Saturday, May 24, 2008

Corrugated Iron Fence Panels

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Iron Man

Parliamone. Io negli ultimi 19 anni della mia vita ho fatto tante cose, alcune positive, altre no. Soprattutto però non ho scritto una sceneggiatura tirando a caso una coppia di dadi personaggio/situazione. Pare che invece David Koepp si sia dilettato in questo modo per scrivere la sceneggiatura di Indiana Jones e il regno del teschio di cristallo e soprattutto pare che sia stato pagato per questo.
Partendo this dilapidated condition, the good old Steven Spielberg does what he can to get by the cabin and save for a corner after all a film that could potentially be a complete fiasco. The problem is that it could (and should!) Be a masterpiece. With the hand of the director, that I continue to worship in a "dawsoniana, then leaving some sequences very successful, like the one quoted everywhere in the jungle of the chase (so beautiful, but a little 'too far from), but in alternate moments decidedly inferior. We want to talk about the FBI's interrogation? We want to talk to arrival in the cemetery? We want to talk about the finale? No, we do not want.
reflect well, however the real problem what is already apparent in the title: the skull. If we make an inevitable comparison, the crystal skull is alll'Arca (or Grail) as Shia La Beouf is Sean Connery. It works, does his duty, but does not have the charm necessary to the situation, it lacks quite the physique du rôle . The same thing applies to the character played by Cate Blanchett, one-dimensional beyond imagination. Fortunately, in the midst of all this there are also some positive aspects, all the interpretation of Harrison Ford, sixty-five, but still perfectly in shape. Yes, because in the end it's all the credit for the success to him and his character, the only true column of the film, a pity that not enough whip and a hat to make a movie.

Rating: 6 / 10

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Sinus Infection Infant



Personally, Iron Man was never one of my favorite heroes, house for Marvel, having always been more fond of figures such as Peter Parker, rather than Tony Stark. But what is true to the comics on paper, does not apply to those on film. Since 2000, year of production of the first X-Men , the film character superomistico productions have become one of Hollywood's leading landscape. In this wave of comic-movies, however, there are few who are saved by criticism. Iron Man is a di questi.
Jon Favreau mi aveva inizialmente fatto dubitare del progetto, ma alla fine mi sono dovuto ricredere. La prima produzione Marvel è, mi si perdoni il brutto gioco di parole, la prima produzione Marvel. Quello che intendo dire è che per la prima volta il film che scorre sullo schermo è davvero una trasposizione del fumetto creato da Stan Lee. Negli altri casi, anche illustri (leggi i film di Raimi o di Singer), c'era sempre qualcosa che impediva la sinergia tra le strip e le scene. Non so se il merito sia davvero di Favreau, del quale sinceramente non smetto di dubitare, ma rimane il fatto che Iron Man è un film di intrattenimento in piena regola. Il film scorre veloce e divertente per tutta la sua durata, senza insistere too much on the usual existential questions or moral force. And the only action scenes, well, do their dirty duty.
certainly has helped to produce the presence of Robert Downey Jr., who plays Tony Stark having fun and enjoying the public, in a role that seems to have been built on: perfect. Less exciting but testing dell'irriconoscibile Jeff Bridges, villain in my opinion very attractive despite the massive final look. Finally, I can only rejoice in the presence of the beautiful and talented Gwyneth Paltrow, inexplicably disappeared from the scene (important) for several years.
I read around that it should remain until the end of the credits. I did not Indeed, wretched me.

Rating: 7 / 10