Superhero Summer

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2008)

This summer has been loaded with great superhero movies, and has been a comic book reader's dream come true. Here's how I rate them: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Iron Man 3. Hancock 4. The Incredible Hulk
Although I liked TDK more, Iron man was a very close 2nd. This is saying a lot because I think the TDK is the best movie of the year. Iron Man is much more lighthearted, charming, and funny where TDK is rather Stark (what a pun!) in contrast.
My favorite part about both of these movies, however, is one simple thing. Iron Man and Batman are the only 2 superheroes I can think of who don't actually have special powers. Tony Stark, through his intellectual brilliance, and Batman, through his family inheritance, made themselves out of nothing to combat the evil in this world. They are ordinary guys doing the extraordinary, and that is what makes them true heroes.