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Iron Man
E. Spaceman:
You know, that terrorist group wasn't that random. "The Ten Rings" ring a bell?
Ozymandias:
Yeah, it was a pretty obvious reference to the Mandarin being the one in control, who I hope shows up in the sequel with a much less silly origin story than magic space alien rings.
Tom:
Considering how they've started this franchise, I doubt they'd fuck it up that way but then again...
JediBendu:
Saw it last night, thought it was a very entertaining, solid movie. Robert Downey Jr. was possibly the most charismatic and well-cast actor in a superhero role I've ever seen. But that might be hyperbole on my part. Jeff Bridges, while excellent in most scenes, I think had trouble with a few scenes, particularly the one where he started yelling at the engineer. Seemed awkward. He also seemed pretty awkward when he was exposed in his suit at the end.
There were also a number of scenes, particularly in the mid to final part, that were either badly acted or badly written, but didn't take away too much from the movie. Except for the cringe-worthy line from Gwyneth Paltrow "My card's not working. What's that thing? Some kind of device? Is it going to pick the lock?" pretty much delivered as unnaturally and quickly as possible.
Also, the entire climax to the film felt like it wasn't properly built up to. I was just thinking throughout the whole climax "They're really doing it right now? It feels so awkward at this point." which was kind of nagging. They probably could've gone longer and put a little more material in there, properly (at least in my opinion) built up to the climax.
But as I said, Downey Jr.: EXCELLENT. Any scene with him in the finished suit?: EXCELLENT. Final hidden scene?: EXCELLENT. Origin story portion of the film?: Pretty damn solid. And the opening scene was perfect as well.
Overall, definitely a worthwhile film.
0bsessions:
To explain in further detail the significance of the terrorist organization (Emilio and Jordan obviously got it):
The terrorist organization made multiple references to a classic Iron Man villain by the name of the Mandarin. He was a very powerful crime lord with who had ten rings that each did something different and destructive. He was also allegedly a descendant of Ghengis Khan.
Considering the leader of the terrorist group called it The Ten Rings and was obsessed with Ghengis Khan, it was a pretty obvious reference.
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