Arts
10 May 10, 2013
HEART BEAT
A Man without his Suit, Iron Man 3 BY JAY MEYER Staff Writer For those of you who haven’t seen Iron Man 3, don’t want to see it, or probably won’t see it until it winds up on Netflix; please put down this paper, dig for change in your car, and go see it. No doubt, the number “3” at the end of the title screams a warning for sequel disaster; but have no fear, just like any superhero, Iron Man 3 goes against the odds and will impress you. Iron Man 3 is different than its predecessors, in the sense that it attempts to differentiate between the man and the suit. In the beginning of the movie, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is in the process of making a suit that comes right to him when he calls it. Unfortunately, there are still a few errors in the system and this suit attempts to fly onto him at 60 mph; imagine trying to jump from a moving vehicle into your clothes, you get the image. The movie is also loaded with flashbacks to Tony’s pre-Iron Man days. Many years earlier Tony Stark evaded the rant of a psychopathic nerd, Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), who would later star as the villain in the film. Kill-ian, blessed with a cliché name that puts all other villain names to shame, later kidnaps Pepper Potts (Gwyn-
eth Paltrow), Tony’s girlfriend. However, like almost all movies, this “plot twist” was seen from miles away. Stark spells out the movie’s message for us in the opening narration, warning that “we create our own demons.” The theme is so clearly stated, its almost like the director (Shane Black) wrote it down in sharpe and underlined it three times for emphasis. In the movie, the United States has been mercilessly struck by random bombings. Tony’s and Pepper’s body guard, Happy Hogan (John Favreau), is struck down by a odd explosion, later claimed by “The Mandarin” (Ben Kingsley), a mysterious villain without a clear cause. Later, “The Mandarin” is exposed to be nothing more than an actor with a recreational drug problem, who merely took credit for the crimes in exchange for narcotics and a speed boat. Do not worry, he does not get away with it; Iron Man takes the speed boat. Do not worry, the spoilers will end soon. The movie ended well, I’ll assume we all know who won and who didn’t. The final scene reverts back to Tony’s narration as the billionaire super hero casually drives off into the sunset in a $250,000 Audi R8. Yes, this is a classic super hero movie that follows all of the normal plot twists and cliches, but Iron Man 3 just follows them better.
Box Office Opening Weekend: $174,144,585 (USA) (3 May 2013) Gross: $174,144,585 (USA) (3 May 2013
Photo courtesy of www.scifinow.co.uk
Things I learned from Iron Man 3: 1. One cannot simply have 1 multimillion dollar super suit 2. Do not forget to wear your security badge 3. Even body guards who spend 20 minutes on camera, can find love in the last 5 seconds of footage 4. Everything you need to become a super hero can be purchased from Home Depot 5. When you do purchase the dangerous materials needed, no one questions that fact that you are wearing sunglasses, baseball hat and a hoodie, and you paid in all cash. 6. If you can get through the long credits at the end, you can see just who Tony Stark was talking to. Hint: Its not the audience
Smells like school spirit
Sacred Heart student council hosts the annual Heart for Heart celebration, featuring events like Mr. Sacred Heart and Ugly sweater day BY TIAN YANG Staff Writer
This past April, Sacred Heart’s ‘Heart for Heart’ week returned, and with it came some ugly sweaters, foolish boys, and tons of school spirit. This was only the second Heart for Heart week held at Sacred Heart. Last year, the Student Council organized the week in hopes to boost the school morale. Last year was such a success that they decided to make it a yearly tradition. The week consisted of several theme days that the students could wear unique shirts with their uniforms. There were four different dress-up days. The first day was spirit day, in which students could wear anything Scared Heart-realted. Tuesday was “ugly sweater day,” which is usually considered the funnest day because students enjoy watching their friends and other classmates dress up to be as “ugly” as possible. The third day, sports day, students
wore shirts to support their favorite sports teams. The final day was a no uniform day, allowing students the freedom to pick out their favorite outfit to school. “I loved heart for Heart week” seventh grader Mia Camelio said, “my favorite part was Mr. Sacred heart and that was really funny.” The biggest event of Heart for Heart week was the second annual Mr. Sacred Heart competition. The show is one of the funniest events that could happen in a high school. Two boys from each grade volunteer to compete in three stages: the best dressed, the most talented, and a Q&A with four teacher judges. This year it was quite a spectacle of both classy and strange outfits, crazy dance moves, saxophone playing, and even a serious reading of Lady Gaga lyrics. “What I loved about Mr. Sacred Heart was that I was able to see students in a different light that I usually would not.” Mrs. Arnold said. “William Kelly did a great job on
his performance and that was hilarious. I was also amazed by Jamie dancing and playing piano. I like to look at different side of students.” In order to decide a final winner, the two boys with the highest scores battled it out in a round of Just Dance. The two senior participants, Michael Nee and Jamie Johnson, danced a very close round, but senior Jamie Johnson came out on top. He was crowned Mr. Sacred Heart, having impressing the judges with both his dance moves and piano playing. “I think Heart for Heart week was not only fun but also very relaxing,” Junior Tanglong Yuwen said. “I enjoyed that a lot.” Students felt that the week went by fast because each day was interesting. By having fun and doing silly things, we are also brought together as a school. We get to know our classmates and enjoy the school experience in a unique way.
Staff photo by Kathryn Mullen
Sacred Heart senior and Mr. Sacred Heart contender Jamie Johnson shows the audience his moves.