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...ticket remake now in the works is Tetsujin 28-go (Iron Man 28), based on one of Japan's oldest and best-loved comics, which ran from 1956-66 and was also made into a cartoon. The title character is a remote-controlled robot who looks like the Wizard of Oz's Tin Man on growth hormones. When the remote is in the hands of a schoolboy named Shotaro Kaneda?the story's real hero?the Iron Man is an unstoppable defender of justice, whooshing in ? la Mighty Mouse to foil villainous schemes. There's plenty of mayhem...
...their maturing bodies. That is appropriate, for this episode is a parable of puberty--of boys bursting into young manhood, when the sprouting of hair and the deepening of voices are exciting and threatening. No lad is fully prepared for this convulsive rite of passage, not even a Hogwarts wizard--of Harry's generation or the one before...
...less than 2 1/2 years--that folks were seriously debating whether The Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter films would make the more enthralling adaptation of fantasy literature. That competition was over--declared a forfeit, really--as soon as the respective first installments appeared: the Gandalf wizard movie vanquished the Harry wizard movie in thrills and technical splendor, artistry and maturity. But in the values Hollywood understands, worldwide box-office income, the first two films from the J.K. Rowling books outperformed the first two Tolkien films, $1.84 billion to $1.78 billion. Reason enough to continue with the education...
...that an episode has been successfully entrusted to Cuaron, it's time for the Potter people to consider letting other world-class, slightly weird directors helm the last four films. How about Tim Burton (Sleepy Hogwarts), Ang Lee (Crouching Wizard, Hidden Snape), Pedro Almodovar (All About My Voldemort) and, for the wrenching finale, Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Quidditch...
...dings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco fame, is set to direct the next one. But that doesn't arrive till November 2005. For now, enjoy the savory witches' brew that Cuaron has cooked up in his Harry pot. For on its own terms, this one is truly wizard...