Iron Man Movie

[BlueBard]

I was a bit late, but I finally got to see it yesterday!

Unfortunately I avoided this thread so that I wouldn't get 'spoiled' and didn't know about the end-credit teaser.  But I'll live.

And for anyone who hasn't seen it... take your restroom break before the movie starts and don't drink any monster-size drinks during the movie.  There is no point during which you can go out and not miss something!

I missed less than five minutes worth right after Stane [spoiler]removed the arc reactor from Tony's chest[/spoiler] and I totally regretted it even though I didn't miss much.

[Previsionary]

if you're really jonesing to see the after credits scene, just youtube it. it's been up for awhile now,

[Placebo]

saw it, loved it, nuff said :P

james rhodes wasnt portrayed quite how I get the impression of him from years of comic reading, but that was the only niggle in my head.

[thalaw2]

I haven't seen it yet, but I really want to.  What I don't want to see is Terrence Howard cry...it seems in almost every movie he's in he's crying it's about as bad as Kevin Costners nude scenes.  I really hope TH is not crying in this movie.

[Pyroclasm]

I haven't seen it yet, but I really want to.  What I don't want to see is Terrence Howard cry...it seems in almost every movie he's in he's crying it's about as bad as Kevin Costners nude scenes.  I really hope TH is not crying in this movie.

Actually, I think his eyes watered up at least once.  Though I'm not familiar enough with the actor to know if that's the crying to which you are referring.  ;)

[thalaw2]

Oh god no!  That's exactly what I'm talking about.  I can't take it anymore!   TH is a great actor but enough with the crying already!   Maybe that's what the ladies find so adorable about him....

[Pyroclasm]

Oh god no!  That's exactly what I'm talking about.  I can't take it anymore!   TH is a great actor but enough with the crying already!   Maybe that's what the ladies find so adorable about him....

Maybe he just has watery eyes?  I hear some allergies can do that to a person. ;)  Though I think the moist eyes were used well to convey the emotion of the scene it was in.  I could just tell you what scene I remember the eyes getting watery and you can just turn  away from the screen for a minute.
[spoiler]When Tony is rescued after being with the terrorists, Jim gives him a huge hug and you can see those tears wanting to burst.  Wow, somebody actually read this "spoiler"?[/spoiler]

[ow_tiobe_sb]

I saw this film with my wife today, and a good time was had by all (and my wife was a hard sell on the Spider-Man and X-Men series).  Without boring every reader with my usual long-winded tripe, I'll simply recommend the film without any reservations whatsoever.  Mr. Downey (not to mention Mr. Favreau) has done a wonderful job of opening the comic book genre to the willing eyes of an entirely different audience with a character who has a difficult story to sell in our historical period (i.e., a billionaire with a heart of gold iron).

Cheers to Mr. Downey and crew! :)

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Fop o' th' Morning

P.S. The icing on the cake was that Mrs. Bunburyist was also impressed by the trailers for The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Incredible Hulk (in that order); consequently, I am likely to see all of these films this summer without waiting for four to six months for the films to be released on DVD! :) :thumbup:

[Uncle Yuan]

I have to honest, the Indiana Jones trailers just ain't grabbing me.  I want to get excited by that movie, but so far . . . eh.

[BWPS]

I have to honest, the Indiana Jones trailers just ain't grabbing me.  I want to get excited by that movie, but so far . . . eh.

It looks campy and funny and I'll probably enjoy it, but the original movies were just SO well made and they all three blow me away, even now that I'm older. I hope the new one is on par with the original three, or it's equally amazing cousin, Fate of Atlantis.

[the_ultimate_evil]

I have to honest, the Indiana Jones trailers just ain't grabbing me.  I want to get excited by that movie, but so far . . . eh.

thank god i'm not alone, never a fan of the first 3 and i have no interest in this new one

[Gremlin]

talked to some guys at work the other day.they said the hulk movie is going to touch on the super soldier program.opening up a captain america movie?

That is part of the rumormill that a scene with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) having a cameo with General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) at a bar with Tony asking him for some samples of the "bio-booster" they used on Abomination for the Avengers Initiative.

My theory of how the Captain America film is going to be handled is that Nick Fury has been working on making super soldiers based on the old files left behind after World War II. All previous attempts have failed and only one slight success was made with a new mixture and it has resulted in an unstable violent soldier by the name of John Walker. But before all hope in the project is lost, Captain America is found frozen in an iceberg and thawed out. Of course the film starts with an Ultimates inspired opening with Captain and his troops being dropped in to fight the Nazis and maybe a brief fight between Capt and The Red Skull before the legendary rocket scene. During the course of the film we finally see why Nick has been getting the runaround by the Government and discover that Red Skull also survived in hybernation and has been building a secret empire and John Walker shall be unleashed upon the population as a false hero for the people. Fury manages to talk Steve Rogers into taking up his uniform and shield again after he has been walking around trying to come to terms with a world that has left him behind. We get a battle between Walker and Steve for the mantle of Captain America and then both team up against Skull and his forces. Only one of the heroes walks away and Nick introduces him to The Avengers.

- CrimsonQuill

I think the Cap movie could be much better handled if the bulk of it was set in World War II, ending with the rocket.  The thawing scene should probably be in Avengers.

But that's mainly because it ain't Cap if there aren't any Nazis!

[The Troll]

Saw IM today. In my opinion, the best performance in the movie belongs to...


[spoiler]The fire extinguishing robot.  :thumbup:[/spoiler]

[Previsionary]

talked to some guys at work the other day.they said the hulk movie is going to touch on the super soldier program.opening up a captain america movie?

That is part of the rumormill that a scene with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) having a cameo with General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) at a bar with Tony asking him for some samples of the "bio-booster" they used on Abomination for the Avengers Initiative.

My theory of how the Captain America film is going to be handled is that Nick Fury has been working on making super soldiers based on the old files left behind after World War II. All previous attempts have failed and only one slight success was made with a new mixture and it has resulted in an unstable violent soldier by the name of John Walker. But before all hope in the project is lost, Captain America is found frozen in an iceberg and thawed out. Of course the film starts with an Ultimates inspired opening with Captain and his troops being dropped in to fight the Nazis and maybe a brief fight between Capt and The Red Skull before the legendary rocket scene. During the course of the film we finally see why Nick has been getting the runaround by the Government and discover that Red Skull also survived in hybernation and has been building a secret empire and John Walker shall be unleashed upon the population as a false hero for the people. Fury manages to talk Steve Rogers into taking up his uniform and shield again after he has been walking around trying to come to terms with a world that has left him behind. We get a battle between Walker and Steve for the mantle of Captain America and then both team up against Skull and his forces. Only one of the heroes walks away and Nick introduces him to The Avengers.

- CrimsonQuill

I think the Cap movie could be much better handled if the bulk of it was set in World War II, ending with the rocket.  The thawing scene should probably be in Avengers.

But that's mainly because it ain't Cap if there aren't any Nazis!

Actually, Gremlin, that's similar to what I said to UE a few weeks ago. Not only would it be easier to work off of because it works with cap's origins, but there's less of a chance of alienating casual audiences abroad and at home like the ironman movie has done with its terrorists scenes.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

In the latest news, it's still number one.

And now, in addition to the summer's first blockbuster, we now have the summer's first bomb, Speed Racer.  Apparently, boys 7-10 like it, and no one else does.

[B A D]

IM will easlily hit 200 m, even if it gets bumped off this weekend By Indiana Jones and the temple of meh.

I want to like that movie too, but the trailer did absolutely nothing for me.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Actually, Prince Caspian will probably be what bumps it off.  I think more people are interested in that than Indiana Jones.

[Zippo]

Saw it opening night in LA as I passed through on my way to my Mexican cruise : :lol: .

I gotta say, this is pretty much my favorite superhero movie now, followed by Batman Begins and Hellboy (who is really only sort of a super hero). It really jumped into things quickly, was paced wonderfully, and was grounded enough in reality to be appealing to a wide audience (robotics is generally easier to accept than mutations, radioactive spiders, or a rich guy dressed as a bat).

[spoiler]Little things I liked were: how the chemistry between Stark and Pepper was there, but went nowhere, especially with her last line about the whole thing. The scene where Rhodes looks at the silver suit and says "maybe next time" (or something to that effect). The use of the Iron Man song; I was so worried about where it'd get fit in to the movie, whether they'd go for the obvious and do it the first time he wears the suit in his prison or have some restraint and take a more subtle approach, which they did and I am completely happy with.[/spoiler]

[BlueBard]

Saw it opening night in LA as I passed through on my way to my Mexican cruise : :lol: .

I gotta say, this is pretty much my favorite superhero movie now, followed by Batman Begins and Hellboy (who is really only sort of a super hero). It really jumped into things quickly, was paced wonderfully, and was grounded enough in reality to be appealing to a wide audience (robotics is generally easier to accept than mutations, radioactive spiders, or a rich guy dressed as a bat).

...or miniature reactors built in a cave out of spare parts and embedded in a guy's chest.
;)

Ain't suspension of disbelief grand?

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Ain't suspension of disbelief grand?

When Robert Downey, Jr. requests it of his audience, yes it is. ;)

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Fop o' th' Morning

[robinka]

if you're really jonesing to see the after credits scene, just youtube it. it's been up for awhile now,

Brilliant! I didn't even think of that. So on mother's day we allow grandma to babysit for the very first time and she calls us during the penultimate scene when potts and stark are all quiet and semi-sentimental to say our baby is crying so as soon as the movie was over we dashed home to discover all was well after all. I had figured there was an easter egg and now i can finally see it!

[Zippo]

Saw it opening night in LA as I passed through on my way to my Mexican cruise : :lol: .

I gotta say, this is pretty much my favorite superhero movie now, followed by Batman Begins and Hellboy (who is really only sort of a super hero). It really jumped into things quickly, was paced wonderfully, and was grounded enough in reality to be appealing to a wide audience (robotics is generally easier to accept than mutations, radioactive spiders, or a rich guy dressed as a bat).

...or miniature reactors built in a cave out of spare parts and embedded in a guy's chest.
;)

Ain't suspension of disbelief grand?

Admittedly unrealistic, but the physical technology type of science is always easier to accept than the "gamma ray" or "advanced genetics" types of science, at least personally, for some reason.

[JeyNyce]

Saw the movie this Friday and LOVED it.  It's way better than Spidey 3.  It's up there with Spidey 1.  This is coming from a huge Spidey fan!  I hope the HULK does as well.

[zuludelta]

Finally saw it yesterday.

Good superhero movie. One thing that really this film apart from other recent good superhero films is how engaging the "non-superhero" sequences were. Even in films as entertaining as the first two Spider-Man films and Batman Begins, the "talky" non-action parts were typically the draggiest parts of the movie. With Iron Man, you never get a sense that the non-action sequences are only meant to fill the gaps between the "cool" action sequences and fight scenes. I guess this just goes to show what a great cast can do to help a film, even if it's straddled with just a competent-but-not-exactly-great script and a largely by-the-numbers plot.

[thalaw2]

Saw the movie and must say that Mr. Jr. exceeded my expectations.....  I don't know if it's the greatest superhero movie ever made but it's definitely in my top 10.  The armor looks awesome!

Even Terrence Howard's obligatory crying scene wasn't bad (I decided not to read the spoiler about which scene it was).  However,  I never got the sense that Starks and Rhodes were best friends...it seemed forced to me. 

[thanoson]

This was simply a fun movie. Nice origin of IM. Only thing that I took exception of wast the fact Stane was so comfortable in using the Iron Monger suit. For someone who just got a power supply for the suit, he was using it very well. But I'm just nitpicking. The CGI was done in a toned down way, unlike Transformers. You could actually see what was going on. This is what I liked about X-men 1 as well. The movie wasn't overshadowed by special effects.

[JeyNyce]

Even Terrence Howard's obligatory crying scene wasn't bad (I decided not to read the spoiler about which scene it was).  However,  I never got the sense that Starks and Rhodes were best friends...it seemed forced to me. 

I got it the first time they were together.  The way the played off each other you would believe they were friends in real life.

[danhagen]

Captain America's shield appears on the workbench behind Tony in the film.

[the_ultimate_evil]

Captain America's shield appears on the workbench behind Tony in the film.

what where, screen caps or it didn't happen

edit: found it online, nice very nice

[GogglesPizanno]

what where, screen caps or it didn't happen

Oh the internet age....even with said screen caps, I know who guy who's first response to anything like this is "It's been photoshopped, look at the edges."

Ive read that its still in dispute as to whether its the shield or just an illusion of light and tools that people think is the shield.