Forgive me Blog, for I have sinned. It's been bloody ages since I last posted. Just not feeling like it really. No good excuse or reason for that. I do have things to write about. Having seen Iron Sky being just one of them.
Anyway, how was it? Answer, good. Maybe not great, but very enjoyable. A few of the gags were excellent (I really liked the speechwriter's tirade al la Der Untergang) and most were passible. I did like the special effects and I thought it was up there with Avengers (possibly better as I didn't like the way Avengers tended to smash action together so fast that some scenes left me dizzy). I took my daughter - Aki, who is 12 and she liked it too. She'd previously checked with her mate Felix (she's 12, more than mature enough to have a male friend who is just that) who reckoned it was good, but a bit 'B' movie. I think I'd generally agree with that. More because I would hate to seem more of a fanboy than a 12-year-old boy than because of anything that I disliked in it, though.
Anyway, well done Finland. First for making it and second for not having weaponised your satellites like everyone else (film in-joke). For anyone who has not seen the film yet, I'd definitely say go and watch, it's worth it. I'm waiting for the DVD to become available here and then I'm going to enjoy watching it again.
Anyway, how was it? Answer, good. Maybe not great, but very enjoyable. A few of the gags were excellent (I really liked the speechwriter's tirade al la Der Untergang) and most were passible. I did like the special effects and I thought it was up there with Avengers (possibly better as I didn't like the way Avengers tended to smash action together so fast that some scenes left me dizzy). I took my daughter - Aki, who is 12 and she liked it too. She'd previously checked with her mate Felix (she's 12, more than mature enough to have a male friend who is just that) who reckoned it was good, but a bit 'B' movie. I think I'd generally agree with that. More because I would hate to seem more of a fanboy than a 12-year-old boy than because of anything that I disliked in it, though.
Anyway, well done Finland. First for making it and second for not having weaponised your satellites like everyone else (film in-joke). For anyone who has not seen the film yet, I'd definitely say go and watch, it's worth it. I'm waiting for the DVD to become available here and then I'm going to enjoy watching it again.
