I just finished watching Iron Man and I can say that I enjoyed the movie. The only thing that I could find fault with what I watched was...
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I just finished watching Iron Man and I can say that I enjoyed the movie. The only thing that I could find fault with what I watched was...
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I just got back from watching it too. Wow! One of the theater employees was in there talking to us about it - she predicted it could be the #1 summer hit.
She may be right. Everything about that movie was good.
My guess is that Indy will be the top summer hit, but Iron Man will be close.
Oh, Robert Downey Jr. did a GREAT job playing Tony Stark! I was very pleased with that.
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My guess is that Indy will be the top summer hit, but Iron Man will be close.
Entirely possible. I *was* going to comment on how older movie-goers like myself would be interested in the sequal, whereas younger ones may not be all that interested until I listened to my 10 year old profess how ultimately awesome Indiana Jones was and how he couldn't wait for the film to come out. So much for that theory.
I guess I'm just a tad jaded with Lucas' performance based on SWI-III. I'll shut my mouth now, however, before I get in trouble.
So long as Lucas doesn't have his hands on any of the dialogue, we should be safe.
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What I couldn't understand was why 99% of the audience scampered out of the theater as the credits started rolling. They all missed Sam Jackson as Nick Fury!
And he makes a good Mr. Fury.
If you've been tracking Marvel's The Ultimates at all, this is old hat. Interestingly the situation may have been deliberate, considering the lead time for Iron Man.
Oh man . . . just . . . wow. While I wouldn't go as far as to say what my wife did (i.e. "this is the best superhero movie I've ever seen"), this almost completely erases the first Hulk movie, Daredevil, Electra, Blade Trinity, and Ghost Rider from my mind.
Now if the Hulk movie follows through on this awesomeness . . .
Heck, I've almost lost the facial tick that I developed any time I saw Iron Man during Civil War.
Here is something good to watch!
That ruled!
This is something that a coworker sent to me yesterday from AP Los Angeles. If it is true, there are even better times ahead... :)
(Spoilered to save space and for those who want to be surprised)
Marvel mines more precious metal with `Iron Man 2'
1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — This weekend was just the beginning of Hollywood's Iron age.
Marvel Studios announced Monday it will release "Iron Man 2" on April 30, 2010, following the success of the first in the comic-book franchise, which pulled in $104.2 million domestically since opening last Thursday and $201 million worldwide.
Four other films based on Marvel superheroes also were announced: "Thor," due out June 4, 2010; "The First Avenger: Captain America," May 6, 2011; "The Avengers," July 2011; and "Ant-Man," which is in development but has no release date.
Marvel also has "The Incredible Hulk," starring Edward Norton, coming out this June 13 from Universal Studios.
Just as Downey's character, Tony Stark, makes an appearance in next month's "The Incredible Hulk," the Hulk could turn up in "Iron Man 2," Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel said during a conference call to discuss the company's earnings. And "The Avengers" consists of a rotating roster of Marvel heroes — including original members Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man and Thor — that could see the return of virtually any of the franchise's characters.
"In controlling our destiny, we can control where the characters are and we can have our movies connect and be in the same universe," Maisel said.
"Iron Man" was the first film financed by Marvel, which previously licensed its superheroes to Hollywood studios for such hits as the "Spider-Man," "X-men" and "Fantastic Four" flicks.
Seeking more creative control and a bigger cut of the receipts, Marvel plans to make future films itself and hire studios to distribute them for a fee.
Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a billionaire weapons designer who builds himself a high-tech metal suit to fight bad guys, "Iron Man" exceeded box-office expectations, coming in second only to the first "Spider-Man" for debuts among non-sequels.
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I'm a huge comics fan - have been for over 20 years. My wife - is not. That being said, we both thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man, although I think I got more out of it than she did.
Funny thing is, my younger brother had seen it Friday night, while I went Saturday. He had been telling me about how awesome the movie was, then it turns out he missed the Nick Fury piece at the end. Ha ha ha ha ha...
As a quick aside - the theater where we went had six regular screenings of Iron Man, but also had a seventh one designated as "Iron Man-D". We were told it was a digital version of the picture, with better video/audio quality.
It cost a few dollars more, but we tried it out - and were blown away by the experience (we were joking that our ears were going to be bleeding when we got out of the movie). Everything was just more crisp and vibrant.
Did anyone else get to see it in this format? I'm wondering if cinemas are finally test-running this to see if the public is ready to switch over...I know I am! :)
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As a quick aside - the theater where we went had six regular screenings of Iron Man, but also had a seventh one designated as "Iron Man-D". We were told it was a digital version of the picture, with better video/audio quality.
It cost a few dollars more, but we tried it out - and were blown away by the experience (we were joking that our ears were going to be bleeding when we got out of the movie). Everything was just more crisp and vibrant.
Did anyone else get to see it in this format? I'm wondering if cinemas are finally test-running this to see if the public is ready to switch over...I know I am! :)
Here in Austin, one of the theaters has several digital screens (DLP, Christie projectors), and usually puts up the big blockbusters up on them. I'm somewhat surprised that your theater charged a premium for them - although, it may be to help recoup the costs for upgrading the screens. I believe by the end of the year, another dozen or so digital screens in Austin (split between 3-4 theaters) will be in place.
Here in Austin, one of the theaters has several digital screens (DLP, Christie projectors), and usually puts up the big blockbusters up on them. I'm somewhat surprised that your theater charged a premium for them - although, it may be to help recoup the costs for upgrading the screens. I believe by the end of the year, another dozen or so digital screens in Austin (split between 3-4 theaters) will be in place.
I checked this theater's website (I'm near Atlanta), and there appears to be a flat $2.00 price increase for the digital screenings. Hopefully it is just to recoup costs, though I do feel like I got my money's worth for the experience.
Needless to say, I can't wait for the other summer movies to get here!
:)
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I can't say I am an Iron Man fan. I have read a few comics of him many years ago, but that is all. I have seen the Batman, Superman, X-man, Spiderman, and Hulk and Daredevil movies previously out however. I have passed on the other superhero movies as I had no interest in the characters (more of a DC reader myself). HOWEVER....I have heard so many good things about this Iron Man movie that I have decided to go anyway (something I originally was not going to do). I have high expectations and don't believe I will be disappointed. The praise this film has gotten is incredible.
I am not an Ironman fan either; but thought the movie was pretty good; and right in line with the story with only a few minor changes; i had thought the guy with the rings might be the Mandrin; but i guess that will come later; I think they are preparing the way for the Avengers; and Loki was their first enemy that caused them to banned together; but the Mandrin was among the firsts also with the mole man and some guy I forget his name how possessed people.
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I am not an Ironman fan either; but thought the movie was pretty good; and right in line with the story with only a few minor changes; i had thought the guy with the rings might be the Mandrin; but i guess that will come later;
Yeah. The two "big" Iron Man villians are Mandarin and Fin Fang Foom, but both are a bit of a stretch to use as starter opposition (FFF is an alien dragon, and the Mandarin's powers come from alien technology so advanced as to be indistiguishible from magic). By setting up the Mandarin like they did (with the hints of the Ten Rings), it helps slide towards the goal without forcing a huge jump.
wow someone on the same page as me...cool :)
If Iron Man is an example of the quality Marvel can produce on its own dime and with more creative control, then I think they have a profitable future ahead and I will have several more DVDs on my shelves at home. I was very impressed with Iron Man.
Here's hoping they can generate buzz with characters like Thor and the relatively obscure Ant Man.
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I saw it Monday night and was very pleased, as well. I really hope they never take it the Fin Fang Foom direction, as the giant green dragon in purple boxer shorts doesn't do any thing fore me. I really liked that they had Obediah/Iron Monger as the first villain and only hinted at the Mandarin. He should be a more insideous threat, not an overt one. The actors were pitch-perfect (even Gweneth, who I have very limited tolerance for), and Favreau did an excellent directing job.
I would love to see the second movie go a little more tech-thriller/industrial espionage. They showed the Roxxon Oil building over Tony's shoulder in the last fight, I would love if there was a little visit from an operative like the Ghost working for Roxxon, but we'll see in a couple of years, I guess.
The only thing that I really wish was hangled differently...
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I'm not sure that would have fit Stane.
There's been some talk back and forth as to whether Stane goes crazy in the movie, or just has his already-existing craziness revealed. I'm in the latter camp. I think Jeff Bridges gives us a terrific view of a maniac who's pretty good at hiding his mania.
He's like Sallieri: if it weren't for Mozart / Stark, he'd be a pretty reasonable, but dangerous, businessman. But he'd be willing to lose it all to ruin the guy who just shows him up. When the genius is a goofball playboy, the danger is only smouldering. But look at the scenes where Stark's genius are clearest --most of them involve that big glowy thing-- and you can see Stane's outrage come to the fore.
And, as far as Stane's concerned, until the very last second, he's winning.
I loved this movie. It may be my favorite superhero movie of all time, and if not definitely in the top 3.
My only disappointment was that Jarvis was a computer and not the well mannered English butler I have grown to adore from the Iron Man and Avengers comics since my youth, but the computerized AI assisstant fit with this take on Tony and Shell-head.
I really liked the set up for the Mandarin in future sequels with the Ten Rings organization and the warlord we saw with one of the rings.
I am very excited that Marvel confirmed plans for Iorn Man 2 to be released on April 30 2010 at their quarterly stockholder meeting (as well as Thor later that summer and Cap and Avengers fils the following summer) and that Downey and the supporting cast are signed ot do a total of three movies.
As for the Ant-Man movie, it is by the people responsible for Shaun of the Dead and looks like it will be a satire a' la Shaun's take on the zombie genre rather than a straight action flick, so it should be entertaining even if it is not a great super hero movie like Iron Man.
$104 million domestic and over $200 million worldwide box office the opening weekend is definitely a good first step for Marvel producing their own movies, and I hope the high quality of this movie is the harbinger of more good stuff to come from Marvel productions.
We will see how Punisher War Zone looks this December, but next years only Marvel movie will not be a Marvel Studios production (I think it is Sony that is producing X-Men Origins: Wolverine released next year, but I am not sure, it could be Fox or another studio).
Marvel also has an interesting slate of animated projects coming out over the next 2-3 years, also announced at the Quarterly Meeting, including some Iron Man, Hulk, and X-Men stuff (th erecently released trailer for the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon coming to Nicktoons in ealry 2009 looks amazing), so all in all there is a lot of upcoming Marvel movies and tlevision to get excited about.
With Incredible Hulk, Indy, the second Narnia movie and other stuff I can't remember offhand, it is going to be a great summer of movies for comic/fantasy/sci-fi genre fans.
PS as for Stane's betrayal/madness, I think sequels may show he was a pawn in the Mandarin's manipulations against Stark, setting up a showdown beween Shellhead and his arch nemesis from the comics in one of the sequels.
I am also pretty certain that the sequel will draw heavily on the Demon in the Bottle storyline dealing with Tony's alcoholism, as there were some nice set ups for it in the first movie, and Downey can bring a whole new level of credibility and emotion to that particular storyline given his own experiences. He has said in interviews that that particular aspect of Tony's personality is one of the things that drew him to the role to begin with.
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We will see how Punisher War Zone looks this December...
/slight threadjack
Something that is really working in this Punisher movies favor is that they went ahead and allowed it to be an R-rated movie. Punisher is just fundamentally not PG-13 fare. He is there to be a Angle of Hideous Vengance against the bad guys. Also, having Wayne Knight as Microchip and a real comic book bad guy in Jigsaw are good moves, IMO.
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We will see how Punisher War Zone looks this December.../slight threadjack
Something that is really working in this Punisher movies favor is that they went ahead and allowed it to be an R-rated movie. Punisher is just fundamentally not PG-13 fare. He is there to be a Angle of Hideous Vengance against the bad guys. Also, having Wayne Knight as Microchip and a real comic book bad guy in Jigsaw are good moves, IMO.
I'm a lot more in favor of the new actor playing the Punisher as well (Ray Stevenson, Titus Pullo from HBO's "Rome"). He looks the role a lot more than Thomas Jane did.
I was blown away by Ironman. It actually made me forget how much I hate Tony Stark (Civil War- Stake became King Tool number one in my book!) Robert Downey Jr. was awesome the Cg was outstanding. THe acting was top notch. I agree it was the best superhero movie I've ever seen. (Thank the Goddess that it didn't end up as another Hulk, Ghostrider, Fantastic four, Electra, Batman and Robin (Not to be confued with Batman begins, cause that Rocked!), or Punisher (The Dolf Lungren version.))
Great flick, and if I hadn't read it here, I wouldn't have stayed for the Nick Fury part...my wife and kids were very antsy to leave but I prevailed!! Way beter than most of the other Marvel hero flicks, and there was a trailer for the new Batman which looks to be at the top of the game also.
You know, the Jarvis thing bugged me a little at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that its probably not a good idea to introduce people to Iron Man by showing him as a super hero with no powers that is rich and has a butler, especially the same summer that another Batman movie is coming out. There may be worlds of difference between the characters, but it would be really easy to "loose" people by even incidentally implying that Iron Man is Marvel's answer to Batman.
Marvel's answer to Batman was Nighthawk, if I remember my Squadrom Supreme. =)
Gwyneth Paltrow in heels was a terrific part of this movie.
Ok, I'll shut up now.
Gwyneth Paltrow in heels was a terrific part of this movie.
In all seriousness, there was something really attractive in the way they managed to portray Pepper as pretty and yet still a little awkward and vulnerable, instead of simply using her as eye candy as an inevitable love interest.
Or maybe I'm just trying to justify the idea that I really liked her with red hair.
Marvel's answer to Batman was Nighthawk, if I remember my Squadrom Supreme. =)
Gwyneth Paltrow in heels was a terrific part of this movie.
Ok, I'll shut up now.
Isn't Nighthawk the archer? MoonKnight was a Bats wannabee. I think he had an orphan sidekick, moonrangs, moonmobile and even a moonwing at some point. At other points he was possessed by a god to try and make him a little different.
Ironman was AWESOME. Certainly in the superhero's top category of movies. One of the few I will go back to the big screen for.
I am curious what other supes movies folks thought were better.
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The only place I had ever seen Iron Man before was in the Marvel vs. Capcom video game, so I knew that he must be comic-related in some way (since I didn't recognize him from any Capcom games). Even *I* enjoyed this movie thoroughly and yes, Robert Downey Jr. was incredible.
Best superhero movie ever. Way better than Spiderman (any of them).
Any superhero comic/movie tends to bore me to death (except The Crow), so I won't go spend my $$$ on this. Never liked this kind of hero genre, never will.
On the other end, I'll go see the new adventures of mister supernormal, namely Indiana Jones! :)
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Isn't Nighthawk the archer? MoonKnight was a Bats wannabee. I think he had an orphan sidekick, moonrangs, moonmobile and even a moonwing at some point. At other points he was possessed by a god to try and make him a little different.
I think it was Hawkeye who was the archer in the Avengers. While Moon Knight did have a great deal in common with Batman, there were also subtle differences between the two. I've enjoyed both characters for quite some time, although utlimately Batman was the better written.
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Isn't Nighthawk the archer? MoonKnight was a Bats wannabee. I think he had an orphan sidekick, moonrangs, moonmobile and even a moonwing at some point. At other points he was possessed by a god to try and make him a little different.
As Aberzombie says, Hawkeye is the archer on the Avengers. And, yes, Moon Knight is a Bat Clone with the features you mention (except for his sidekick was a Frenchman nicknamed Frenchie, if memory serves.) But Corian was making specific mention to the Squadron Supreme... an extra-dimentional supergroup that directly mirrors the JLA, they were
Hyperion..........Superman
NightHawk.........Batman
Power Princess....Wonder Woman
Whizzer...........Flash
Doctor Spectrum...Green Lantern
Huh. I completely missed any Roxxon references.
But I did see Captain America's shield on the table behind Tony while he was having his damaged armor removed... :)
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Huh. I completely missed any Roxxon references.
But I did see Captain America's shield on the table behind Tony while he was having his damaged armor removed... :)
In the fight with IronMonger when Tony gets knocked down into the street, there is a blue lighted sign on the side of the building that has the Roxxon name... so they are the huge corporate intrest just across the road.
I actually don't like the shield tease (not enough to change my opinion of the movie, just don't care for it). It's one thing if there were a unpainted disk laying on the table as a prototype that Tony was working on, but Tony's not a 'Stars and Bars' kind of guy. It's just completely extraneous to have a completed shield in the shot.
(full disclosure: I missed the shield in the movie... I just saw it on the internets afterward.)
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Saw this yesterday. I'm not a comics guy, so I came with no preconceptions about it. I really enjoyed it - the cast were good, the acting was great, and the effects were excellent. Robert Downey Jr and Jeff Bridges gave it real class and seemed to be taking it seriously, which was nice. Even my wife enjoyed it, who normally tolerates these sorts of movies rather than really enjoying them.
Is the dvd/blueray out in the UK yet?