Ironman

My two cents worth:

Downey Jr. was brilliant as Stark. Bridges was brilliant as Stane. Although I was disappointed that Rhodes didn't go to Gary Dourdain (of CSI fame) I thought that Terrence Howard (sp?) was perfect. Gwyneth Paltrow didn't bother me as much as she usually does. Even

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Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

The CGI was slick, the designs were perfect, and if the action moved rather slowly, it is because Favreau fully intends this to be a trilogy, and the first installment in any trilogy has to bear the burden of exposition.

I like the way everything was handled, including the updating of Stark's accident and captivity from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

Having said that, my only concern was this: Stark is supposed to be a brilliant engineer, and good engineers design redundancy into EVERY system. Thus,

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why did Tony not have a spare of his most recent arc reactor? Having to use the old one to power the suit for the final fight seemed contrived.

Other than that, I thought the movie was spot-on. Granted, Iron Man has always been one of my favorite Marvel heroes (I like the idea of the smart guy with no superhuman powers who uses his brains and technology to do what he does), so I might be biased. But there you have it. I plan on seeing this again.

i loved this movie

i was a bit worried when i found out that Robert Downey Jr. was gonna be Stark, but after watching the movie i say he pulled it off perfectly.

Iron Man is currently the best comic book movie of all time.

It's better than all of the spiderman movies and all the Xmen movies.
Better than Batman Begins (and i loved Batman Begins)
The BEST.

The movie had an equal amount of drama, comedy, dialogue, and action.

Iron Monger was the best choice as the first villian because it help enforce that changes Tony Stark made to his life were the right choices.

Iron Man is #1 on my list.

I wanted to add some more thoughts about Iron Man and how great it was....

It was the most acurate of all the comic book movies. The only real difference was the location of where Tony Stark was held captive (he was originally captured and held in Vietnam)

Iron Monger was the best choice as the first villian because it help enforce the changes Tony Stark made to his life were the right choices. Also it would have to complicated to introduce the villain Mandarin, Iron Monger was a great choice because it followed the flow and tempo of the movie. Mandarin would have disrupted that tempo.

I felt that Iron Man had everything that other comic book movies lacked. Specifically a great director and great actors. The story was flawless and the effects were amazing.

Iron Man is so far the best comic book movie... well see how The Dark Knight does.

Three way tie with Batman Begins and Spiderman as the greatest comic movies of all time. The movie did $100 million it's first weekend. ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS! Bananas...

Haven't seen it yet, but it's rated higher than Spider-Man 2 was, which is hard to believe.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man/

Originally posted by Madvillain
Haven't seen it yet, but it's rated higher than Spider-Man 2 was, which is hard to believe.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man/

I don't find it too hard to believe. It's easily one of the best comic book films ever made.

Originally posted by jcvaldez
I wanted to add some more thoughts about Iron Man and how great it was....

It was the most acurate of all the comic book movies. The only real difference was the location of where Tony Stark was held captive (he was originally captured and held in Vietnam)

Iron Monger was the best choice as the first villian because it help enforce the changes Tony Stark made to his life were the right choices. Also it would have to complicated to introduce the villain Mandarin, Iron Monger was a great choice because it followed the flow and tempo of the movie. Mandarin would have disrupted that tempo.

I felt that Iron Man had everything that other comic book movies lacked. Specifically a great director and great actors. The story was flawless and the effects were amazing.

Iron Man is so far the best comic book movie... well see how The Dark Knight does.

well, Vietnam is no longer a war-zone so that's understandable

and

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the people who kidnapped him have something to do with Mandarin, their name "The Ten Rings" is a dead give away, and he might be the villain for the next movie(i just wonder how they're gonna explain his powers)

it was a great movie, but i wouldn't say it was better than X2

and for those who haven't seen it... stick around until after all of the credits

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos

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Have you seen UltimateNickFury at all?

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Hate all Ultimates. They should of cast him as a white guy, with brown hair, and white streaks going down the side, kinda like HOW EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HIM!

Originally posted by Madvillain
Haven't seen it yet, but it's rated higher than Spider-Man 2 was, which is hard to believe.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man/

It isn't higher rated by critics. Iron Man is at 94%, Spider-Man 2 has 93%, but the rating of Iron Man is 7.6 by critics, while Spider-Man has 8.2.

I wasn't impressed by either of them. 6/10 to both of them.
As a movie, X2 is the best Marvel film.

Originally posted by Kal of Krypton

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Hate all Ultimates. They should of cast him as a white guy, with brown hair, and white streaks going down the side, kinda like HOW EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HIM!

They tried and this is what you got

Originally posted by Kal of Krypton

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Hate all Ultimates. They should of cast him as a white guy, with brown hair, and white streaks going down the side, kinda like HOW EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HIM!

That happens to look really stupid in live action. How can you dislike Ultimates anyway?

BTW were there more references to the mandarin? They keep showing that huge ring upclose on that bald headed terrorist and he mentioned something about a man that could rule all of asia with that suit.

Originally posted by shksprtx

Having said that, my only concern was this: Stark is supposed to be a brilliant engineer, and good engineers design redundancy into EVERY system. Thus,

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why did Tony not have a spare of his most recent arc reactor? Having to use the old one to power the suit for the final fight seemed contrived.

It's called dramatic effect. 🙂

Im sure for the second movie he'll have about 25 five of them laying around.

Great comments by the way, you had some very good points throughout your review.

Originally posted by ssj_naraku
They tried and this is what you got

Originally posted by ssj_naraku
They tried and this is what you got

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
That happens to look really stupid in live action. How can you dislike Ultimates anyway?

Originally posted by Kal of Krypton

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Hate all Ultimates. They should of cast him as a white guy, with brown hair, and white streaks going down the side, kinda like HOW EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HIM!

All of the Ultimates comics done by Miller/Hitch were some of the best comics I've ever read. I don't understand how you can hate them.

Originally posted by Xplosive
As a movie, X2 is the best Marvel film.

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Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
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Iron Man surely isn't.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
All of the Ultimates comics done by Miller/Hitch were some of the best comics I've ever read. I don't understand how you can hate them.