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From:Robert Downey Jr. , Terrence Howard , Jeff Bridges , Gwyneth Paltrow , IRON MAN (DVD MOVIE) , Paramount ,
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 Mediocre plot, poor acting, too much sex for a movie aimed at young people, 2008-10-10
This is targeted for young people as well as adults, but it has scenes that are completely innapropriate for young teenagers.
I was hoping for an enjoyable hero movie, like Batman Begins, but instead it started with a bedroom sex scene only masked by a sheet. This is wrong-headed for a teen movie. Then they made repeated references to him having sex with journalists, again inappropriate for a movie targeted at teens.
Then, Downey's acting was lame. "OK, I'm the Iron Man." What a dumb ending. Nothing like Batman Begins which drew me into the character, or the more plausible technologies used.
Some of the special effects were fine, but it had far too much stupid stuff like:
1) He crash landed in the dessert from like 3,000 feet and didn't get hurt or
2) he had icing problems at 80,000 feet where icing does not occur...it occurs where there's moisture, in clouds, or
3) Downey builds this hi-tech robot suit in a cave without his captors figuring out what he's doing...uh, that was really stupid.
 Tony Stark Rocks the Planet, 2008-10-09
Okay, let me just say, that this is the best Marvel Adaptation I have seen since Spiderman 2, and to have it immediately followed by the new Hulk movie just about made this the best year for superhero movies. And the very thought of those two characters, Iron Man and the Hulk, crossing over, is sooooooooo exciting I can barely contain myself.
Now for the nitty-gritty: Some people, including myself, have questioned the choice of Robert Downey Jr playing Stark. When I saw, ages ago, that he would be the title character, I was kind of surprised. Downey, it seems to me, has been flying low under the radar lately. With Iron Man he explodes onto the scene, and, as far as I can see, blows the skeptics away.
Gwyneth as Pepper Potts? A surprise, I never expect to see her in supporting roles, but in this one she looked good. (and, as an aside, at a healthier weight than I think I have ever seen)
Jeff Bridges: Most Excellent, per usual, but if you have a pet peeve with word pronounciation you won't like his treatment of 'manufactured'.
Like I said, definitely the best superhero movie from Marvel that I have seen in a long time. And The Incredible Hulk is an impressive companion, so I hope when it comes out on DVD they sell them in sets!!
I highly reccommend it, it's definitely worth the price of a movie ticket or rental fee and even purchasing the DVD.
 Not bad...not bad!, 2008-10-09
Though I'm sure I would have NEVER picked Robert Downey Jr. for the lead, this movie worked! It's so economically directed, (it's directed by Foggy Nelson himself, Jon Favreau, from the highly underrated "Daredevil",) and so cleverly written, you forgive any sins the movie might committ along the way, (like how did Stark manage to make that rather lethal suit of INITIAL armor, [that in the comic book series he kept for about 40 issues,] from scraps found in the woebegone Afghani desert!?! Or how can he fly around the world on the tiny cannister of fuel he carries on himself while clad as Iron Man?)
Anyway, what you enjoy most about this movie is the clever dialogue as delivered by Downey, the wizard action sequences as the sleeker, upgraded Iron Man goes about his business, and the finally, DECENTLY done CGI special effects, (in films about Marvel heroes, the CGI is too often WOEFULLY, obviously not real, ruining the illusion and hence the full enjoyment of some of the films. Both "Hulk" movies and the first "Spiderman" flick being cases in point.)
Gwyneth Paltrow, who has a knack for being in really good sci-fi action movies that are a cut above the pack, ("Sky Captain",) plays Tony Stark's/Iron Man's assistant and possible love interest Pepper Potts, (can you believe that name?!) Favreau gives himself a small part as Tony's chauffeur and Jeff Bridges plays an old friend of Tony's dad with an impossible biblical sounding name, that surpises us all by the end of the film.
I have yet to see a bad review of this movie, and it IS enjoyable, but is it because of Downey, Bridges, Paltrow, ILM or what...? It really doesn't do anything wrong, and really, isn't that what we most want from a movie...?
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
I'm sorry. This is the fun-vee. The hum-drum-vee is back there. [ Don't wait up for me, honey.], 2008-10-08
One of the most recent in the Marvel Comic-book to screen translations of classic superheros, this time it's Iron Man about Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr.); the young, egotistical heir to Stark Industries (weapon creators and manufactuers).
On a routine trip in the middle east Tony gets taken prisoner and is demanded to build his newest weapon, the jericho, for these criminals. With a little help Tony plots his only way of escape, an iron suit.
When Tony finally returns home he is a changed man, destined to return to seek his revenge on the men that held him captive, and of course get his weapons back from the wrong hands.
Similar to Batman Begins, Iron Man is more focused on the acts of Tony becomming the Iron Man, then infact jumping completely into an action packed adventure, amazingly it's thurough enough to get the full story yet the pace never draws too slow.
Robert Downey Jr. is brilliant as Mr. Tony Stark, he carries that perfect overconfident yet always believable attitude .
One of the best superhero movies yet.
A possible new fan, 2008-10-08
I'm a Batman girl myself, but if they continue to make Iron Man films as good as this one then I'll become a fan.
Robert Downey Jr. does a really good job in this film. His ability to make the one liners snap really works, and I was laughing at plenty of them. He was also really convincing as a genuis billionare weapons manufacturer. He almost made it look like a really cool and fun job.
But of course it's not. He's kidnapped and forced to build, and use, his own weapon against himself and his country. But instead of doing that he invents a suit that turns out to be an awesome piece of technology.
The special effects are really cool in this movie. They don't really look CGI or anything at all. They feel pretty real even though you know none of it is likely to be possible in say next year.
The movie flows along at a pretty good pace. It's rather short, but you don't notice it until the movie is done. I really like that it seems longer, but isn't.
The entire cast I felt was really good in this. The action was perfect, the imaginative weapons and gadgets on the suit were hot. The robots were even a life to themselves.
Super cool movie.
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