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Movie review: Iron Man

Journal Entry: Mon May 5, 2008, 10:14 PM
Of all the various marvel movies that have been released, I must say that this one is my favorite. And the Where's Waldo twist of "Find Stan Lee's Appearance in the movie" has gotta be the best one yet as well.

Robert Downing was a perfect choice for Iron Man, and though I expected "I am Iron Man" from Ozzy/Black Sabboth to come out a lot earlier than it did, it still nonetheless made an appearance.

Now for all concerned: THERE IS EXTRA FOOTAGE AFTER ALL THE CREDITS! DON'T MISS IT! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T MISS IT!

Being a geek myself, I feel they made a good modern transformation of the story line. Still get's a heart wound, and instead of vietnam he goes instead to Afganistan, computer graphics were awesome, acting was great, and the subtle humor of Tony Stark is quite phenominal.

And by the way... Burger King must've spent a mint for their spot. I'm surprised Mountain Dew didn't get in on that.

BTW... that's a 1000 dollar tip he sticks in the tip jar at the party.

I rate this movie a 5 out of 5

  • Mood: Joy
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  • Watching: Eureka 7
  • Playing: Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • Eating: Subway
  • Drinking: Water

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~Chwen-Hoou:iconChwen-Hoou: May 5, 2008, 11:16:47 PM
Don't forget the stripper pole in his private jet. ;P I just lost it when I saw it come up. :rofl: That was an awesome movie, I've gotta see it again.

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~pikmasterXIII:iconpikmasterXIII: May 5, 2008, 11:33:40 PM
I saw the movie the day it came out with some of my friends. I almost left at the end, but fortunately, one of them said there might be something cool at the end of the movie. There definitely was!

Also, I love how Stark always gets his way. It makes the movie so awesome. His "life's just a big game" attitude really adds to his personality!


" Spoilers Below"

Samuel L. Jackson is perfect for the part of Nick Fury. What's coming is going to be awesome. I can't wait.
*sumo0172:iconsumo0172: May 6, 2008, 12:13:56 AM
i most certainly agree. after civil war i kept thinking "man they better do something to make me like tony stark again". yeah, marvel sure as hell did that.

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~victortky:iconvictortky: May 6, 2008, 1:15:54 AM Mood: Wow!
Ironman was awesome. The movie rocks. I like the action scenes and the weapons! Tony Stark is pretty awesome in the movie, better than the comics. The ending was what I like best.

three things I feel should be improved:
1) Tony stark should build more than one power core, in that way it will be not fatal for him. (in case someone steal his power core)
2) The new suit should have some emergency backup power that can last for a coupel of hours.
3) Why did they don't use tanks against the Iron monger?

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~darkecofreak23:icondarkecofreak23: May 6, 2008, 3:39:34 AM
Still my favorite set of lines:

Reporter: You've been called the Da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that?

Stark: Absolutely untrue. I don't paint.

Reporter: What about your other nickname, the Merchant of Death?

Stark: That's not bad.

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~CycKath:iconCycKath: May 6, 2008, 4:04:33 AM
Yeah, for a guy whose main claims to fame are he was an alcoholic and now a facist, it was pretty damn good. RDJ was indeed the best choice, right sort of actor for the role.
~Strangerataru:iconStrangerataru: May 6, 2008, 2:45:34 PM
Hey, BK's "American Cheeseburger" was one of the best product placements I've seen in a movie in a long time!

Personally liked everything outside two nitpicks: didn't like Terrance Howard as Rhodey and the bit about the hostage video being directly connected to Stane was absurb...but the rest was a gold..er, Iron mine!

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~psudodrake:iconpsudodrake: May 6, 2008, 7:35:48 PM
I had one nitpick, and that was Stark revealing that he was ironman right away.
~psudodrake:iconpsudodrake: May 6, 2008, 7:38:53 PM
1> I agree, but then you wouldn't have the plot element they had here
2> Yes it should, and I think that that is a later adaptation.
3> Not really easy to roll a tank down a city street like that, but yes it would be cool to have tanks hit him like that. Though, that one tank catching ironman while in flight? Kinda hard to believe...

Something I did notice though. Anyone else note that the way the armor is applied is similar to the Marine armor being applied in the Starcraft2 trailer?