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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.
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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!
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.
Don't forget to see Iron Man. If you do forget, Slashdot won't like you any more.
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.
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?
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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.
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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
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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!
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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hahaha....racism? You're making that up, right?
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.
The protaganist has a moral crisis when, and only when, he discovers that someone who isn't either white or his house nigger gets their hands on these weapons. How is that not racism?
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
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.
Ultimate's Nick Fury looks like Samuel L. Jackson. Probably there?
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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.
Indeed, since spoiler is out of the bag, he wanted to give up weapons production because he saw U.S. soliders killed by the weapons he built to make them safer. I'm not really sure how that translates to anti-war. Especially since he built a suit of death to go beat the crap out of Afghani thugs.
No, this is slashdot. Stick with what you know.
We don't need anyone getting hurt.
Slashdot's rate-of-post filter: Preventing you from posting too many great ideas at once.
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?
Superman Returns was terrible, but also hillarious.
Especially as it introduced his new power, fresh from Krypton:
Super Stalking!
Man, they made superman one creepy guy in that film.
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It makes more sense to use Ultimate Marvel settings & characters, anyway - less conflicting backgrounds.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
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...
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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.
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Sure, Iron Man is great and all, but can it run Linux?
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.
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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?
I seem to remember Marvel actually approached Samuel L. Jackson back in 2001 and asked if they could use his likeness for the Ultimate version of Nick Fury.
Yep. They did.
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
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!
A. Wrong B. Wrong C. Wrong Congratulations, you successfully misinterpreted an action flick's relatively low-brow moral points. Thus proving you are in fact the very thing you appear to be complaining about. Now to clarify: A. In fact they never really answer this question or at all really touch on it. Since they used the backdrop of current world events to weave the story you assume this is an "approval" of war movie, which by the end you discover it is far from it. Your point should actually reference one corporation and one man in that corporation (the main bad guy Jebbediah). Unless you are insanely liberal and hate all corporations; the correct statement to infer from the movie would be that corporations aren't all that bad, but sometimes a few can ruin it for everyone. If you disagree, I would like 100% proof from all existing corporations for verification. B. He actually proceeds to stop creating weapons expressly after discovering what they can do to innocent people when sold under the table to mercenary terrorist groups without his knowledge. C. Now this is hilarious considering every character gives the impression they don't approve of his lifestyle, and that those women who "love" (and I use that term loosely) him are actually called "trash" in direct dialogue. Through the movie Tony himself realizes that he doesn't really like who he is that much and thus develops the Iron Man aspect of himself in an attempt to redeem himself. Tony Stark is a flawed character, that's the whole point to character development. If they aren't flawed how can you go anywhere at all with the plot? That's Superman's big problem in movies. He always does the right thing because he is, in his film essence, the perfect hero. As for racism, I got nothing. You're just wrong. I can't think of a single racist moment in the movie without trying very hard to create one or blow something out of proportion. Consumerism is just a hilarious concept to mock and I'm just gonna laugh about it and not waste anymore space clarifying it to you.
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Breakfast served all day!
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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That was Sabbath, not Poison. Sheesh.
Bull corn. I have "The Return of Superman" right here. I'm only a decade or two behind...
In one of the Ultimates comics, somebody asks Fury who he'd want to play him in the movie. He replies 'Samuel L. Jackson.'
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Yeah, Robert Downey Jr is going to have to work real hard to play an alcoholic.
I'm still disappointed they didn't stick with The Hoff.
My fellow Americans, let's restore the death penalty for child rapists. Let's do it . . . for the children.
before Iron man had his own comic.
Are you saying the criticism was unWarranted?
Being a dick does not get you laid past high school. In the adult world, you have to use either the strength of your personality to get laid. Perhaps when your balls drop you might discover this for yourself.
The message this film and others is trying to convey to impressionable little boys such as yourself is that you don't need to grow up and develop a personality, you just need to be rich and you will get all the sex you could ever want.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
a) You are a fucking retard. Of course the movie answers the question. The military themselves are never anything but good guys. And as for your other point, you could use that idiotic 'reasoning' to say that no movie says anything because it doesn't cover every single example of that thing.
b) He stops when he discovers some untermench have got their hands on them. He is quite happy for these weapons to be used by America, and quite gung-ho about it too.
c) Who cares if they approve his lifestyle? This movie is there to tell teenage boys that to have sex with hot girls they have to get rich.
You are a moron. A simple-minded drone who lacks the capacity to question things handed to you (such as it being absurd to you why anyone would question consumerism, or the casual racism of western society). Continue to eat your fast food and watch TV, you will never change.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
This joke needs to drop like a Led Zepplin.
I seriously doubt that
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
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.
Yes, there is. That being said, the house is totally badass! Terrabyte upon terrabytes of storage, integrated expert systems twenty years ahead of the best that we have today, and a fully functional fabrication system in the garage. All that with scenic ocean views? Hell, yeah.
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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