Iron Man Movie Thread - *****OFFICIAL***** And *****CONFIRMED*****

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Raiden256
I may have missed this in the thread, so forgive me if this has been asked and answered:

So, to confirm, as Rhodes flies out of the house leaving Rhodes in the lab, Rhodes takes a look another suit on a rack that looks different than the Iron Man suit. Was that the War Machine suit?

Yes, and if you listen he says something like "maybe next time"... hinting about what could be in the sequel.

 

[Baked]

Watched it today. Awesomeness confirmed. :thumbsup: LOL @ the scientist when he was asked to make the mini arc generator by Stane, "But I'm not Tony Stark!"

 

[BunLengthHotDog]

Originally posted by: Baked
Watched it today. Awesomeness confirmed. :thumbsup: LOL @ the scientist when he was asked to make the mini arc generator by Stane, "But I'm not Tony Stark!"

The scientist was Ralphie from "A Christmas Story". You know...you'll shoot your eye out.

Ralphie isn't Tony Stark.

Originally posted by: Raiden256
I may have missed this in the thread, so forgive me if this has been asked and answered:

So, to confirm, as Rhodes flies out of the house leaving Rhodes in the lab, Rhodes takes a look another suit on a rack that looks different than the Iron Man suit. Was that the War Machine suit?

Thats the MK II suit he tested that iced up. I do believe though that War Machines suit was silver with black trim ala Iron Mans gold bling with red trim. The War Machine suit gets tricked out with more "traditional" weaponry in comparison to Iron Mans MK III etc.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Saw it last night - on the one hand, was almost boring at some small moments, and others was just bad ass.

 

[Starbuck1975]

I saw Iron Man last night, and found it somewhat underwhelming. I never read the Iron Man comics, but have a working knowledge of the character and his origin story, so I was able to watch the movie for what it was without any fanboy baggage to the source material.

That being said, I really didn't enjoy it.

The first 30 minutes was amazing...introducing Tony Stark as an arrogant corporate mogul and womanizer...his capture, and subsequent escape...all done very well...

And then the story kind of drifted off.

I understand that the press conference upon his return marks the point of the film where Tony Stark decides to shift the focus of Stark Industries and his research, but they never really provide any justification behind his wanting to build flight suit technologies that ultimately become the Iron Man of the comics?

Which leads to the revenge action sequence of his taking out that military leader with a hard on for Genghis Khan...so Tony Stark builds the suit so he can fly around the world destroying the weapons built by Stark Industries that find themselves in the hands of evil doers? Not sure if this story arch exists in the comics, but I didn't feel that it flowed very well in the movie...the pacing was off, as was the CNN-esque expose that sets Tony Stark into superhero mode...felt rushed IMO.

Also, they never really explain the justifications or reasons for Jeff Bridge's character arch...from friend and mentor to nemesis...it almost seemed like an after thought so that they could introduce the battle of the suits at the end of the movie.

Of all the superhero movies out there, I would put Iron Man at the middle of the pack. Not great, but certainly not horrible.

 

[pcslookout]

Did anyone else enjoy it but just did not think it was as special as people are making it out to be ? I thought it was a good film just not the best film of the summer by far. I know I can't know that sense all the summer films aren't out yet but I just think it is at least a little over rated.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: pcslookout
Did anyone else enjoy it but just did not think it was as special as people are making it out to be ? I thought it was a good film just not the best film of the summer by far. I know I can't know that sense all the summer films aren't out yet but I just think it is at least a little over rated.

Sense?

It is the best film of the summer...so far.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: pcslookout
Did anyone else enjoy it but just did not think it was as special as people are making it out to be ? I thought it was a good film just not the best film of the summer by far. I know I can't know that sense all the summer films aren't out yet but I just think it is at least a little over rated.

Sense?

It is the best film of the summer...so far.

Why does that matter? Follow the sheep not surprised.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
I saw Iron Man last night, and found it somewhat underwhelming. I never read the Iron Man comics, but have a working knowledge of the character and his origin story, so I was able to watch the movie for what it was without any fanboy baggage to the source material.

That being said, I really didn't enjoy it.

The first 30 minutes was amazing...introducing Tony Stark as an arrogant corporate mogul and womanizer...his capture, and subsequent escape...all done very well...

And then the story kind of drifted off.

I understand that the press conference upon his return marks the point of the film where Tony Stark decides to shift the focus of Stark Industries and his research, but they never really provide any justification behind his wanting to build flight suit technologies that ultimately become the Iron Man of the comics?

Which leads to the revenge action sequence of his taking out that military leader with a hard on for Genghis Khan...so Tony Stark builds the suit so he can fly around the world destroying the weapons built by Stark Industries that find themselves in the hands of evil doers? Not sure if this story arch exists in the comics, but I didn't feel that it flowed very well in the movie...the pacing was off, as was the CNN-esque expose that sets Tony Stark into superhero mode...felt rushed IMO.

Also, they never really explain the justifications or reasons for Jeff Bridge's character arch...from friend and mentor to nemesis...it almost seemed like an after thought so that they could introduce the battle of the suits at the end of the movie.

Of all the superhero movies out there, I would put Iron Man at the middle of the pack. Not great, but certainly not horrible.

wasnt the justification behind the suit because he was building on the suit he already designed/created in the cave?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
Also, they never really explain the justifications or reasons for Jeff Bridge's character arch...from friend and mentor to nemesis...it almost seemed like an after thought so that they could introduce the battle of the suits at the end of the movie.

I thought Stane was always in it for the money. Once he saw that the money would start drying up, he took steps to keep the dollars flowing in.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: pcslookout
Did anyone else enjoy it but just did not think it was as special as people are making it out to be ? I thought it was a good film just not the best film of the summer by far. I know I can't know that sense all the summer films aren't out yet but I just think it is at least a little over rated.

Sense?

It is the best film of the summer...so far.

Why does that matter? Follow the sheep not surprised.

Why does what matter? Could you please put together something coherent?

 

[bigrash]

Saw it last night and thought it was very good and a really cool action flick. I'll definitely buy it when it's out on dvd.

 

[purbeast0]

wow i finally got around to seeing this movie.

this movie kicked complete ass. the only thing i wished is that they showed him being a badass more as iron man.

 

[Scouzer]

I didn't really like it. It was a solid 6/10 for me I think.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

I thought it was a bit underwhelming too after hearing it being praised so much... The main problem is, he had too little screen time as Iron Man.. And I understand that its an origin movie blabla, but say Spiderman (I dont care about the soap opera moments) always had its big share of cool action sequences, which is what makes a superhero movie to me

Ah well, lets see how Dark Knight turns out

 

[foghorn67]

Saw it. Loved it, adored it. I want to hug it. No seriously, it was a blast. I think what made this movie were the small moments here and there at just the right time.

spoiler below....

The part that was really predictable was the replacement device for his heart was the gift Pepper gave him. We all knew it was going to come into play later on. However the way his little bot helped him kind of surprised me. I thought that was cool. Giving that bot a little bit of personality through Tony's frustrations was a nice touch.

 

[slayer202]

eh, movie was a little dissapointing. my friends cousin directed it(jon favreau). It seemed kind of slow at some points, and sometimes it just seemed ridiculous as to what tony stark could do himself. the technology and the shit he could build himself was a little far fetched.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: slayer202
eh, movie was a little dissapointing. my friends cousin directed it(jon favreau). It seemed kind of slow at some points, and sometimes it just seemed ridiculous as to what tony stark could do himself. the technology and the shit he could build himself was a little far fetched.

reality check needed in aisle 4. Comic book movie. I mean he is flying in a space age suit, and has an almost perpertual energy device in the first half hour.