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Close, but no cigar
PostedMay 2, 2008
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I absolutely LOVE Iron man and from the previews I was expecting a great comic book movie. Well, it was a pretty good movie overall, but didn't live up the the expectations I had from it. The short fight with Iron Monger (who, btw, is not named in the film) could have been epic, but was disappointingly short. The storyline shift placing Obadiah as Tony's parter at the beginning of the movie rather than CEO of a competing company limits the storyline for future movies. For those of you who aren't comic book fans, Obadiah is supposed to attack Tony so much that he runs away in a depressed state and resorts to alcoholism before becoming the "new" Iron Man in the silver centurion armor.
I do have to give props to the movie for several references to possibilities for sequels. Rhodes considers putting on the armor of iron man, a nice bone to throw to fans of War Machine. Nick Fury's appearance at the end of the movie has me excited for the sequel already, Avengers: The Initiative is a great comic series and I can't wait to see some of our favorite heroes in movie form. Also, any attentive Iron Man fans out there, I think we have a possibility for Mandarin to appear in one of the sequels. I think it is no coincidence that the leader of the Ten Rings terrorist group is mentioned to be Asian, but not from Afghanistan where he is invading, has ambitions to take all of Asia, was conspicuously left alive by Obadiah, and insulted for not having any good technology...Ready for some Alien technology to fall into this guy's hands?
Overall I give it 4/5. It just doesn't quite deserve 5 stars, but I'd like to be able to give it four and a half.
I do have to give props to the movie for several references to possibilities for sequels. Rhodes considers putting on the armor of iron man, a nice bone to throw to fans of War Machine. Nick Fury's appearance at the end of the movie has me excited for the sequel already, Avengers: The Initiative is a great comic series and I can't wait to see some of our favorite heroes in movie form. Also, any attentive Iron Man fans out there, I think we have a possibility for Mandarin to appear in one of the sequels. I think it is no coincidence that the leader of the Ten Rings terrorist group is mentioned to be Asian, but not from Afghanistan where he is invading, has ambitions to take all of Asia, was conspicuously left alive by Obadiah, and insulted for not having any good technology...Ready for some Alien technology to fall into this guy's hands?
Overall I give it 4/5. It just doesn't quite deserve 5 stars, but I'd like to be able to give it four and a half.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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