Am going to see this one tonight. As far as superhero films go, well, I'm not really a fan. I did like batman begins though, mainly the first hour, though it lost its way a touch after that. But aye, Iron man looks alright. I'm looking forward to some mindless entertainment, if it does that I'll be happy enough...
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its getting good reviews on this side of the pond. 
Well it was ok. Some cool touches, but in the main I was dissappointed. The fanboys seemed to lap it up though.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
This pleased and excited me.
This however, made me realise your opinions are not to be trusted.
andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
What else has been as good though? I never really warmed to the Spider-Man films, thought Hulk, FF and Daredevil were alright but nothing special and Batman Begins was overrated. Hellboy was good. Superman Returns was shit. Er, anything else?
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Enid Laundromat used to have one of those little plastic toy irons with a spiral flex with a rubber sucker on the end (so you could pretend to plug it in). She'd stick the sucker to her forehead and put on a super hero cape (teatowel) and run around brandishing the iron shouting "IRON MAN!!!!"
The Groke
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Good "superhero" movies?
Well Batman was waaaaay better than Batman returns.
I also preferred Batman Begins to either of them
I am also very fond of Hellboy, X-Men 2 (1 was good too) and Blade 1 and 2.
Spidey 2 was Ok - the rest were "meh". Daredevil I thought was poop, though I hear the directors cut goes a long way to making amends.
FF were both utter, utter dogshit.
IMESHO of course.
andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
Good "superhero" movies?
Well Batman was waaaaay better than Batman returns.
I also preferred Batman Begins to either of them
I am also very fond of Hellboy, X-Men 2 (1 was good too) and Blade 1 and 2.
Spidey 2 was Ok - the rest were "meh". Daredevil I thought was poop, though I hear the directors cut goes a long way to making amends.
FF were both utter, utter dogshit.
IMESHO of course.
Curse my faltering memory! Yep, loved the X-Men sequel and the Blade films. Iron Man's definitely in the same ballpark quality wise though. Within 30 seconds, Robert Downey Jr just IS Tony Stark!
The Groke
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andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
Good - looking forward to it.
Will try and go one evening this week.
I really hope you enjoy it – and make sure you stay for the bit after the end credits.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It was boring. Although the bit after the credits was quite neat!
Augie March
blahem
"The truth is, I am Iron Man." *cue the one of the best riffs in rock history
^That^ is how you end a film. Brilliant.
^That^ is how you end a film. Brilliant.
Augie March
blahem
What was that?
andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
After the credits, Stark returns to his flash pad in Malibu. Waiting for him there is Samuel L Jackson who introduces himself as Colonel Nick Fury and asks if Iron Man would like to join his new Avengers initiative. 
Augie March
blahem
After the credits, Stark returns to his flash pad in Malibu. Waiting for him there is Samuel L Jackson who introduces himself as Colonel Nick Fury and asks if Iron Man would like to join his new Avengers initiative.
Woah! *jumps up and down like an overexcited ten year old kid
That. Is. Freaking. Awesome.
Augie March
blahem
Samuel L as Nick Fury is made of ultimate win.
Anyone happen to catch the Radio 4 review of this?
I found it hilarious, it was a bunch of liberal middle class tossers trying to talk about a comic book movie, I could imagine their cringing when they got that assignment and their bitter internal struggle to deal with their preconceptions about comic books and how they had to confront it all in a very middle class way that didn't actually change anything, but made them feel good they tried.
I found it hilarious, it was a bunch of liberal middle class tossers trying to talk about a comic book movie, I could imagine their cringing when they got that assignment and their bitter internal struggle to deal with their preconceptions about comic books and how they had to confront it all in a very middle class way that didn't actually change anything, but made them feel good they tried.
Random One
Gwanin
saw this yesterday, i didn't expect it to be very good and it wasn't. I got quite into it at the beginning bt just felt like it kept building up speed and then really slowing down and it never felt like how far through the film you were. Also felt like it wasn't sure what it was trying to do-was it trying to tell an interesting story or be just a standard 'superhero'/action film....and it never did either all that well.
An average film in my opinion
An average film in my opinion
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Woah! *jumps up and down like an overexcited ten year old kid
That. Is. Freaking. Awesome.
Yep that bit almost made the film worthy watching.
Although everyone who stayed in the cinema to watch that had no clue what it was about (which made me laugh)!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Really? That'd be interesting...not sure what I think about the new Hulk tbh. I really liked the other one (me and about three other people on the planet it seemed), dunno if Edward 'I can only do one type of character' Norton is a good idea for Bruce Banner...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Robert and the awesomeness of the effects carried it imo. Upside-down faced Bridges put in a souless performance but then I suppose this is appropriate for the comic book villian. I'll give it 7/10
Wookey
Muppet is not a slur
You watching a pirate, you naughty boy!!?
I thought the film was preposterous. It had more holes than a Crazy Golf course, and was just as frustrating. Where did you store the fuel for your flamethrower? Why is your robot butler so sarcastic? How much did Gwyneth Paltrow cost you, and shouldn't she have acted in return for so much money??
Seriously, Robert and Downey Juniors are both great, he steels the show (steels the show, do you see?!) and acts the others off the screen. He plainly loves the complex duality of his hero/zero billionaire character, and does a neat trade in acerbic one-liners.
The special effects are whizzy, flash-bang and quite eye-poppy, and the Jericho bombs make for slight spine-tingle and ear-wangle when they go off.
The politics of the fillum are like an Exorcet missile with a wonky jet-propulsion system, squirling round in dizzying circles of ever-decreasing relevance. Something about American cheezeburgers, and moral relativism, and imperial mince from Robert Downer Juniors, etc. Woe is me.
Gwyneth Paltrow has long legs, Jeff Bridges of Madison County has a baldy heed and yet even these two show-stoppers cannot detract from a glow-in-the-dark heart and power-palm action from the eponymous hero. Fabulous.
Ted Hughes is spinning in his grave tonight, let me tell you.
Fella who is Rodger Downies' mate eyes the silver suit and says 'Next time, baby!' thus revealing his own insane habit of talking to metal suits, and plans for a money-raking multi-part franchise!!
This fillum will change no-one's life, apart from Micky Rooney Rogers, who is certain to clean up big time if Iron Man: The Rusty Years makes it into production. Let him, he needs the spends. Go and see this movie, then forget it before it forgets you.
Full Metal Micky: 5/10
Part of a cut-out-and-keep review series by Wookey.
xx
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The thing I found interesting was the film made a big deal about getting used to the suit then the other guy gets in the other one with no training and its no problem...
I want to know what they were doing testing weapons in a hostile country in the first place. Don't they usually test weapons in the Nevada desert? I mean you wouldn't go to an area that is over ran by the taliban to test your latest missle... in a convoy of two or three humvees. I gave it 3 / 10 at IMDB.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
I though this was good up until the big daft robot fight at the end, which left me wondering if someone hadn't spliced the end of transformers onto a different film to save money. There wasn't really a convincing bad guy either, Jeff Bridges was good but his character didn't have much weight at all IMO. Basically Downey's performance and some of the less showy special effects stuff made this worth watching for me, it was pleasingly different from all the other superhero films of the last five years or so as well.
Much, much better than those fantastic four movies anyhow.
Much, much better than those fantastic four movies anyhow.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Aren't we asking a lot from a comic book film? bridges and paltrow were 2-d there was good effect and rob did great.
The political angle was unsure of what it wanted to say, but this wasn't about that dammit. This was about a wisecracking man in an iron suit! It was about that bald fella playing the most ludicrous 'dangerous arab warrior-intellectual' I have ever seen.
It was about robotic fire safety gear providing comic relief.
The political angle was unsure of what it wanted to say, but this wasn't about that dammit. This was about a wisecracking man in an iron suit! It was about that bald fella playing the most ludicrous 'dangerous arab warrior-intellectual' I have ever seen.
It was about robotic fire safety gear providing comic relief.
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