The One and Only IRON MAN reviews thread!
05-07-08, 07:00 AM
#276
DVD Talk Godfather
Originally Posted by maingon
My problems were mainly with Jon Favreau not very good at making a good looking flick, and action scenes. This movie felt like it didn't have a big battle or action scene in it. The Finale just didn't feel like it was the big encounter.
There really wasn't a huge centerpiece for action and the final act was executed pretty poorly, from an action choreography standpoint.
But just like kick-ass fight scenes don't make a movie, merely serviceable ones aren't going to make Iron Man a bad movie. It looks like from your overall review/rating, you agree with that.
05-07-08, 09:25 AM
#277
DVD Talk Special Edition
Originally Posted by True_Story1011
I also loved the one liner when Stan Lee got his shot.
'Hey Hef, glad you could make it!'
05-07-08, 11:05 AM
#281
DVD Talk Godfather
Originally Posted by kicker_of_elves
I thought i saw Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine as one of the Afghan fighters in the cave, he was the first one to die.
That's the first thing my friend and I checked during the credits. It's him.
05-07-08, 11:22 AM
#283
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally Posted by slop101
Did anyone hear how Favreau along with DowneyJr. went to a few theaters around LA to just hang out, shake hands and thank people for coming to see their movie. That's pretty cool - apparently they were really afraid that the movie would only play to geeks and not many people would come out and see it.
05-07-08, 11:27 AM
#284
DVD Talk Legend
Originally Posted by The Bus
Didn't stay for the credits, so that's why I missed him.
05-07-08, 12:34 PM
#287
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally Posted by kicker_of_elves
I thought i saw Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine as one of the Afghan fighters in the cave, he was the first one to die.
05-07-08, 02:55 PM
#288
DVD Talk Limited Edition
If anyone missed the after-credits bit (like I did), it is up on YouTube:
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05-08-08, 01:25 AM
#290
DVD Talk Godfather
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Originally Posted by The Bus
That's the first thing my friend and I checked during the credits. It's him.Yeah, in the credits he also punches up some guitar rifs. But I have to question life when Tom gets left in but Ghostface killer gets cut?
05-08-08, 07:55 AM
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Tony has this magnetic thing in his chest to stop the shrapnel from going to his heart. Ok, a third-world kludge to save your butt. Once back in the US, why didn't he have the shrapnel surgically removed? This may have made sense given the state of medicine when Iron Man was first created, but now it's just stupid. Modern medicine is pretty good, and the film mentioned Stark's medical tech, so they should be even better than the real world.
05-08-08, 08:50 AM
#292
DVD Talk Hero
Finally got to see it last night. Loved it. Loved RDJ. Loved all of the little nods to the comic fan. I'm not the biggest Iron Man reader, but I think I will start now. The character is so multi-layered and cool. The movie flew by, I looked at my phone and was shocked to see that over an hour and a half had already gone by. My top 5 superhero movies now look like this:
1.X2
2.Batman Begins
3.Spider-Man 2
4.Iron Man
5.Daredevil Director's Cut
1.X2
2.Batman Begins
3.Spider-Man 2
4.Iron Man
5.Daredevil Director's Cut
05-08-08, 06:06 PM
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Star Wars references?
Loved the movie.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
05-08-08, 06:27 PM
#294
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Originally Posted by oldboy87
Loved the movie.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
05-08-08, 09:24 PM
#295
DVD Talk Legend
Saw it today and thought it was really one of the better comic book movies. The only part that did not make sense was how fast the Iron Monger suit was built and learned to be used.
05-08-08, 09:54 PM
#297
Originally Posted by oldboy87
Loved the movie.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
Now, am I geeking out too much here, or did I see at least two nods to Star Wars, ANH and ESB - In the cave, Yinsen buys Tony more time to power up the suit and runs down the corridor, firing his weapon until he's confronted by a large group of terrorists - very similar to Han Solo in Death Star, and Iron Man clinging to the underbelly of the fighter jet, invisible to radar and satellites, the way the Millenium Falcon hid on the Star Destroyer in ESB to avoid detection until it dumped its garbage.
If anything Star Wars owes a nod to comics... all that stuff was done in various "Super Hero" comics way before the Star Wars movie came out.
05-08-08, 09:58 PM
#298
Originally Posted by aynrandgirl
Tony has this magnetic thing in his chest to stop the shrapnel from going to his heart. Ok, a third-world kludge to save your butt. Once back in the US, why didn't he have the shrapnel surgically removed? This may have made sense given the state of medicine when Iron Man was first created, but now it's just stupid. Modern medicine is pretty good, and the film mentioned Stark's medical tech, so they should be even better than the real world.
B it is based on a comic...
C it is A movie based on a comic...
D did you feel that any other Super Hero movie needed to be based on anything modern or realistic?
05-08-08, 10:57 PM
#299
Originally Posted by aynrandgirl
Once back in the US, why didn't he have the shrapnel surgically removed?
05-08-08, 11:02 PM
#300
DVD Talk Hero
Not sure if this was posted yet:
Marvel Entertainment released their first quarter report to its shareholders this morning to coincide with the announcement about the success this past weekend of Marvel Studios' first production Iron Man, which grossed an estimated $100.7 million domestically and over $200 million worldwide. The announcement included an update of Marvel Studios' feature film slate with the already-rumored Iron Man 2 announced for a release on April 30, 2010, followed by three more movies for the summers of '10 and '11. Matthew Vaughn's Thor is set for a release on June 4, 2010, and The First Avenger: Captain America (the working title) will kick off the summer of 2011 on May 6, followed by the highly-anticipated and foreshadowed The Avengers scheduled for July 2011. (Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is also listed as being in development with no release date set.)