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May 22, 2008
I Want To Make A Superhero Movie! Well, Not Really. But Maybe.
So in spite of what I wrote here, I never actually managed to see Iron Man until tonight. Boy howdy is it good! Between this and Elf, I almost want to add John Favreau to my list of favorite directors, right along side Denis and Tarr. But while I'm on the subject of awesome mainstream movies, I'm wondering if I was perhaps too harsh in my pan of the new Indiana Jones move. I stand by what I said, but I didn't mean to sound as hostile as I did. The film isn't completely awful; the first half is actually pretty good (and, lest I be labeled a hypocrite, I must note that it has some great effects work, no question about it, the sort that's completely invisible and all the more mind boggling for it), but then it goes so far downhill so fast that it winds up negating everything else that happened prior. It is, ultimately, entirely inconsequential (to me), and its especially hard to care much about when the originals are still there, as good as ever. But what do I know - I'm the guy who liked War Of The Worlds.
Posted by David Lowery at May 22, 2008 1:58 AM
Comments
Nothing wrong with liking "War of the Worlds". It features some pretty damn nice set-pieces and presents that confusing feeling of apocalyptic collapse pretty well (not that I know what that actually feels like, but I've seen my fair share of apocalypse movies!)
Posted by: Joseph B. at May 22, 2008 8:54 PM
Trust your instincts. The new Indiana Jones movie is not that good. The action sequences are numbingly long. I actually started to nod out during one of them because the sound level was the same for, like, forever.
Posted by: Maya at May 31, 2008 10:41 PM
i want make a super hero movie called the ninja
Posted by: john at June 1, 2008 8:29 AM