With the comedy sorely lacking this summer, we all needed The Other Guys pretty badly.  Dinner For Schmucks, was funny and did get unnecessarily blasted but after seeing director Adam McKay’s return to the format over the weekend, Jay Roach’s movie was clearly just an appetizer.  McKay is now without a doubt, the best, purest [...]
I’m going to be 100% honest with you right now: ¬†I have officially lost my shit. ¬†As if all of the news surrounding the Avengers movie wasn’t cool enough (Joss Whedon writing/directing, Cap is Evans, etc) things just got a whole lot cooler. ¬†Mark Ruffalo was officially revealed at Comic-Con as Bruce Banner/The Hulk and [...]
Ok,¬†I guess¬†I get to be the bad guy on this one. Iron Man 2 is terrible. Serously. Terrible. Ok ok.¬†I like the … the race scene¬†I guess. So instead of saying it was bad (I’ll backpedal here a little and say that the movie isn’t terrible in the entire negatively-associated sense of the word – [...]
This week we discuss Super 8, Zombie Beatles, Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari in a movie together, Marvel making 3D movies, Elizabeth Perkins leaving Weeds, Iron Man 2, Exit Through the Gift Shop, and Lost.
I’m not going to go so far as to say that you’ll love Iron Man 2. I don’t know you. That’s even considering that whoever might be reading this is more than likely a nerd. There are many kinds of nerds out there and some just don’t dig comic books or the movies that are birthed from them. Hey, I can’t fucking stand card games like Magic. See? Different classes of nerds. With most of the reviews from people who get paid to do what I’m doing saying that this movie is “so-so” and folks who have similar tastes to us here at Media Breach saying this is a “smoldering load of goodness you want in your face”, I can understand how one would be conflicted about the actually quality of this film. I’ve let my initial reaction to this movie die down to try and figure out exactly why anybody wouldn’t like this film or flat out not love it and I think I figured out why.
That’s right, haters, I loved it. Loved, loved, loved, Iron Man 2. As soon as the opening credits started being displayed, I knew it would rule. This is the kind of summer/sequel/comic book movie I love to see. There’s mounds of payoff, call backs to the first film (which I had the pleasure of seeing in the theater again just before the midnight screening of IM2), way more laughs than I expected, and just some all around great action littered with fanboy moments. I know a lot of people said the same thing in May 2008, but the rest of the films releasing this summer are on notice; the bar has been set so good luck.
I’d heard a little about this movie, but kind of passed it off as another lame Will Ferrell vehicle.¬† But watching this trailer and seeing some of my favorite actors, I’m sold.¬† Check it out and leave a comment with your thoughts. Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz
Iron Man 2 has a trailer with not one but TWO AC/DC songs. Check it out after the break!
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