Save your money for something good and enjoyable

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Iron Sky is a movie that I had been excited to see ever since I saw the first trailer. The premise was brilliant, the visuals looked great (for a crowd-sourced film), and it looked like it could be a clever satire. However, upon seeing the film, I'm fairly disappointed to say that the film isn't that great from a comedic standpoint and barely has enough story to carry itself.The bare basic premise is about Nazis on the moon who are now deciding to invade Earth. We follow our two main protagonists, one of who is an African who has been transformed into an Aryan by the Nazis and another who is a female Nazi Teacher who has plans to marry the upcoming Fuhrer. At the same time there is a sub-plot about the President of the United States working with Nazis to boost her popularity and to become a wartime president, and the secretary of defense being madly in love with the upcoming Fuhrer.On paper, this sounds like it could be a witty satire. You have the discussion of race, the silliness of Nazi teachings, the issue with the U.S. being obsessed with war for power, and many other such topics. However, none of these are done particularly well as the story can't focus on which story is important and which one is not important. Many little sub-plots will pop-up out of nowhere and last for only 30-60 seconds only to never be brought up again. Most of the plot is made up of clichés (which can work in comedies if done correctly. Every Mel Brooks film is a compilation of clichés), but it never really does anything with those clichés. In one instance, our two protagonists need to fly a spaceship, but they don't know how to operate it. The plot stops dead in its tracks for about 10 seconds before they figure it out. This is a cliché that is used in Independence Day and many other films, but there is no reason for it to be thrown into the plot unless it is used for comedic purposes. Unfortunately, the movie is full of brief moments like this that don't forward the plot and only exist to make the movie feel more like a movie. To make matters worse, the movie isn't really funny.This is probably the biggest sin of the movie. If a comedy isn't funny then it just becomes boring. The style of humour in this movie seems to be premise over execution. Two Nazis and an African man who has been made Aryan go into an urban neighborhood to steal a Volkswagon (Nazi tech) where they run into a bunch of African Americans. Funny premise, but bad execution. The POTUS uses Nazi propaganda techniques to gain power while on the verge of fighting Nazis. Funny premise, but completely on the nose and poorly executed. This movie has so many good beginnings for jokes, but doesn't know how to make them funny. A great instance of this is in the ending of the film where all of the nations' leaders are brawling each other after having defeated the Nazis (much like in real-life after WWII) and it is all in slow-motion to show "the chaotic nature of politics" or something deep like that... but that has been done before. You can't just throw something into slow- motion, play some ironic music, and say "wow, this is both deep and funny."And this brings me to the last main issue with the movie: It thinks it is more clever than it really is. Don't get me wrong, Space Nazis (While done many times before) is done really well this time from a visual standpoint. But there are many times during the movie where the plot seems to pause to let the audience realize how "crazy and ironic this world is" and let people "reflect upon how this relates to us in the modern world". The movie doesn't do this too often, but there is just this overall tone that carries itself throughout the picture.All in all, Iron Sky is an impressive feat from a development standpoint, but isn't very great as a comedy or as a political satire. However, I will give the creators credit for predicting the tone of the 106 election before it actually happened.

The USA sends a manned space ship to the moon (after 50 years) in order to promote their president in the upcoming elections but what they find is absolutely staggering: a Nazi base. They have settled on the moon 70 years ago planning to attack and conquer earth in the future (I have no idea why). Doomsday has arrived!I don't know how to begin...This movie is a joke, and I really mean it. It's stupid from the beginning to the end, presenting a stupid story a stupid course of events and of course, a stupid finale. I mean, if Nazis could build spaceships and a real base on the moon 50 years ago, why did they bother and instead attack Earth then? It would have been much, much easier! But that's not the point. Its plot is so dumb and made in such way that it will literally make you laugh. You can rapidly tell that it wasn't meant to be anything even close to an ordinary movie. It's pure comedy disguised as an action film! The characters play stupid roles but are very well interpreted by the actors thus creating a great atmosphere. And to make it even better, it looks gorgeous! From the scenery to the special effect, simply great! I've been waiting for a very long time for such a movie and thank God it appeared!

An entertaining burlesque farce in the honoured mould of Mel Brook's well over the top satires of classic film subjects. If you are the sort of dimwit that thinks the standard Hollywood box office crud; Pearl harbor, Battleship and Titanic etc. are cinematic art, go and read the bad reviews. These, often miss spelt, appear to have been mostly written by thin skinned patriots who don't get irony and need plenty of loud music to understand plots. A little bit of historical knowledge and a few war films under your belt will help a little to 'get' more of it, but not necessary to having a good laugh. Great performances especially from the German actors Udo Kier and Götz Otto who chew the scenery with gusto.

I attempted to watch this film two or three times but for some reason i could never make it through. I finally did watch the whole film but admittedly had to fast forward through some of it toward the end. Like others, I found the film got duller and duller as it went on.The film is definitely at it's best when it caters around the Nazi base on the moon. For a low budget film, I thought the CGI was fine although the quality was mixed. The Nazi ship designs were Very Well Done, props to the designers, especially the space zeppelins.Where the film falls apart is as soon as the group falls to Earth. the film was a comedy with very little humor in it. There was almost zero character development here and many scenes just hung there without any real purpose what-so-ever. There was a lot of potential here, alas it was totally wasted. Even the black guy in the film, who could have been a major source of satirical comedy (see a movie like Blazing Saddles), was wasted and cut short. After that, the film was just really bland.