Iron Man: Juvenile Storyline

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Iron Man: Juvenile Storyline; ♦♦½
Topic Started: Mar 31 2009, 09:22 PM (140 Views)
Post #1 Mar 31 2009, 09:22 PM	eye95
An arms manufacturer witnesses the deaths of American GI's caused by weapons he produced, but wielded by terrorists. He decides that producing those weapons is somehow wrong. So, he produces another bigger, badder weapon and uses it to kill the people he decides are the bad guys. How is that morally any different than supplying the weapons to American forces to use on the exact same bad guys? This shouldn't have to be pointed out. However, the writers (and many of the viewers) don't get it, so here goes: The problem was not the production of the weapons. As the pre-reformed hero correctly asserts, peace is achieved by the good guys having the bigger stick. The problem was his not making sure that only the good guys got that big stick. Of course, such an obvious conclusion undermines the noble but silly theme of the movie that weapons (even those produced for our country) are evil, except, of course, ones produced by those smart enough to hate weapons. Make sense? Only to the most underdeveloped and oversimplistic anti-war sensibilities. The movie, despite its juvenile storyline is at least well-made. Visual excitement is punctuated with competent acting under competent direction. I wouldn't (and didn't) pay to watch this film. Wait for it to hit the movie channels if you want to watch it at all. Don't sweat it if you miss it.	Administrator Posts: 2,647 Group: Editor-in-Chief Member #1 Joined: December 11, 2005



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