Summer Movies 2008 Options

[SJN1279]

I figure we could put all the movie previews/reviews from this summer into this thread. Remember, if there are spoilers in your review, please post a warning first.

Iron Man comes out this weekend. It has great buzz, and an excellent lead actor in Robert Downey Jr. Anyone else as excited as me to see it? I have my ticket for Saturday evening and can't wait to get there! I'll send a brief report after I see it.

[Pokey]

Absolutely amazing movie, but not without fault .. if anyone hasn't seen it don't read on cos I'm gonna mention a heap of spoilers.


The Sonar thing was just... well, you heard the term jumping the shark, which has now moved on to Nuking the fridge (indiana jones 4 anyone?)
But apart from that it was supurb, the acting was top notch ... a shame they killed off two face, im willing to bet had they known ledger was going to die they would have kept two face alive. He had so much more to offer as a character in another movie, bit of a waste.
Also the end with the two boats ... that wouldn't have played out that way for real, with more than 500 people on each ship and given that ultimatum then SOMEONE would have just stepped up and pressed the button to destroy the other ship.
Ledger was incredible, the perfect blend of crazy humour and psychotic tendencies. His magic disappearing pencil trick was hilariously awesome!
I love that they treated him more like an urban terrorist then just a super villain ... they really did something with this movie, you no longer have to add "for a comic book movie" to the end of the sentence "this movie was great". It was more just a normal action/crime drama with a twist.
Ledger stole the show though, the cinema audience would just go so quiet when he was on screen, no hushed whispers, no chocolate wrappers being crumped ... he captivated everyone, you could hear a pin drop .. his performance incited laughs as well as gasps. He just stole every scene he was in.
It's just so sad we'll never get to see him reprise the role, but I must thank him deeply for finally giving me a screen version of the joker i've wanted for so long.

Some of the scenes were amazing and I can't wait to get it on dvd, the interogation scene between Batman and Joker was just intense. Joker's Meeting with the mob, harvey's transformation into two face and his reveal. Joker and Two Face in the hospital. The classic roof top meeting between Batman/Gordon/Dent. A fantastic car chase scene. Overall it was just brilliantly done, but as I say, not without fault.