Summer 2007 presented moviegoers with some of the most spectacular visuals in film history, such as Davey Jones in POTC3, the autobots in Transformers and Sandman in Spider-Man 3.
Can Iron Man deliver in the same manner a year later?
He can fly, shoot lasers and his costume looks cool, but is that enough? Iron Man would have to do something really impressive to stand out. If he doesn't, then he has to rely on the story, and if that isn't spectacular then the movie will fade into obscurity and be only a moderate success, like Fantastic 4.
Obviously Favreau is more trustworthy than Tim Story, but it doesn't really matter if the fans like it. We're satisfied because Tony Stark shows signs of alcoholism, but the general audience will be satisfied by how cool Iron Man looks when he blows up an F-22. I'm afraid that even though the action will be adequate it will be overshadowed by the recent spectacles we've had this year.
Any thoughts?
Can Iron Man deliver in the same manner a year later?
He can fly, shoot lasers and his costume looks cool, but is that enough? Iron Man would have to do something really impressive to stand out. If he doesn't, then he has to rely on the story, and if that isn't spectacular then the movie will fade into obscurity and be only a moderate success, like Fantastic 4.
Obviously Favreau is more trustworthy than Tim Story, but it doesn't really matter if the fans like it. We're satisfied because Tony Stark shows signs of alcoholism, but the general audience will be satisfied by how cool Iron Man looks when he blows up an F-22. I'm afraid that even though the action will be adequate it will be overshadowed by the recent spectacles we've had this year.
Any thoughts?
