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MM Movie Review: Iron Man
May 6, 2008 | 2:22 PM
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Hear is my first in my series of summer movie reviews. Don't worry, there will be no spilers, and if you do want to talk about something in the movie that is key to the plot, make it known before you type it. Comments are more than welcome!

I saw Iron Man on Friday, and I thought it was an excellent movie. When I first heard Robert Downey Jr. was going to be cast in the lead role, I had my doubts, but I don't think they could have picked a better leading man. Gwenneth Paltrow plays his assistant/love interest in the film and she is very good. It isn't often when you get an academy award winnning actor for a flick like these. Jeff Bridges, a very underrated actor in my opinoin,  is also excellent in his role as a shadowy businnes partner. In a lot of comic book movies, you can tell the actors are phoning it in for a paychck, but that isn't the case here.

The effects are amazing. Probably the best of any comic book adaptation so far. Rarely does computer generated imagery (CGI) look so real. I couldn't tell when something was CGI or not. The action scenes were also good. There could have been more, but a lot of action was sacrificed for plot and character development, which is a good thing, though I think the momentum of the story suffered a litte slowdown in the middle.

So, it comes down to this: if a movie about a billoinare that makes a high tech suit of armor that allows him to fly and shoot lazer beams out of his hands sounds stupid to you, don't see it. If you are like me, that is freaking awesome! I love comic books and comic book adaptation movies, and I have always been an Iron Man fan, so that they pulled off this movie so well was a real treat. There is an axcellent mix of seriousness and comedy that is just perfect, and the scenes where he is building the suit, which happens the whole movie, make this story as believable as possible. Luckily, this comic book movie is filed in with the good ones (Batman Begins, X-Men 1 &2, Spieder-man 1 & 2) and not the bad ones (Fantastic Four 1 &2, Ghost Rider, Spider-man 3).

I give Iron Man a 4.5 out of 5.

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mechany144 read my blog view my photos
May 6, 2008 | 4:03 PM

We went to see it Sunday. I dug the heck out of it. Nia normaly does not like action flicks but even she enjoyed it. But then again she thinks Downey is hot. That may be why.
I have been a fan of Iron Man comics since I was a kid. This movie kept pretty much to the original story. A few updates but that is to be expected. Yeah, a little more blow em ups would have been cool, but you have to develop the characters. Marvel has already said that Iron Man 2 will be out in 2010. Looking forward to it.
Mutatis-Mutandis read my blog
May 6, 2008 | 4:31 PM

Yes, I have a feeling Iron Man 2 will be off-the-wall kickass with the action. Same with the next Superman movie. Superman Returns was okay, but just okay. And yeah, they just had to make the time changes from the original story. Wouldn't have made much sense setting it in Vietnam, lol.
mr_wildflower read my blog view my photos
May 6, 2008 | 8:46 PM

Who knows I might take your recommendation and go see it.... I have been dissapointed lately with some of the crap that has been out at the movies....... If I tell them Mutatis sent me can I get a discount......??
Mutatis-Mutandis read my blog
May 6, 2008 | 9:21 PM

Couldn't hurt to try. If it works, let me know, because actually being Mutatis should be like a free ticket then.
superjaybrd read my blog view my photos
May 7, 2008 | 7:49 AM

Movies have pretty much sucked the past couple years.
Usually, the ones that the "critics" love are WAAAYYY too artsy-fartsy for me.
Horror movies aren't even very good anymore...they are all gore (no, not AL GORE..lol)and CGI.
Your review looks promising, Mut. We shall see.
Mutatis-Mutandis read my blog
May 7, 2008 | 8:26 AM

Well, there is nothing "artsy-fartsy" about Iron Man Jay Bird, I can gurantee you that, lol.
Legolas read my blog view my photos
May 8, 2008 | 11:31 AM

I plan on seeing that...my man Cramer is supposed to be in it...
anthonydhosea read my blog view my photos
May 13, 2008 | 6:50 PM

obama should pick his wife are

a person that looks like him as

a running mate
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