Iron Man First review of Iron Man

[Electrofarce]

good review. i'm not gonna be that dissapointed if they don't get into the true feelings of tony stark, i'm just hoping that this film will be a super-charged action blockbuster like transformers was, and the review made it sound like that might be the case. i'm excited!

 

[Ironfan72]

IMO, it's pretty fitting that Iron Monger is only in the last final miutes of the movie. In the comics, the only time Stane was ever Iron Monger was at the end of issue 200 in which he fought Iron Man for the first and last time before committing suicide. Every other time Iron Man went up against Stane he fought his henchmen.

It's not like Titanium Man or Crimson Dynamo where they've had multiple battles with Iron Man.

I agree, the fight between Iron Man and Iron Monger in the comics was only 1 issue, so having Monger in the last 10 minutes of the film, is fitting, would a long fight be cool, yes, but it didn't happen in the comics, it is a origin story, if there is a sequel, then the real fighting should start, but again, not to take away from the story of Tony's decline into alcoholism.
I would love to see a 2 on 1 fight between Iron Man vs. Crimson Dynamo/Titanium Man, and I hope they use it in the sequel.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I agree with you guys. I haven't seen the movie, but I think any critic who says anything negative about it just doesn't understand the material and hasn't read the comics.

 

[Mr Superior]

I agree with you guys. I haven't seen the movie, but I think any critic who says anything negative about it just doesn't understand the material and hasn't read the comics.

Sarcasm?

 

[Spider-Vader]

It's Venom all over again.

 

[mclay18]

Well, I never see something being compared to Transformers as a good sign, but I know I´m in the minority that didn´t like that movie.

Co-signed.

The trailers for Iron Man haven't really got me pumped (but neither did Transformers and it was horrible when I finally saw it), so IM could go either way.

If anything, IM has two things going for it: RDJ and the IM character -- a lot more promising than Shia LaBoeuf and CGI robots.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

doesn't peter david always make things much better??

No.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I'm not trying to bash anything or anyone here, nor am I trying to crash a party, but it isn't hard to have more action than Superman Returns.

Lol, very true. t:

 

[Cinemaman]

I still don't like most of what was written in review, especially all that easy and quick storytelling style, which was also used in most of action blockbusters that failed.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Reading that review, it sounds like itll fall into a similar place that Tim Burtons first Batman film fell.



Thats what we call a plant.

Might that apply to the first reviewer as well?

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Will anyone return to Narnia after the somewhat lackluster first movie?

The first movie hauled in over 700 million worldwide. That tells up that it had many repeat viewings.

"Lackluster"? yeah, let's hope Iron Man is that "Lackluster" at the box office as well.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

It is campy and light but that isn't all it can be. Their villains and stories can be dark. Doom should be a villain the audience loves to hate. Someone who they are terrified of. He was the character who inspired Darth Vader he should darn well act like it! Read the Unthinkable arc by Mark Waid and Ringo. Claremont's run had some dark moments, as well. The comedy certainly shouldn't be the primary focus like what Fox did.



Still unacceptable for an FF movie, IMO.


Your pigeonholing a genre here. Not all super-heroes are "fun". They can range from campy to hilarious to crazy to depressing. It just depends on what franchise is being adapted.

Super-heroes have different sub-genres, too. WW is fantasy, GL is space opera, Superman is sci-fi, IM is hard sci-fi, Ghost Rider is horror, DD is hard boiled crime fiction. They can also switch sub-genres once in a while. Some get short story lines different to the status quo just to shake things up for an arc/creator run or two which are magic based, mysteries, intruige, funny stories, horror etc.


Some super-hero franchises can be lighter fare then others.

My thoughts exactly, Major.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

IMO, it's pretty fitting that Iron Monger is only in the last final miutes of the movie. In the comics, the only time Stane was ever Iron Monger was at the end of issue 200 in which he fought Iron Man for the first and last time before committing suicide. Every other time Iron Man went up against Stane he fought his henchmen.

It's not like Titanium Man or Crimson Dynamo where they've had multiple battles with Iron Man.

Exactly.

 

[The Guard]

I look at Stane as the villain. Iron Monger is just the culmination of his plot. So as long as Stane is a good villain, we'll be all right. But he needs to be a good villain, not just another evil businessman.

 

[Figs]

The other villains have potential IMO. Some would be easier to adapt and update then others but they do have something to work with. It's just up to the film crew to do it correctly.

Their first big bad is Stane! Not exactly the most interesting villain in IM's rogues. If they do a good job with him on screen they'd make Living Laser and any other villains with more personality even better.



Isn't Mandarin supposed to show up in the sequel?

He's supposed to, but you never know what will happen or change from now to whenever they might start writing up a sequel.

He better be in the next one, they sure as hell had a lot of nods to him in the novel.

 

[BrollySupersj]

He's supposed to, but you never know what will happen or change from now to whenever they might start writing up a sequel.

He better be in the next one, they sure as hell had a lot of nods to him in the novel.

Personally, I think we'll SEE mandarin in the next movie, but Iron-Man won't fight him yet. He'll have to take down another one of Mandarins world domination plans. But I see can Iron-Man and Mandarin fighting in the 3rd movie. Ya know, save the very BEST for the very last.

 

[30+Dark]

I'm not sure about the first blog.

It aint everyone's cup of tea, but I wouldn't call Superman Returns, a snoozefest. I also don't rate Batman Begins or X-men 2 as the best comicbook films ever either, so he and I are not of the same opinions anyway.

He says IM's not a bad film, then goes on to state that after 45 minutes it never looks back-? and That RDJ is the real special effect, amongst great special effects-hmmmm, sounds like a ....good film? possibly?

I don't fully believe he's seen it. Could be wrong. We'll see.

 

[The Major]

good review. i'm not gonna be that dissapointed if they don't get into the true feelings of tony stark, i'm just hoping that this film will be a super-charged action blockbuster like transformers was, and the review made it sound like that might be the case. i'm excited!

Independence Day and Godzilla were "super-charged action", TF couldn't decide whether it was an action movie or an American Pie sequel.

 

[Prefix]

Independence Day and Godzilla were "super-charged action", TF couldn't decide whether it was an action movie or an American Pie sequel.

So Transformers wasn't an action movie?

Interesting.

 

[FilmBuff2000]

Yeah that was a simple review, and stated stuff we somewhat know already, but still not a bad little preview!

IRON MAN!!! WHOOO!!

 

[Ironfan72]

Welcome to the hype, filmbuff2000, nice to see new members join.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I'm a little dissapointed if this movie turns out the way that review states, i was hoping for something a bit more than a crowd pleaser, i was hoping for a movie with depth, emotion and character, even TF had emotion and character though it was a blockbuster, judging from this review IM is just a straight blockbuster with no emotion or character.

I hope its wrong, but i guess i'll find out in a few weeks anyway.

 

[YJ1]

Apparently, this guy at IMDB has seen it. He's answering questions on the Iron Man boards over there. Register and ask a question, it's easy enough. Plus, the more Iron Man fans that post and vote there, the better the buzz.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/board/thread/103081449

 

[TheComicbookKid]

http://www.moviehole.net/groovetrain/showthread.php?t=613

A preview of Clint's full review for Friday can be found in the boards. He says the movie is over two hours.

 

[Gotham]

http://www.moviehole.net/groovetrain/showthread.php?t=613

A preview of Clint's full review for Friday can be found in the boards. He says the movie is over two hours.

I was really hoping for Howard to have more than a "thankless" role. Maybe for the sequel, then?