood thinks just because you put a huge handful of A List actors in a sequel to a hit movie that you will automatically spit out a bona fide blockbuster worthy of all the praise and adoration anticipated. Meh.
Let me take a step back from my criticism and say that 128 Million in ticket sales is nothing to sneeze at. The anticipation factor alone, as we finally get to see War Machine and Black Widow in action, was worth the price of the ticket. Sitting through what seemed like 30 minutes of credits was also a test of civility just to see a small glimpse of what might be in store for the next Avengers movie. What I’m saying here, for those not tracking, is that Iron Man 2 may have been messy but it was a good start to the summer movie schedule.
That brings up another point I’d like to make. It’s only the beginning of May and the media is calling this film the beginning of the summer movie schedule. Do you remember a time when that was marked by Memorial Day? I remember when it was the 4th of July weekend! By my best Al Gore estimations we will be kicking off the summer movie schedule Valentine weekend in the year 2020.
Now that Tony Stark is out of the closet, he has spent most of his time saving the world, fighting evil, and creating world peace. For this he is asked to give up his suit to the government of the United States because, in their words, he poses a threat to the safety of the nation. Let me get this straight. Someone has put his own life on the line, in order to thwart all terrorism, ending wars on foreign and domestic soil, and now the United States wants him to hand over the genie in the bottle. I picked on Al earlier, so let me swing the other way and say that this sounds a bit like something Dick Cheney would have tried.
This film is really not about world peace or arms development no more than Juno was about Planned Parenthood. What this movie is all about is fulfilling every kids desire to see his favorite comic book hero come to life on the big screen.
So, just as Tony Stark says that the rest of world is 5 to 10 years behind him in replicating the Iron Man technology, (dramatic irony) next enters Ivan Vanko and his drone army of Iron Men funded by a rouge politician with deep pockets.
The film starts off well and good, but the middle is so full of cheesy dialogue and awkward conversation I was getting worried if I would ever see any action. (Sounds like my teen years) The film came through in the end with a spectacular scene of Iron Man and War Machine fighting off a platoon of drones while Black Widow (Scarlett Johnasson) helped on the ground. So, if you’re the type to order the 88 oz soft drink don’t worry, you won’t miss a thing if you left about 1 hour into the film.
You won’t hear much about the flaws when there was so much to celebrate. My hope is that Hollywood does not over promise and under-achieve when they bring together all these characters in one big comicbookapoalooza movie. Until Next Time I’ll See You At The Theatre.
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