Ironman, 21 and other movies

Ironman: definitely a cut above what I thought it would be. Robert Downey Jr is excellent as Ironman, and given how much the film revolves around him - he had to come through. Character driven movie, with even some emo issues explored without being sappy. I came away impressed, relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed it - 7/10

21: based on the book of the MIT students who were counting cards - the book is better. The movie limps along, it's not bad, but it's lacking a focus. Aspects of the book were left out, which meant the psychological drive for the characters was never really explained. It's not a bad movie, just not a good one. Kevin Spacey is good, but again his drive is not really explained. the book, from memory, wasn't that well written, but it was better. Rating: 5/10 - wait for video.

In the name of the King: Dungeon Siege 2 directed by Uwe Boll, well known for his 'quality' straight to video releases. Now this one has a particularly steller cast, god knows why tho', the script, story, acting, directing etc are hammy beyond belief. We loved it. Nothing made sense, people with their eyes open and in the process of sitting up were asked 'Are you awake?' Ray Liotta is the bad guy, and awww he's adorable! Smiling all the time, making hammer horrors look well acted - he almost stole the show from King Burt Reynolds - who we suspected was drunk for most of the movie. John Rhys-Davies - of dwarf tossing LOTR fame - was a magi, it was a tribute to his Shakespearean acting skills that he managed to deliver *any* of his lines without losing it - respect! Jason Strathem 'Farmer' is the hero, and for a turnip farmer (yeah you couldn't make this stuff up!) he weilds a mean sword. Go Jas!!! All the chicks were hot, so there were some positives ....

The movie is painfully long (2 hours) but excellent entertainment value, presuming you like hammy crap 7/10

Shaolin Dolemite Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) over dubbed some kung-fu movie and inserted himself into it. The big question, why? The fight scenes were slow, repetitive, unconvincing and badly overdubbed. great! Rudy popping in occasionally to make racist comments was priceless, as was the dub where the Wu Tang and Dolemite monks were going for each other, oh and there was a character called Tupac. Too much!! Certainly not a great Dolemite, but enjoyable. Sadly too long (again!), but worth spinning if you like RRMoore. Although he's not in it much. 6/10

me x