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Iron Man
KickThatBathProf:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 02 May 2008, 20:45 ---My girlfriend's great and all, but I would probably sleep with Robert Downey Jr. after that.
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Pretty much true for everyone
RobbieOC:
Goddamn it was awesome. Not only would I personally consider this the best superhero movie made to date, but I read that it is also the best reviewed movie of the year so far... which is pretty much something they always say, and it is the first blockbuster of the summer, but for a superhero movie, that is really awesome.
It really had everything I could have ever hoped for.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 02 May 2008, 20:34 ---Warner Bros demanded a lot of the stupid shit be included because they wanted the film to be for kids, not Batman fans.
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I will never understand this. Did these executives need someone to spell out for them the simple idea that there's a lot of overlap between the kid and Batman fan demographics? It really saddens me to think that a simple Venn diagram could have prevented so much anguish.
no one special:
--- Quote from: talon on 02 May 2008, 15:22 ---anyways, saw iron man last night and man was it awesome. RDJ is so cocky and sincere at the same time, just as he should be playing iron man. the war machine nod was sweet for us fanboys (and a sequel) and the behemoth villian suit was way cool and over the top. everything i expected and the previews were cool too.
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--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 02 May 2008, 20:45 ---Iron Man owns all of your faces.
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Just had to quote them 'cause they were spot on. the movie was awesome! Robert Downey Jr. was awesome. Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges - well cast all. I loved Jarvis - great touch. The action was kick-ass, the comic relief was hilarious, and the actors were well-chosen. You expect a little bit of a thin storyline with comic book movies, but this one was fairly stong, with minimal plot holes - none actually come to mind at the moment. There are just one or two points where it gets a little slow in the middle, but I'm quibbling here. Jon Favreau got the tone just right, I thought, and I'm just really happy with the movie.
And yes, i too went 'squeee!' at the War Machine nod. But in a totally manly way. *ahem*
RedLion:
This really was a good movie! I was surprised; there was quite a bit of nuance and actual moral dimensions to it. It wasn't just "BLOW SHIT UP!" like most recent comic book hero movies have been (sans Batman.)
I strongly disagree with the idea that character development was lacking--Ironically, I actually found the parts with RDJ just interacting with other people while not in the suit to be much more endearing and entertaining than when he was zooming around in random Afghan villages shooting terrorists. However...The final battle left me extremely underwhelmed. In fact, the ending itself was kind of cliche/crappy (except, of course, for the kick-assery of the after credits.) It also annoyed me that the terrorist group was some random, made up bull-shit organization. The rest of the movie is fairly well-grounded in modern reality (except for the gigantic flying suits and all.) Why couldn't it have been the Taliban or Al-Qaeda? The average audience member would intrinsically think that that's who the terrorist organization was anyway. Who else is in Afghanistan?
Still, on the whole, a great, great movie.
I think the reason I liked it so much is because they actually spend the majority of the movie making you care about the main characters, and not reducing them to static caricatures.
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