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Iron Man Released
Slashdot reader stoolpigeon wrote about the start of summer blockbuster season, and the latest comic book to make it to the big screen. He says "Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they go. I never was really into comic books — so I have no knowledge or concerns as it relates to following the original story line. I can't address that. The film has good action and some very humorous moments. The serious side of the film is not its strong suit. It's not horrible, but it really doesn't make too much sense. It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military. It's really a comic book put to film. Not high art or anything, but a whole lot of fun. The film keeps up a fast pace throughout and never bogs down. Some of the product placements were so blatant that they kind of jarred me out of being into the film. The special effects were phenomenal. It was awesome in that regard. Like any movie, it is not everyone's cup of tea If you do go see it in the theater, and you are a big comic books fan, do not leave until after all the credits have run. And I mean all of them." I gotta get a sitter. Man I'm old.
I gotta get a sitter. Man I'm old.
Youngster.
You're old when your youngest is driving and does not need a sitter.
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Used to love the 1990's cartoon. Saw the movie at its midnight showing on Thursday night. Excellent all around, though the ending battle was fairly short. Make sure you stick around after the credits to see the premiere of Samuel L. Jackson's NICK FURY!
its not out here yet... but i downloaded the torrent last night.... Old news...
I'm desperate for *any* good movies! And I like comic books. I think that Robert Downy can do a good job with the character. And they don't screw up the franchise -- usually -- until the sequel or third...
That said.
I personally hold Tony Stark ( The Worlds Biggest Asshole ) responsible for the death of Steve Rogers ( Captain America for our new listeners ) and to be mostly responsible for the whole Hulk Thing *and* the freaking Thor Clone. ( I *know* that was actually Reed and Henry Pym's work, but of that faction, Tony was the clear leader. )
Asshole.
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I saw it last night. I think it is hands down the best Marvel based movie I have seen. Good plot,pace and special effects. The pace was so good that I didn't realize that two hours had passed and was surprised when the movie started to wrap up.
p.s. When you go see the movie stay until the end of the credits for a nice surprise.
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I usually trust Rotten Tomatoes, they haven't let me down so far, and Iron man is "Fresh". Of course, there may be false negatives, but I haven't encountered any false positives in the last few years.
We heard this story the other day but probably with a better description and little less subliminal complaining.
What is up with making the reference to the anti-U.S. remark.
Give me a review of the movie and not the product placement or more bias against the U.S. around here, the whole thing is about the strong suit what are you smoking.
I think most of these comic book movies are great because it bring to life what we all used to watch on cartoons/comic books/trading cards as kids with all the X-Men series, which got past all the other cheesy comic book heroes in the past and stepped up the story line.
"Phenomenal.... Awesome....." Ok there Jim Rome
Anyways since I know the people around here don't support Hollywood, MPAA and are all about Indie films since they seem to be the best films produced.
Here is a link for some of you clones so you don't have to 'pay the man' and be seen as having a weak spine.
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So this is the third slashvertisment for this movie in a week. Obviously the marketing department of this movie is running scared. They're trying to make sure enough people get to see it before the reviewers get to them.
I've no idea if the movie is good or not, but this level of marketing push suggests -- very strongly -- that they've a potential turkey on their hands.
Oh, and can this please be the very last time this movie is advertised here.
Salon.com – favorable, mostly on Robert Downey Jr.'s performance
For some reason I feel like I have to go buy an Audi now.
Don't forget to see Iron Man. If you do forget, Slashdot won't like you any more.
And tricking Spidey into unmasking.
Stark sucks. Freedom ftw!
What??? Captain America is dead??!?! Thanks for the SPOILER ALERT!!
At least the rest of the media world had the decency to not ruin it for us like you just did...
Listen, the movie sounds interesting, at least.
But, come on - why is this a Slashdot story? This is the THIRD story about it - the first was the science of it, OK fine. The exoskeleton thing had nothing to do with Iron Man - it's been in development for years (I've seen videos before I ever heard of the movie).
And now this? Come on.... I'm not suggesting it's a horrible film, but what's the big deal? It's just a movie, ads on TV have been saying the same thing - the movie has been released, yes fine - but on Slashdot?
Or is one of the editors and astroturfer? *gasp*
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There is nothing I did not like about this movie. The acting is great from all parties. The effects are, simply put, awesome. The product placement can be a little off-putting, but what placement isn't? (American cheeseburger. How quaint.)
I am willing to see it again. This has to be one of my favorite superhero movies of all time. Probably the mest movie yet in 2008.
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An anti-war movie. Gee, how thoroughly unoriginal. They should have used the early Iron Man comics as the basis for the movie. For example, this classic:
The Invincible Iron Man
I think there was an option to mail order comics but... but dollar per page was rather high, and story per month was pretty low.
Regardless... I found the format to be a huge hassle.
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Jeez - I'm old enough to remmber the animated versions of the Marvel comics frrom the mid-60's, along with Iron Man, there was Thor, Captain America, Prince Naimor and of coure, The Hulk. What's even worse is remembering the theme songs for each of these shows.
More like, TOTALLY FREAKIN' AWESOME, MAN!
I'm a comics fangirl, but never have I been much into Iron Man - generally speaking, I could just never get into the character. However, I do like the Ultimates version of Iron Man and had been hoping that the movie version was more like that and I was not disappointed. Robert Downey, Jr. did a fantastic job. This is easily the best Marvel comic movie that's been put out and is at or near the quality of Batman Begins. Or, this movie is as good as "Fantastic Four 2: What the FUCK were they THINKING?" was bad.
I saw it at 2:30 yesterday, digital theater with stadium seating - the place was packed. The audience was a pretty good mix of various groups, and it seemed like everyone really enjoyed the film. 90% of them took off before the end of the credits, though and missed a scene that personally I thought was great, but I could see how someone less knowledgeable of comic lore might not really care about.
I won't offer any spoilers, save to say that there were numerous little bits that show the direction the (obvious) sequels will follow, and I am completely psyched for those.
Also, the trailers were like a never-ending stream of awesome. Dark Knight, Hulk and Indiana Jones, it's going to be a FANTASTIC movie season for me.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
interesting review of it from an advanced preview over at http://www.fluxbox.co.uk/2008/05/02/iron-man-a-review/
It's a serviceable, but mediocre superhero movie. Worse than any of the Batman or Spiderman franchises. Worse than the second Fantastic 4 movie. On a par, maybe, with "Supergirl". It's better than the other comic book derivative with Howard Hughes, "The Rocketeer", but that's not saying much.
Marvel Studios isn't the next Pixar. More like the next DisneyToons, the "Crap Sequel Division" of Disney (Cinderella III, Bambi II, Brother Bear 2, The Lion King 1½, The Lion King 2, Lady and the Tramp 2) working to milk the last possible dollar out of each franchise.
Stay home and play through GTA IV. Wait for "Speed Racer" next week.
You'd be wrong, buddy. It was a big deal several months ago, and slashdot even had a story on it. How did you miss that?
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I'm desperate for *any* good movies!
For many years I was boycotting movie theaters. The high, ever climbing, ticket prices coupled with having to find a sitter to a sit through 30 minutes of commercials (not movie previews but commercials for pop and cars etc.) then to have the movie be one long commercial in and of itself (product placement) plus all of the traditional downsides to the theaters (idiots talking and leaving their cellphones on etc.) just made me prefer to sit at home. I don't even have any kind of high end entertainment system. Just a traditional 28" tube and a DVD player.
But last year I broke my boycott not once but several times. The Simpsons Movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers. It was the best year for movies since 2004 IMO. I'm definitely going to go see the new Indiana Jones movie (because before it was announced I didn't think they'd ever make another one and I didn't see any of the original trilogy on the big screen) but with the exception of that I don't think there's any movies that I will go out to see this year. Iron Man has me interested but it's on my "wait for the DVD" list like most movies.
I have to say it was very good. Robert Downey Junior is simply an unbelievable character actor. He played the role flawlessly. He plays the main character with exactly the same personality portrayed in the comic.
A previous poster said this was the best Marvel-based comic movie ever. I will say this certainly at least as good as Spiderman I.
But where this movie (and other Marvel-based movies) has an issue is getting actresses who can play the female counterpart roles. Kirsten Dunst was GREAT in Spiderman. Gwyneth Paltrow is pretty bad in this movie -- she's a horrible character actor. Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges -- fantastic.
As great as Iron Man is, I look forward to the new Incredible Hulk. I really want to see what Edward Norton (one of the greatest character actors of this generation) does with Bruce Banner.
"whoosh".
Iron Man has always been one of my favorites because he's self-made. We have too many heroes that become heroes through some dues ex machina-style event. Tony Stark worked hard and accomplished much.
(No I didn't forget Batman. Just that Iron Man's armor is much cooler than the bat-suit, imho.)
Was that Superman flying by?
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
Stark then witnesses the horrendous effects of his life-long project and announces that he wants out of the business. His wish to dismantle all factories that provide the US with state of the art weaponry is obviously as clear as a message can get.
Full Tilt
I wonder how Stan Lee feels about this stuff. Used to be that comic books were special places - the only places you could see this sort of thing. Until very recently, if you wanted to see transforming aliens, or 250 giant horribly be-weaponed Shi'ar battlecruisers, the pages of a comic book were the only place you could see it and have it not look like shit. You want to see the Kree-Skrull war, you need either $1M per minute CGI, or Neal Adams and a pencil. I stopped reading comics some time ago, not just because of the expense, but because it felt like the one thing they could do that no other medium could do had been superseded.
Does Stan Lee have a cameo in Iron Man? I don't mind if he does, because without him and a couple of other guys, none of this would be happening. He could have a 5-minute spot to cha-cha across the screen in a pink tutu singing the 'This Is My Cameo' song, and I wouldn't begrudge him the time.
I haven't seen it, so I can't speak to this film's product placement in particular, but I never got the sentiment of feeling forced out of the movie by product placement.
Do you feel out of place in real life when you see a can of Pepsi? How about an ad?
Now if the movie halts for a character to address the audience regarding the ad, that's different, but that's not product placement, that's blatant advertising. If it's just a matter of saying or having something though... people talk about their ipod, iphone, netflix, etc. all the time.
If anything, it always seemed more jarring to me to see a can of "Soda" or "Smeat" than anything else.
Kirsten Dunst 's tits were GREAT in Spiderman.
There I corrected that for you.
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Well I just got back from Iron man and have to say while it's clearly not the best film I have ever seen it was well worth seeing it and it managed to portray the US armed forces without the usual silliness. Also unlike some films it all made sense at the end (leaving a film unffinished is so old). From the entery of bladey you could pretty much see the exact story. I particualrly liked the very ended as it was not the expected romantic thing that seems so sterotypical. tl;dr see this film if you are going to see a film
Oh, shut the fuck up. The elitist dickbag thread has already started way up there.
Review
I personally loved the flick. It starts out with some action, gives a backstory, struggles with who he is/was when he finds he is vulnerable and cares, struggles with his business and technology, and they include a touch of romance, several bits of comedy, a nice soundtrack, and a few fights to round out a great movie.
Favre did good.
But hey, I like movies, I used to subscribe to comic books (Iron Man was my first), and I've been enough of an Iron Man fan that even though I stopped subscribing many years ago, I got the PDF product of Iron Man through 2006. I don't generally like Robert Downey Jr, and his characters have varied significantly in his career, but I enjoyed having him as Stark. But I also like the portrayal of inventors and technology and the flow of this movie with it's pacing.
There are of course several "movie inconsistencies", only a couple hints at how much time has passed, some logic problems (in my mind), and people who need the movie to be just like the comics will be ornery about the juxtapositions. I personally disliked Stark's disregard for secrecy - it seems out of comic-book character, even though it is in line for the movie's Stark's character. But it is a very cool movie and I also was surprised when I found it was about 2 hours long.
And yes, there is a scene if you stay past the credits, though not really a surprise. Except for the actor.
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Anti-war movie? Wow, Stark's ability to care about what his company's weapons are used for seems out of reach for some slashdotters. It comes straight from the books 10 and 20 years ago. This is nothing new, though you may be upset that someone takes a political stance when you wanted to see more things blowed up.
Mediocre movie? Many people consider it to be better than any previously made superhero movie, though other comic book movies may be better (I still like Hellboy). Too broad a generalization to refute directly, I'll say that this movie has actual pacing in the story arc, the comedy is appropriate to the situations (though I can see how some would consider parts manufactured, it is so much more natural than most anything from Batman or other Marvel movies), there is more to the movie than characters moving between action sequences (do people dislike the inventing/refining process?)
McGuffins: It is an imperfect movie, but I think it has half the times of poor logic within the writing that the nearest comic adaptation has, but about the same number of mcguffins (unexplained tech, mis-matched time sequences, etc.)
Gweneth Paltrow: She works well as Pepper Potts (she is a good actress!), actually really well as an assistant with a heart. Though "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" flashed before my eyes in one of the later sequences. And from the ads I'd originally guessed she would be Bethany Cabe, though maybe they're saving Angelina Jolie for that.
Mish-mash: The movie is quite a mish-mash of the Iron Man lore, some things better, some worse in my opinion. But it stayed true to who Iron Man is and made a great movie to boot!
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Anti war message? Je4sus dude get off your kumbaya my lord mat, If you paid attention Tony gave up the say no to war for stark industries after he found that the enemy was using them by purchasing from stark industries (sorry spoiler). As for
ome of the product placements were so blatant that they kind of jarred me out of being into the film.
Where? Either the movie was that good and I missed them or your referring to Tonys love for drinks (martini's, scotch on rocks,ect ect)
I might be picky about the whole I hate the ultimate Universe way with marvel (I mean a black Nick Fury)But I enjoyed it and Gwenth was actually really good as well. RD jr was awesome best look a like ever. People don't listen to the creative writing neo nazi writing the article by stoolpigeon. This is a good movie for the family as well as the non fans. As Stan Lee put it (and he is a pimp in this movie watch and see)Come all true believers The time to come and see is now.
Or in English for non fans get off your arse and see the film
Its a run-of-the-mill wankfest of American nationalism, which tries to tell the world:
a) The US is awesome, but a few bad apples mess it up.
b) High-tech weaponry that destroys hillsides is cool, so long as ragheads don't get their dirty hands on it
c) Being rich is awesome. Rich people are better than you. Women only love rich men, and they do so even when the rich man is a dick.
I could probably overlook the racism, nationalism, and consumerism that this movie is knee deep in if it were entertaining to watch, but it isn't. Its soporific, predictable, and flat.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
and lest we forget, the most awesomest comic movie of them all, Bruce Campbell in "Man With The Screaming Brain"
What?! No torrent tracker file? What do you mean it was released? How can it be a "release" without a torrent? Don't you know anything? (*wink, wink, say no MORE*)
(Thanks for the review. This looks like one that might be worth a trip to the cineplex.)
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I always get a kick out of situations like this. You people moan and bitch about MPAA this or RIAA that. Then when the next great movie or album comes along you can't hand over your money fast enough.
Yeah, it's a surprise all right. How and when did the surprise turn black?
You know what ? I haven't seen the movie yet. I've only read about it four trillion times on Slashdot. The wife saw it yesterday, and she says it's great, but I'm filled with this vengeful resentment over having it shoved down my throat at every turn.
It's a movie. A work of fiction, committed to film to entertain and to amass profit. It's not the solution to all of life's problems, it's not a life-changing engineering breakthrough, and if it really is as awesome as people claim it to be, then it shouldn't need to be preached all day long as the greatest thing since the acoustic coupler.
If it weren't for all this fanfare, I might have actually gone to see it yesterday, but like many cynics I have this deeply rooted distrust for things that are excessively popular. Why ? Because I know from experience that truly great achievements are rare, but even more rare is the ability of the common human to appreciate such greatness. The way the media (including this withering site) have portrayed this film is akin to fanatic religiosity, which is a very dangerous and condescending M.O.
Because of this madness, I'm going to skip the big screen and wait until it comes out on video. People were almost as enthusiastic about Cloverfield, and I held the same opinion. Perhaps worse even, is that I didn't like Cloverfield when I eventually saw it, and now Iron Man is being lumped into the same pile by mere association.
Shut up already. People come here to read about technology and how it affects us, how we can shape it and use it to our benefit, and helps us become better at what we do, as nerds and free-thinkers. When's the last time an action flick changed the world ?
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It doesn't actually matter if the movie accurately follows the 'original' comic book storyline. The comic book is 40 years old. Even its publisher, Marvel, has had to change Iron Man's origin to keep it consistent and relevant, and that's not taking into account the 're-imagining' of Iron Man in the Ultimates series. With that said, it might surprise some people that the anti-war message (or at the very least, Tony Stark putting a stop to supplying the US military with advanced weapons) is actually lifted from the comic book itself.
Personally, I'm holding out on rumors about a series of prequels concerning the youth and training of Captain B. Dick, and the early years of his command of the S.S. Ring Musculatorus. In addition, while not as action-packed, the post-Ambassadorial Earth storyline had excellent character development in the novel, and could certainly lend itself well to a live-action or even animated miniseries.
apart from the weapons you sell to your friends. Like, ooh, Saddam Hussein.
D'oh!
Oops, darn... missile strike... massive G forces to avoid... SPLAT... ICK... CUT... iron man just splattered all over the inside of his suit. What a mess for his assistant to clean up... gooey brains and body parts and organs splattered all over the inside of the suit. Sorry that the movie ended so quickly... we'll get a new guy here soon to try out the suit... someone who won't push the G forces so hard. Better line up a whole bunch of them while we're at it and don't tell them that their life expectancy is shorter than one mission flight. Other than the splatty bits it a good flick.
. . . if I find myself lusting after the house more than the women in the film?
Other than Superman and Batman, not much has been done. V for Vendetta, and League of unordinary Gentlemen did well, Catwoman - ugh!
I had heard a Flash movie was in the works, and possible Justice League, Watchmen and Wonder Woman(please, please cast Jessica Biel).
Makes you wonder why DC hasn't been more aggressive about getting some of their heroes onto the big screen.
..........FULL STOP.
So you do not consider Tony Stark's role in Peter Parker and Mary Jane's "One More Day"/"Brand New Day" to be significant.
I won't go because they allow people who smell like some combination of feet and fried chicken in, as well as babies.
With home theaters easy to obtain these days, ain't no reason to put up with that shit any more. I, too, will be seeing Ironman on DVD.
Or how about being pissed off at Professor X for his roll in the Onslaught fiasco?
Or how about...
The point is, pretty much every Marvel character has been on both sides of the good/evil fence at one time or another. They've all done some pretty messed-up things and killed their friends. Hating any one of the heroes for some of their less-heroic actions is about as silly as forgiving Victor Von Doom for the 3 or four times he helped fight against a greater evil...
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
You must wreck or poison a lot of women.
What do you mean I'm doing it wrong?
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military.
:)
I didn't find that part interesting, as one has nothing to do with the other.
I'm not sure this is any better done than the first two Blade movies or the first two Batman movies (the most recent Batman movie had a bit of a glaring casting problem with one of the secondary characters - this movie has no such problems), but nevertheless, this movie was a really great comic book movie.
And the trailer for 'The Spirit,' really got my blood pumping before the movie started.
Apparently Downey has said that he's up for more sequels (plural), which is good news - this movie has a great ending that just makes you want more right away.
I personally hold Tony Stark ( The Worlds Biggest Asshole ) responsible for...
:(
I have to agree. Plus, I hold the Marvel writers responsible for crapping out on the best comic book story arc ever (the Civil War) - what a stupid ending; it didn't resolve anything, just made the main 'bad guy' (Stark) a 'good' guy by doing all this to stop something worse (which was the impetus of the whole thing in the first place).
Very annoying. The Civil War arc got me back into comics after being out for ten years, then ends like this? I haven't bought any new comics since, and doubt I will.
Loved the movie, though.
Proof: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qcdr7
BOO! THIS MOVIE IS AGAINST OPEN-sOURCE AND LINUX WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ALL SLASHDOT STANDS FOR! WE MUST BAN THIS EVIL MOVIE! http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/15/0037211&from=rss
im one of the 32 year olds that caught almost everything big we had in latter half of 20th century - computers, spider man, internet, golden era of gaming, conan, frp, fps, seinfeld, sh@t and fart. so far to the extent that i have done it all, seen it all.
i went to iron man tonight. with all the past prejudices i got from other screenplays that have been adapted from comics.
and i saw that it was good and it was even fairly kinda better than the comic itself. well done. kudos.
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Nope, Superman's dead too.
There is no God, and Dirac is his prophet.
I think the credits on Wolverine 159 ("The Best There Is") , located on page 5 sums it all up.
Instead of Joe Quesada - Editor in Chief it says:
"oe Quesada sucks"
He's the Rob Liefeld of editors.
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If I had some of the cars Tony Stark had in his garage, I definitely wouldn't be driving the Audi every single day.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
As a recent graduate of an engineering degree, having seen this with a good friend of mine who is also in an engineering program - I will say that they must have had engineers working on the design of this movie, and the engineers were good. The simple fact is that the designers wouldn't have been able to come up with what an engineer would want in their labs without the engineers telling them.
Also, those who say that the main character is too typically elitist to be sufficiently engaging - please keep in mind that this is an engineering trait and is true to character.
This movie greatly exceeded my expectations.
Ummmmmm... I think you're getting your panties in a wad over nothing here. It's not an ad after the credits. It's another scene of the movie. It features Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and the aforementioned cameo, and it hints at possible plot points for a future sequel. If you don't like that kind of thing, by all means leave the theater. Or for that matter, spare the people who aren't quite as high-strung as you and STF home, wait for it on DVD.
Breakfast served all day!
Breakfast served all day!
On screen July 25th.
After all, if I really just wanted explosions, I'd play GTA & stack about thirty cars on top of each other at Industrial & Jackhammer and see if I can land one on the roof with a grenade.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
I think that Robert Downy can do a good job with the character
Sure. Who better to play an alcoholic than a real life alcoholic!
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My man? It IS very, VERY Good!
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That was Sabbath, not Poison. Sheesh.
Bull corn. I have "The Return of Superman" right here. I'm only a decade or two behind...
I saw it today, thought it was pretty good, though the final fight with Jeff Bridges was a bit tedious. There's really no suspense in these sorts of films where you know the hero must win. Even bald, watching Jeff Bridges with the beard made me think the funnier movie would be Iron Man vs. The Dude rather than whatever it was he was supposed to be. Was he Steam Punk Iron Man or what? That part was silly.
But I bailed on the credits, (DAMN YOU 120oz SODA!) so I missed the surprise. Anyone care to spoil what it was?
Was it Ferris Bueller? Cause better than Ferris Bueller vs Godzilla would be Ferris Bueller vs Iron Man.
Or maybe they could team up and fight the evil anti-science Ben Stein in the sequel?
"Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Stark? Stark? Stark?"
*Cue the Black Sabbath Iron Man song*
He drinks Alcho-hol
Robert Downy Junior is Iron Man!
Can He drive at all
Robert Downy Junior is Iron Man!
He for-got his clothes
Robert Downy Junior is Iron Man!
So he went to rehab
Robert Downy Junior is Iron Man!
Yeah, Robert Downey Jr is going to have to work real hard to play an alcoholic.
before Iron man had his own comic.
Are you saying the criticism was unWarranted?
here you are
This joke needs to drop like a Led Zepplin.
Agreed, 110% thesandtiger: This turned up a GREAT film, & Robert Downey Jr. + Jeff Bridges did a fantastic job - talk about the "Perfect Rendition" of Tony Stark?
/. articles on that note/to that effect this week here (Raytheon stuff, etc. et al) that has appeared this week in accompaniment of this film abound here on this website.
Heck, Robert Downey Jr. even LOOKS like Anthony Stark from the comicbook (Im a longtime (decades long) fan of Iron Man since the early 1970's, where I first encountered him in a reprint of "The Mighty Avengers" #15, drawn by the immortal Mr. Jack Kirby (God rest his soul))
(In that issue, when I saw him battle "The Melter" on the rooftops of the skyscrapers, I was 'hooked').
Then, a few days later, I took my bike out to see if I could get more IRON MAN!
(I often rode to go get candy & comics of course, I was just a boy, & I often rode many miles in the country where I lived into the suburbs of another town (great exercise, this helped me later achieve a scholarship in a sport called Lacrosse in fact, because of such rides allowing me to get into great shape even as a child back then (lol, not NOW though))
Once there? Well, I went & bought a comic book @ the local store (IRON MAN issue that was drawn by Mr. Gene Colan where he battles "Dr. Spectrum" & I was into him bigtime from them onwards) that had its cover ripped off (not legal nowadays, probably not even then, but... I am sure the "statute of limitations" has long passed on that & that store is now a florist shop in this area where I live)) & I was hooked for years until my freshman year of highschool, when I finally quit reading comics.
I'll never knock comic books - they helped build my vocabulary, & also place as a finalist in the U.S. National Spelling Bees in the 1970's in fact, & even INSPIRED ME to become a computer scientist (network engineer/software engineer now, since 1994), & mainly because of characters like Reed Richards (fantastic four), Dr. Doom (villain vs. FF usually), & yes, TONY STARK... heck, per the above? To get my "comic book fix" as a kid, I had to ride @ least 20 miles back & forth from my families' home to get them, & it got me into great shape for years + helped me achieve athletic scholarship in combination w/ an academic one to a Jesuit College that was & IS still very, VERY highly ranked nationally (in my sport AND for academics).
You guys have kids? Don't knock them reading comics... they help, a LOT, for reading skills!
Anyhow/anyways - ME? I like Iron Man since he is actually a BELIEVABLE character mainly, is why... plenty of
APK
P.S.=> The part I liked the best was the change that occurred in Stark when he saw his OWN WEAPON blow in his face, causing him to become IronMan (involuntarily of course) which led to his "no more war machine contributions from Stark Industries" from he... a good message, which is more of what this planet needs (imo @ least) of "DO THE RIGHT THING" instead of "Worship the 'Holy Dollar'" (because, let's face it: Money's important, yes, but... it is FAR from 'everything')... great film, I highly recommend it by all means (good action, good message, good special effects, & GREAT OVERALL FILM).
"The truth is... I AM IRON MAN!" - Great Ending, that... apk
Anti-War message? This is the problem with all you liberals. You think there's a message or is supposed to be one in every movie to shove down someone's throat. There was no anti-war message, and it definitely wasn't directed at the US military. Is was a private contractor double dealing, you DOLT.
-------- Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. --Ozzy
Spoiler!
Then you haven't read about how his powers changed into electrical powers and he split into two people.
I'm waiting for the end-of-credits sequence to come to youtube. Man those credits are long!...
A) Yes, the movie does portray the US Military in a good light. So what? I am not saying that they don't do anything wrong in RL. That is obviously not the case. But in this story, as in RL, they are not all villains. I personally know a couple dozen of them, and they are for the most part, stand-up guys. As far as the movie goes though, the US military is barely in it after the first ten minutes (other than a short dog-fight scene), and rather non-consequential to the overall plot. B) Um, no. Actually, when Tony Stark finds out that weapons created by his company are in the hands of "The Ten Rings", his action is to suspend creation and distribution to ALL PARTIES, including the US Military. Now if you want to make an argument that the ethnic groups that made up "The Ten Rings" were mostly non-anglo, that you could do factually. I inferred that reason that Iron Man chose to go after the "The Ten Rings" was because they were conquering defenseless villages and killing innocents rather than because most of its members weren't WASPS, but that is what I took away from the movie. That logic wasn't explicitly stated. You could also say that Iron Man was doing it for revenge, but in my mind that has more to do with the fact that they kept him in a cave for three months and killed is only friend there then the color of their skin or their mode of dress. C) Yes, it is hard to miss the subtext that rich guys find it easier to sleep with pretty women. This is hardly news. But you would have to not be paying ANY attention to note the overiding subtext that despite all of Tony Stark's wealth, power, and prestige, he is desperately lovely and unfulfilled. Otherwise Ms. Potts wouldn't be "all that he has". Its the Internet, so argue all you want. But please try to at least be accurate when framing your arguments.
My review: there were some cool bits, but for the most part it was pretty shitty.
Mr. Period: Nine is the one that's right by ten!
Nine: One day I will kill him. Then, I will be Ten.
Don't worry, while they give Tony a wake-up call, for most of the movie he's still a jerk. :) They didn't scrub his character for the big screen.
I guess this is the beginning of people not wanting the Big Screen experience. It's sad.
Some movies are just meant to be seen 80 feet wide by 45 feet tall (or some variation of the 16:9 aspect ration). It's usually the big blockbusters too that are insanely graphically rich.
The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, any comic book movie, etc. True, any of these will be decent on a large screen at home, but you don't get the overwhelming experience that you get when you watch something from the 9th row center at a huge-screened movie theater.
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Iron Man was excellent, and I am glad I saw it in a theater.
I've never even read an Iron man comic.
There are a few flight scenes (G'uh) and those always seem to look better on the big screen. YMMV
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