Iron Sky

When a promotional trip to put a black man on the moon goes wrong and he’s captured by Nazis, the group of Nazis who’ve been living on a base on the dark side of the moon since 1945 realizes the key to their successful invasion of Earth lies in the micro computers known as “Cell Phones.” Having turned their captured James Washington Aryan, the next in line for command of the fourth reich heads to the surface of the planet to procure more cell phones. But his plans are side tracked as he falls in league with a PR dictator.

My Thoughts:

This flick was really funny, I realize I’m about to heavily critisice it – but that’s from a historical/political stand point. I was laughing through about 85% of this film.

After the initial “Holy wow! There are Nazis on the Moon?” moment, this film has the cutest German lilted data dump ever.

I’m not sure I believe that Nazis, even moon Nazis, would use “albinizer” on a black man. And even if they did/would, albinism is a genetic defect… one the Aryan race might not have thought to be the worst… but still, they were looking for perfection. A defect doesn’t really work in their favor.

I do have a really hard time with how dumb the character of James Washington is when he first finds himself with the Nazis. I mean, here’s a guy who eventually uses a Dr. Mengle reference, but sees a group of guys in Nazi uniforms and thinks that talking about his love of sauerkraut is going to be a distraction. Sure, it works, but not at all well.

While I found the whole of the film’s portrayal of Americans – more specifically the American Government – to be a funny series of jibes. I’m sure there are a lot of people who would not find it funny. Maybe that’s why it took so long to get to an easily accessible American audience.

The character of Vivian Wagner was a little too much imo. She passed the point of being funny, and moved into the realm of wholly unbelievable. And I am not even going to talk about her wardrobe because I don’t think I’ll ever be able to come to terms with how messed up it was.

I totally want a space Zeppelin.  

IRON OXIDE SKY, the sequel, will take place on Mars – the “Red” planet will be overrun by Commies. (Kidding of course)