20 August 2008

Comic Book Movies

I've actually gotten to go the cinema a few times over the last few months and been able to see some of the films made based on comic books. I know there are more out now (and some coming out soon), but these are the two that I've seen.  They are also the two that I most wanted to see.  I have a bad (for my wallet that is) comic book habit, mostly superhero titles, so I was eager to see these two films.  I'm not a film reviewer, so I'm going to give you my quick reaction to them.

  • The Dark Knight
    I had only heard good things about this movie and it didn't disappoint. It was a long movie (about 2.5 hours I think), but you never realise it, there's no chance to get bored. If you haven't seen it yet, do.
  • Iron Man
    I only just got to see this, finding one of the last cinemas that was showing it, and it was well worth the effort. It wasn't obviously CGI, the armor looked as I remember it (I've only just started reading Iron Man (as part of the Avengers)) and they didn't seen to 'adapt' it for the movie. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.

I've read that Hollywood has really caught the comic book bug. Movies I've heard/read about are Wolverine, Thor, Justice League quickly come to mind. Bring it on.

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