Iron Man - Excellent Film.

Iron Man is pretty damned good. The action is focused, the dialogue is sharp, the CGI is convincing. It's not perfect, the love interest being tepid, Stark's buddy's squeaky voice getting in the way, the ending tapers and isn't strong, but those are small things (oh, and not enough Stark mullet).


But I have to say:
Malky said:
Downey Jr's performance is Oscar-worthy.

Best superhero film ever made.
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This is just idiotic.

Is there any chance you could someday maybe start NOT OVERSTATING your opinion on films, Malky? You talk like a marketer when positive and like a drunk misanthrope when negative. It'd be funny if it weren't really annoying.

AT said:
NMA doesn't have a spoiler code
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We're not that nerdy.

M said:
digital projection theater
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What, did digital projection finally catch up to analog? Missed that.

Milkster said:
Yeah, Lex Luthor wanting to become the king of real estate is less ridiculous than a terrorist organization with the desire to control Asia and a jealous businessman who wants to control the world's largest business empire.
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Actually, Lex Luthor's goals are relatively realistic compared to insane 10 Rings guy. The jealous businessman probably has the most down-to-earth view of the three, though it's not like he keeps his sanity.

Malkybar said:
Tony Stark is one of the most complex characters in the medium of comics
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Aye, you're right, comics really do have flat, shallow characters.

Good thing Hollywood has become so uninspired they have to fall back to this :P

Milk said:
he's responsible for genocide
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Except that he isn't. Is Smith & Wesson responsible for murder? No. So Stark's not responsible for genocide.
 
Do you ever quit trolling Yoshi?
Right, any attempt to go derail the thread into 'Are gun manufacturers responsible for deaths' results in vattage.

That said, Iron Man was pretty good. Robert Downey Jr made a good superhero, and a bit more interesting than most recent movies.

Still, the movie fails to build up to a decent ending. It seems to live as nothing but an introduction of the character and the world around him, the whole deal with the nutbag businessman on a power trip just seems completely uninteresting and unnecessary when you've got Stark flying around in his suit toying with jets.
He seems to have been thrown in simply because a superhero movie needs a villain (who, of course, makes a bunch of classic villain mistakes - like not killing the hero when you could just shoot him), not because he'd add much to the movie.

Still, this is the most interesting superhero (movie) ever made purely by virtue of the blandness of all the other characters. Which, if you think about it, isn't exactly a good thing even though everyone seems to act as if Iron Man is the best thing since toast.

I'm looking forward to see if Watchmen can stay true to its graphic novel and break that principle by delivering actually interesting and intricate characters.

Also, this movie did not have enough Black Sabbath.
 
Sander said:
Also, this movie did not have enough Black Sabbath.
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Oh yeah.

+1 to that one. Tony Stark was neither mulletted nor did he have black sabbath on when making his suit. Instead he had some gay-ass horrible rap.
 
I agree thebad guys in Ironman were generic and uninspired. Hope they'll make Ironman 2 soon with some decent villians.

What's your thought on Constantine people? IMO it was a good movie, too (I'm not a fan of the novel, so I judge it as a ignorant). Seems like they started to do decent movies at last. Hope this will keep up and improve.
 
they're supposedly talking about Mandarin.

also, yes...but at least we got the obligatory "i am ironman" and then the sabbath song.

and also, i really didn't mind that the movie was pretty much an intro and setup. i really fuckin' enjoyed watching Downey Jr. kick it.
 
Iron Man has most of the Avengers villains since he is a member. That pretty much means all villains in Marvel have fought him at one time. Mandarin is fucking gay though. Maybe they can update him and not make Iron Man 2 too over the top.
 
Well, they could make something more out of Mandarin, as it seems like they have some talented people at the staff capable of pulling it off. Or simply throw Tony Stark in the next Batman movie.
 
Hahaha. Yeah, a DC/Marvel crossover won't happen for awhile. Your right though. They can make something out of Mandarin.
 
*Possible Spoiler* I know at least some of you realised it as well, but we already have Mandarin in the movie - does the Ten Rings, eloquent eastern dude with a desire to rule the Asia and beef with Stark ring any bells? That, and the fact that we don't actually *see* him dying when Obadiah left him paralised? Guess we already know who'll be the next main villian.

The question remains - will his Ten Rings be the terrorist organisation or he'll grew some super power after the paralisation incident?
 
*Spoiler*





I think that guy was a cronie,but he may be Mandarin. Guess we will find out. Your right though. He sure didn't look like he was killed. Then again...why would Iron Monger leave him paralyzed ?
 
SPOILERS YAY WTF

Ravager69 said:
That, and the fact that we don't actually *see* him dying when Obadiah left him paralised?
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Yeah, honestly, it's not that point where you should be surprised he's still alive, it should be the point where he's knocked out at the mouth of the cave, after which heavy gunfighting ensues outside the cave before the entire area blows up. Assuming he was still lying at the mouth of the cave when everything blew, he should be very dead.
 
I was surprised when Stark was testing his jet boots for the first time and hit the wall. With his head. Hard. And then he fell on the same head second ago. I was surprised he didn't have a single bruise after that.

But this is an american superhero movie, so let's forget about what can or cannot happen in reality.
 
But this is an american superhero movie, so let's forget about what can or cannot happen in reality.
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Oh, how I long for those reality-based superhero movies produced outside the USA!

You accept the flying metal suit, but become agitated by the lack of realistic bruising? That's like getting upset over bad acting in porn.
 
UniversalWolf said:
You accept the flying metal suit, but become agitated by the lack of realistic bruising? That's like getting upset over bad acting in porn.
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Retard.

I'm sorry, but you are.

Look up verisimilitude. Learn to understand that just because a setting asks you to extend your suspension of disbelief to include major scientific advancements (suit), it doesn't automatically mean your belief should be suspended on all other topics, whether it be human anatomy or Dumbo suddenly featuring in the film.

"You accept the flying metal suit, but become agitated that he's suddenly accompanied by Dumbo?"

Don't be stupid.
 
Retard. I'm sorry, but you are.
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The difference is, I know I am.

The part of the movie where Stark flies into the wall was obviously exaggerated as part of a gag - a gag that worked, by the way.

You're going to give yourself an ulcer taking everything so seriously.
 
UniversalWolf said:
Retard. I'm sorry, but you are.
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The difference is, I know I am.

The part of the movie where Stark flies into the wall was obviously exaggerated as part of a gag - a gag that worked, by the way.

You're going to give yourself an ulcer taking everything so seriously.
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I didn't complain about the flying into the wall.

I complained about the Ten Rings guy surviving lying right next to an explosion with a cliché face scar.
 
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