Ironman Awake
Initially Wei Siang and I planned to watch Awake together with Zack and Ying Hui. The film did seem mildly scary but sounded interesting and starred Jessica Alba - the reason for our choice.
Sadly, the movie was taken off the screens of a pathetic 6 cinemas after a short 2 weeks and is no longer available. Hence, we watched Ironman instead, the next movie on our to-watch list.
Well, I must say that Ironman was better than I expected. Somehow, I expected it to be somewhat like Transformers: nice action and machines but somewhat unsatisfying plot. However, I admit that I rather enjoyed the show!
The chief reason why I like the movie is because Ironman sought justice in a very corporate ethical issue that I found very real. This is pretty different from other superheroes that fight other evil villains, mutants, weirdos and what-nots.
In addition to that, I thought that Pepper Potts displayed a very real continuance commitment to her job as executive assistant to Ironman. To quote, she said something along the lines of "I won't quit; finding a job is difficult", or something to that effect.
Ultimately, Ironman is still a fictitious comic superhero and has abilities that are seemingly unscientific considering he engineered his gold and titanium armour. Perhaps the movie does not divulge much about the logic behind his survival and his armour, or that my understanding of science and technology is too ancient, dating back to Planck and Albert Einstein, where I left off at Junior College.
Overall, it's a great movie to watch for the action, the real potential corporate issues and to capture your imagination.
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