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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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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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If you still need a sitter for your kids, you're not old. Of course, it's a relative thing, but trust me. In a while, your kid will want to quit school to tour with some band called the "The Screaming Lemon Wedges" and you'll look back and think, "I really wasn't that old. NOW I'm old."
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.
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.
Thanks for spoiling the surprise, dickass.
Spoiler? Wha???
Put down the corporate-shill-crack-pipe, my friend. I would have felt mightily pissed to sit through 20 minutes of "3rd reserve gaffer to the animal trainer's assistant coffee-wench", only to watch a goddamned advertisement.
Yes, advertisement. Wake up, people - "trailers" do not count as "content" to eagerly look forward to, they count as the same BS we pay $200-$400 for fancy digital VCR-like boxes that let us skip them.
So, a hearty thank you to the GP post, for saving me from wasting an extra 20 minutes only to leave the theater infuriated.
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...
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.
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.
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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.
Unless there's someone at your local theater holding a gun to your head, your faux-outrage at being theoretically forced to do something that you never would have done in the first place is quite amusing.
Who said anything about "forced"?
Some movies really do put interesting "featurettes" after the credits... Pixar has done that a number of times, and I do not resent sitting through the credits for more actual content.
However, the FP article made it sound like Iron Man would have something similar, and the post to which I responded acted annoyed that the GP outed the "surprise" as nothing more than the equivalent of a Rick-Roll.
So yes, it would have greatly annoyed me to voluntarily (I neither said nor implied anything about "forced") sit through the credits expecting to see more actual content, only to watch an ad.
Well, you just keep raging against the machine, li'l mister too cool to get excited about an upcoming movie.
Hey, if you like calling yourself a "consumer", good for you. My time has value beyond the number of ad impressions The Sponsors can trick me into watching per minute. I have nothing against you getting excited to watch an ad, I simply have no desire whatsoever to do so myself.
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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!
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(Thanks for the review. This looks like one that might be worth a trip to the cineplex.)
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Take that stick out of your ass. It's a good movie. Entertaining. You don't want to see the stories regarding it? Remove "Movies" from your front page and shut the hell up.
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It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military.
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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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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.
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