Iron Man

I did Watch movie at Hollywood KC wif my girlf and my buddy Usman last Monday. It’s a great origin story,  a bit formulaic, but what separates it from other superhero movies (aside from Robert Downey, Jr.’s starkly stellar performance which reminds us why we forgive all his substance abuses) is the cleverly worked in social commentary on America’s military policies.

Because it’s near the end of the day, and I’ve pretty much written tons of stuff today, I’m leaving you with a test in essay form as my way reacting to the movie:

1. Discuss the parallelisms between the Iron Man origin story (2008) and the mythical Prometheus who was punished by the gods for bringing the “fire of the gods” to the people. What is the “fire of the gods” in the movie? How is Iron Man “chained” like Prometheus, and how did he resolve this?

2. Hubris is a key element in Greek tragedy. In the movie Iron Man, America’s role as the global reinforcer (key phone here is “force”) of “peace” vis-a-vis weapons smuggling from their very own weapons manufacturing industry is portrayed. Illustrate how Tony Stark’s hubris is shown in this context.

3. Compare and Contrast: Iron Man and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considering themes involved in both works. How is “life” defined in both instances, and how does this figure in Iron Man’s creation of his armors?

4. When are you getting your lazy asses a copy of ROLES: A Not Quite Unreal Novel ? Are you coming to the event where it will be launched, along with new titles from VPE ?

You have 15 mins. Begin now.

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Oh, also. Totally random shit. I was thinking Gwyneth was too old for her role, coz if it were up to me, I would have gotten Rachel Mc Adams for the Pepper Potts role. Then, I found out in IMDB.com that the roles was indeed offered to Rachel Mc Adams, but she declined. Wow. See, I share my instincts with Hollywood professionals!
hahhah…..!!! lol: