Movie Madness

The Iron Man movie has opened and ol' Shell-Head is leaving audiences shellshocked. I won't be seeing it until it comes out on DVD, but this initial excitement has me eagerly awaiting that day. Meanwhile, I'll appease myself with other sources of Iron Info, like Fear.net and its video interview with Jon Favreau and the stars, and this interview with Robert Downey, Jr., also from Fear.net. I was amused that Favreau was hesitant to call the villain Iron Monger, considering that's how the character is billed on IMDB. And Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't come off very eloquently. I laughed in Downey's solo interview when he expressed annoyance that people keep asking about this favor he did Marvel by filming a special walk-on, after-credits scene in the Hulk. I'm glad to see it though, because that's what Marvel should have been doing all along. Spider-Man swing overhead Punisher briefly. Have Punisher look in the newspaper and see an article about Daredevil. What Downey calls cross-pollinating.

Along with Iron Man, we have a lot of movies coming. Like the Incredible Hulk...




The Hulk has been one of my favorite characters ever, but he's proven to be very difficult to write for, apparently. Like most writers over at Marvel want a talking Hulk, which can be ok, but I prefer the barely verbal Hulk. Anyway, the last movie with Bana sucks. It's the Hulk and most of the movie is movie military equipment and angst. We want smash'em up action. Looks like they're leaning more that way in this new one, and Edward Norton I think will be a great choice.

And DC gives us The Dark Knight...




I'm going to venture out and say Heath Ledger pulls off the best Joker ever, here.

Will Smith steps up with an original hero, Hancock...




Will Smith rocks and this looks hilarious.

Then we have Mark Millar's Wanted...






I'm a little uncertain with this one. Mainly because I don't like Angelina Jolie, but I'll give it a shot. After all, it's got Terence Stamp!

ANd then what I thought I wouldn't want to see...until I saw the trailer...



The names Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, and John Goodman caught my attention, so I watched that trailer...Now I'm going to have to see it.

I was very happy to see that a second Hellboy was coming out...



and I'm signing off with that...except this cool Breaking Benjamin video featuring clips from the original Hellboy movie...