iron man revisited

Say it loud, say it proud: I'm a geek!

According to the baby-jee: The geeks will inherit the earth (and I'm fairly sure that he said that, just as I am sure that he said: blessed are the big noses [over to you Helly to spot the quote]).

This is how we roll. Maria and I go to see a film. We watch it, we might talk to each other during the film, but on the whole we watch and come to an opinion. We discuss the film in the car park, in the car, in the restaurant (we tend to go for a meal afterwards). We love each other, we love the other person's opinions. We can tear a film apart, we can ignore plot holes, we can come to a decision. And we came to a decision about Iron Man. It was "meh".

And then we spent the weekend surfing the t'internet. Everyone (that's EVERYONE) thought that Iron Man was the business. Go, now, google reviews of the film and EVERYONE will tell you how wonderful the film was. Where did we go wrong?

I'm a geek. I know (far too much) about Iron Man. I can fill you in on back story, forward story, plot lines. And, although I've been told that geeks will love this film, I still found it "meh". Maria loves Robert Downey (with a passion that I am not going to mention because I might get angry "and you won't like me when I'm angry") and so loved the film...except she didn't. I love comicbooks (with a passion that I am not going to mention because I am desperate for "street-cred") and should love comicbooks on the big screen...but I didn't.

And then we heard that there was another scene after the credits.

So, we went to see Iron Man again. To see the final scene, to see what we had missed. It couldn't be as bad as we thought? It must be a good film. EVERYONE says so.

It's crap.

It is a lot worse than I thought. It is seriously crap!

Dunno about Indiana Jones, dunno about Hellboy, dunno about Hulk, dunno about Batman...but, if you are hanging out for one super-hero film this year, don't waste your time on Iron Man.

The "I've found my home" review can be summed up in two words: It's Crap!