Sitting down AJ and Dale??? Yes, I, myself and me went to see "Iron Man" and I have a lot of good things to say about it!!
First of all I want the house Iron Man has in Malibu and then I want his iron suit with red highlights!!! Oh, but that house!!
I
am a great admire of Robert Downey, Jr. as an actor. He is concise in
his speech and knows how to deliver a laugh line. His body is
sculptured but not overly done and his mustache is a character of it's
own. He is certainly believable as a women chaser, a boozer just as he
is believable as an overachiever and a gadget genius and he has some
very funny bits with 'his' robots.
At first Jeff Bridges is
almost unrecognizable and really isn't a first rate villain but he
supplies what is needed in opposing Iron Man. A more interesting
villain is Faran Tahir who along with looking menacing has a lot of
masculine appeal.
The film is fast, energetic, interesting with a few, to me, big missteps.
Terrence
Howard is wasted in a throw away role. I am not particularly a fan of
Gwyneth Paltrow but she does deliver a few sharp lines with a tinge of
humor. I just don't see her as sexy or strong enough as a love interest.
There
is an aerial fight that I suppose has to be in a picture of this sort
but I found it time wasting and there is a laughable Iron Man VS
another Iron Man fight that is harking back to Godzilla VS King Kong
and every other villain VS. hero fight without anything new added.
Is
it a good film? I wouldn't quite say that but it was a pleasant way of
spending 2 hours watching a genre that I usually don't go to see and
this will probably be my 'hero' movie of the year--not counting Indiana
Jones!!!
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I am not sure how much you have followed the comic books. When viewing some of the characters you take issue with through their "comic-lineage" they're more on par. Thats what happens when Marvel is the controlling intrest. So the question is: be true to the comic characters or hollywoodize them for movies?
' I am not sure how much you have followed the comic books.' I may be one of the few but I haven't/don't read comic books--I can only look at the screen and decide if it holds my interest.