Take Five
By George Rose
July 14, 2009
Aside from Jay and Silent Bob, there is one crucial part to the film that will make any comic book geek go crazy: Stan Lee. He makes a cameo in the film unlike any other. He isn't the mailman, like in The Fantastic Four, or a poisoned consumer, like in The Incredible Hulk. He is Stan Lee as Stan Lee, the leader of all things comic book. He has a rather lengthy scene where he discusses his personal connection to his created mutant characters that was both funny and heartbreaking. In his monologue, he talks about how he only got into creating these characters to express the emotions he felt after losing the love of his life, someone he would gladly trade his fame and fortune to see just once more. For a moment it made me want to call my ex-bartender-love (the one I mentioned in the last Take Five's "Five Degrees of George Rose") right now on the phone and fly back to America for a romantic reunion. But movies and monologues are the fabrication of Hollywood, and this is reality. Either way, Stan Lee is amazing and I would kill a Delta Airlines flight attendant for the chance to fly to Marvel Studios and meet him. Or maybe I'll just beg my aunt for another Buddy Pass. I guess Mallrats will have to do for now.
Overall Rating: B
*If you have read up to this point, thank you for taking to time to follow my adventure and rather lengthy article. See you all again in two weeks, as Take Five: My Big Fat Greek Extended Edition continues on July 28, 2009! For those of you who are unaware, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes out this week SO GO SEE IT! It breaks my heart that I will not be able to, although I hear the "blockbuster" Wolverine is coming soon to the theater near me. God save us all.
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