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Iron Man Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-that-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year dept.

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.

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  1. Screen credits aren't just there to annoy you by LockeOnLogic · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would have felt mightily pissed to sit through 20 minutes of "3rd reserve gaffer to the animal trainer's assistant coffee-wench I know film credits have funny names but they do represent real people who have put in massive time and effort into their work. The fact that it takes so goddamn long just to scroll through the names of the amount of people involved should give you some idea of the scope of effort and time needed to create just two hours of screen time. I'm not saying you have to sit through the credits but there's no need to piss on peoples screen creds.
  2. Re:this just in... by ravenshrike · · Score: 3, Informative

    Given that Marvel set up an in-house studio for any more of their movies directly because of what hollywood did to S3 and X3, Iron man can't really be considered hollywood in any real respect.