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MARVEL's new contender
PostedMay 2, 2008
GL2814
from Cotati, CA
Two years ago at Comic-Con I had to begin imagining an Iron Man movie. In my opinion it never would have worked because I always saw Iron Man as a team player (Avengers) or a complete (censored). And Iron Man while well known to Marvel readers isn't the most well known to the general public. How wrong I was and yet right at the same time.
In the flick Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey, Jr. indeed has a support team, it's just not the Avengers (yet). Jim Rhoady Rhoads, Pepper Potts, an A.I. version of Jarvis, robots, there are tons of support characters and they all shine amazingly.
What makes this movie so oddly enduring though is the fact that Tony Stark is an (jerk) and you want him to succeed. In fact his wit and snide sarcasm offer many of the comedic elements of the film. And for a "military movie" it certainly needed something to remind you, it's a comic book film through the earlier segments.
The story is pretty much right out of an Iron Man comic, Obidiah Stane tries to take over Stark Industries, builds a gigantic copy of Tony's first Iron Man suit, huge battle ensues in the streets of what seems to be L.A. (interesting break from the standard setting of NY) and hopefully The Incredibe HULK team were taking notes.
It's really just a great, fun film. Although, much like the 2002 HULK, I'm not sure the marketing to children is a great idea, there is a bit of drinking (we all know why) and womanizing going on and it's not a kids hero we're dealing with. Yeah he's got the cool suit and all, but this is a teenager to adult film. Although with how screwed up most American kids are....who cares, take the whole family. In the scheme of Marvel films this is close to Spider-Man 1 & 2 and the first two X-Men, but is more light-hearted like Spider-Man. And for the first time ever in a "modern" comic film we get to see the start of frachise bleed. S.H.E.I.L.D. makes a clever appearance, and those who watch the credits until the end will be handsomely rewarded. Plus we'll se Downey in the HULK later this summer. For it's first independent (commercially distributed by Paramount) film, MARVEL hits it out of the ball park.
In the flick Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey, Jr. indeed has a support team, it's just not the Avengers (yet). Jim Rhoady Rhoads, Pepper Potts, an A.I. version of Jarvis, robots, there are tons of support characters and they all shine amazingly.
What makes this movie so oddly enduring though is the fact that Tony Stark is an (jerk) and you want him to succeed. In fact his wit and snide sarcasm offer many of the comedic elements of the film. And for a "military movie" it certainly needed something to remind you, it's a comic book film through the earlier segments.
The story is pretty much right out of an Iron Man comic, Obidiah Stane tries to take over Stark Industries, builds a gigantic copy of Tony's first Iron Man suit, huge battle ensues in the streets of what seems to be L.A. (interesting break from the standard setting of NY) and hopefully The Incredibe HULK team were taking notes.
It's really just a great, fun film. Although, much like the 2002 HULK, I'm not sure the marketing to children is a great idea, there is a bit of drinking (we all know why) and womanizing going on and it's not a kids hero we're dealing with. Yeah he's got the cool suit and all, but this is a teenager to adult film. Although with how screwed up most American kids are....who cares, take the whole family. In the scheme of Marvel films this is close to Spider-Man 1 & 2 and the first two X-Men, but is more light-hearted like Spider-Man. And for the first time ever in a "modern" comic film we get to see the start of frachise bleed. S.H.E.I.L.D. makes a clever appearance, and those who watch the credits until the end will be handsomely rewarded. Plus we'll se Downey in the HULK later this summer. For it's first independent (commercially distributed by Paramount) film, MARVEL hits it out of the ball park.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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