The-Arbiter
Joined Mar 2008
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First let me start out by saying that though this movie is good it won't be as good if you haven't seen the 1st movie.
The viewers main complaints have been the lack of a solid plot (like transformer 2 except not as bad) and some of the plot holes. After catching an early screening of this movie I had mixed thoughts going in but largely came out generally satisfied. To me the trailers I saw didn't look very impressive and once they got rid of Terrence Howard it just bummed me out even more.
The movie generally seemed to take itself less serious than the 1st movie, that irritated me. One of the things I loved so much about the first movie was how well they conveyed it so you didn't feel like it was another cheesy superhero movie. Iron man 2 definitely had some hints of that.
On the actors front everything was generally solid besides a few accent slips here and there. The only thing that stuck out to me was the feeling of Don Cheadle being sort of the replacement man,, I honestly couldn't shake that feeling. The plot holes I mainly heard was "why didn't Stark just fly over whiplash and blow his head off?" I generally understand their points but without the dramatized fights the movie would just be boring! :p However, the climactic ending (iron man 1 lacked) and the awesome CGI coupled with cool fight scenes really make this movie go from zero to hero. I would say that this is like a Transformers 2 except without such a big letdown and not as bad.
Overall: 7/10 or B
The viewers main complaints have been the lack of a solid plot (like transformer 2 except not as bad) and some of the plot holes. After catching an early screening of this movie I had mixed thoughts going in but largely came out generally satisfied. To me the trailers I saw didn't look very impressive and once they got rid of Terrence Howard it just bummed me out even more.
The movie generally seemed to take itself less serious than the 1st movie, that irritated me. One of the things I loved so much about the first movie was how well they conveyed it so you didn't feel like it was another cheesy superhero movie. Iron man 2 definitely had some hints of that.
On the actors front everything was generally solid besides a few accent slips here and there. The only thing that stuck out to me was the feeling of Don Cheadle being sort of the replacement man,, I honestly couldn't shake that feeling. The plot holes I mainly heard was "why didn't Stark just fly over whiplash and blow his head off?" I generally understand their points but without the dramatized fights the movie would just be boring! :p However, the climactic ending (iron man 1 lacked) and the awesome CGI coupled with cool fight scenes really make this movie go from zero to hero. I would say that this is like a Transformers 2 except without such a big letdown and not as bad.
Overall: 7/10 or B
First off I would like to say that anyone who thinks this movie sucks because it has very little plot is an idiot.
Now let me tell you what Ninja Assassin isn't.
Its not a serious thinking movie, it's not a Gandhi, it's not a Saw type movie.
And it isn't a Twilight that's for sure.
The reason why Ninja Assassin is so friggin cool is because you know that the people making this movie had one thing in mind... Have a ton of Ninjas kill each other. Ninja Assassin is a fun guys night out type movie, at least that's how I saw this movie. Though some people walked out booing I walked out cheering because I came in and honestly just wanted a huge body count and a ton of blood and boy did they deliver.
My only major critique was the CGI blood... Though there were gallons of it coming out they could have stepped it up some more...
In a way this movie was like Rambo...Equal budget of 50 million, unbelievable carnage and pure fun... But the difference is that its acrobatic, its hacking slashing, gallons of blood and Ninjas with blades on chains = )...
So all in all a solid 8/10 for me.
PS. Watch out for the opening scene and the police station scene because those scenes are epic awesome.
Now let me tell you what Ninja Assassin isn't.
Its not a serious thinking movie, it's not a Gandhi, it's not a Saw type movie.
And it isn't a Twilight that's for sure.
The reason why Ninja Assassin is so friggin cool is because you know that the people making this movie had one thing in mind... Have a ton of Ninjas kill each other. Ninja Assassin is a fun guys night out type movie, at least that's how I saw this movie. Though some people walked out booing I walked out cheering because I came in and honestly just wanted a huge body count and a ton of blood and boy did they deliver.
My only major critique was the CGI blood... Though there were gallons of it coming out they could have stepped it up some more...
In a way this movie was like Rambo...Equal budget of 50 million, unbelievable carnage and pure fun... But the difference is that its acrobatic, its hacking slashing, gallons of blood and Ninjas with blades on chains = )...
So all in all a solid 8/10 for me.
PS. Watch out for the opening scene and the police station scene because those scenes are epic awesome.