Two Haiku Movie Review: Iron Man 2
Saturday, May 8th, 2010Glad it’s not 3-D:
Mickey Rourke’s face is too much;
like “Mask” with tattoos.
Robots and lasers
and Samuel L. Jackson!
Shitloads of ’splosions!
Glad it’s not 3-D:
Mickey Rourke’s face is too much;
like “Mask” with tattoos.
Robots and lasers
and Samuel L. Jackson!
Shitloads of ’splosions!
Max needs therapy:
waaaaay too heavy for children.
“Art Film,” not “Kid Film.”
Carl Jung with monsters.
Furries with Indie music.
Goth teens will love it.

I never knew the
Rules for zombie survival
Until this movie.
Many rules are key
But the most important is:
Always double tap.
Zombie Killing Bonus Round:

District 9 was great–
Alien meets Iron Man.
Audience applause,
Compelling throughout.
District 10 will be epic;
Blomkamp delivers.

Holy f*ing s#!t
This movie is outrageous
Brace yourself people
Bless America . . .
Homophobia exposed
Brüno For The Win
Bonus Round: Brüno on Meinspace
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Gruesome robot deaths!
And an hour-long ad for
the U.S. Army:
“An Army of One . . .
That Turns Into a Sports Car
and F*&%s-up Egypt.”
Movie Pluses:
• The boombox Transformer Soundwave is re-envisioned as a communications satellite.
• The gigantic Transformer Devastator (composed of seven smaller Transformers).
• An unnamed razor-thin Transformer (camouflage: it can’t be seen head-on).
Movie Minuses:
• The film is 150 minutes long.
• Shia LaBeouf doesn’t die.
• Megan Fox’s bad collagen and tanning salon choices.
• Although I’m a big supporter of robot violence, this isn’t a good film for young children.
• About an hour of the film is dedicated to the American Armed Forces and little else; awkward, bordering on annoying.
Big Man Japan (limited U.S. release May 15, 2009).

Mockumentary:
under-appreciated
Japanese giant.
Paid to fight monsters,
but he’s not paid all that well.
Two giant thumbs up.

Trailer:
Monster Island Bonus Round:
Pink Tentacle’s nice article on Edo-period monster paintings by Sawaki Suushi (1737).

Giant Octopus Bonus Round:
Kaiju Big Battel – monster fights coming to a city near you.