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Author Topic: Iron Man (2008) Derrick Huggins Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Gotham City Registered: Feb 2008 posted 05-04-2008 02:29 PM                    SPOILER!:i havent read marvel in a while. but my friend said they did indeed change nick fury's apperance in the comic books. (he's black) should be a hell of a ride coming soon.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 05-04-2008 03:00 PM                        quote: Mike Schulz Chris Elliott??? What in the hell would he do? He would fly around and yell "THESE PIPES... ARE CLEAN!" Haven't seen this movie yet, but would like to. Seems like Robert Downey Jr is kinda playing himself in this one. I am a sucker for hot men in robot-like flying suits.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 05-04-2008 03:55 PM                     I'd give the film 4 out of 5, but only because I thought it was too long. Seriously, they could shave half an hour off it without losing anything important! Other than that, great film - I actually thought his first 'iron man' would be it; the end of the movie but no For once, I wasn't the only person that sat through the credits - there were at least 5 other people waiting for an extra scene; perhaps they read about it on the Internet?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-04-2008 05:53 PM                        The scene at the end of the credits did nothing for me except make me say "WTF??".  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-04-2008 10:33 PM                     SPOILER!!!! quote: Derrick Huggins SPOILER!:i havent read marvel in a while. but my friend said they did indeed change nick fury's apperance in the comic books. (he's black) should be a hell of a ride coming soon. It's even cooler than that. Here's a picture from the comic.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-05-2008 09:50 AM                        Saw it again, still liked it just as much. Stayed for the credit cookie (along with a lot of other people), was probably worth the wait for the fanboys. Unfortunately we all also got to see the blue MPAA rating tag spliced out of frame and the film tail out sounding like it will blow a speaker if they don't fix it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-05-2008 10:08 AM                     SPOILER!!! From Yahoo : "Marvel plans to launch its 2010 film slate with the release of the sequel, Iron Man 2, on April 30, 2010, followed by the launch of Thor on June 4, 2010. Additionally, Marvel is planting its feature film stakes for summer 2011 with an Avengers-themed summer – a two-picture project which will debut on May 6, 2011 with The First Avenger: Captain America (working title), followed by The Avengers in July 2011." I can't believe they're actually doing this the right way.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 05-05-2008 11:02 PM                        Well I was not all that excited about it , yes the DTS sound mix was one one the best I have heard for a while. It started out ok then after the halfway mark it just bogged down and became predicable and silly and even boring. Also not a big fan of Robert Downey JNR , he over acted his part too much. The last superman , batman was far better. The best part was probably the Indi 4 trailer 3 out of 5 from me  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-05-2008 11:32 PM                        Cuba Gooding Jr had a pretty lame role, but I guess he is going to be "Warhammer" or something like that in the next movie. Warhammer also wears an Iron Man suit but it is a different color so you can tell them apart.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-05-2008 11:47 PM                     Location: Carmike 8, Lawton, OK Auditorium: #5 Format: 2K DLP Rating: 3 stars out of 4 Checked out Iron Man this evening. I thought it was a pretty decent super hero movie. I'd like to see it again. But I don't think Iron Man ranks as the greatest super hero movie ever. It had its moments though. Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow had good on-screen chemistry. Got a few good laughs out of some of the intentionally funny action moments. Although a good time was had, the movie didn't do enough to explain away some of the more implausible aspects. For instance, I'll forgive the impossibly complex super computer-driven head's up display inside the metal helmets. In reality such a thing would probably take hundreds of computer scientists working years on end to build. But Tony Stark can make a finished product with that capability by himself in a short amount of time. I may have been the only person in the theater bothered at all by this detail. So I'll stop being an asshole about it. If you fall from a great height just dressed in street clothes you'll probably die. So what kind of "cushion" against death do you get when speeding down at the earth dressed in an iron suit weighing hundreds of pounds? Wouldn't astro physics dictate that after the crash the destroyed iron suit would be filled with bloody human goo? Those problems probably could have been overcome with some tweaks to the story here and there. Overall, there was enough fun moments to balance out those issues as well as some problems with the battle near the show's end. I thought the cinematography could have been better. It just seemed to have that "yeah, it's a cropped to Super35 show" sort of feel to it. Sound was decent, but the bass was pretty boomy (could be a theater EQ thing). Yeah, the Black Sabbath tune at the end was predictable. Still, I thought all the AutoCAD™ styled vector graphics stuff was pretty cool. I think the clip after the credits should have been moved up, at least to when all the vector animated graphics ended. I was kind of pissed off by the time that scene finally got onto the screen. Not because the credits were too long. It's just that I had to sit through those credits listening to a group of loud teens sitting nearby who obviously missed their last few doses of Ritalin™. I guess they were just there in a nearly empty auditorium to hang out or something. As the credits were winding down I had to ask them to hold it down. Nope. So I did the "shh" thing. Nope. So I finally yelled, "hey, shut the fuck up!" That got them quiet. Not one of my prouder moments. But as I was heading out the doors others who stayed through the credits to see the same scene told me they were pretty annoyed by those teens as well.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 05-06-2008 12:33 PM                  Here's my review of the first 15 seconds...looked like Robert Downey Jr. was acting. Unfortunately I wasn't in the mood for a prison movie and - judging from the "bars" on the screen I was looking "through" - that's about what I was going to see. As soon as it was confirmed that the plentitude of scratches I'd watched through the entire trailer package was continuing into the feature I got my money back. Regal People's Plaza Stadium 17 in Delaware. I can't believe they destroyed that print so thoroughly in one day! Way to go morons!  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 05-08-2008 02:19 PM                        Has anyone here seen both formats of this movie, the Digital Projection and the Film Print? I'm planning on seeing it with my movie guild this weekend and we're considering viewing the DP version over print.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-08-2008 03:30 PM                     Couldn't you just go to a DLP show and exchange your ticket to a later 35mm show if you think it looks awful?  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-08-2008 03:31 PM                     I've seen both. I think the digital version looks better.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-08-2008 04:35 PM                        Do the tickets cost the same price, or is there still a premium?  |  IP: Logged

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