Rarely can a movie make me feel that nostalgia like Slurpee's, stand up arcade games and Schwinn stingrays. In 2008, Iron Man is THAT movie. I like comic books. I love the mythos involved with them. Sometimes though the translation from panels in the pages get lost when they move to the big screen. For me, most of these movies are hit and miss. Spiderman 1 & 2...hits. Spidey 3...miss. The first two X-Mens…pretty great. The 3rd…a HUGE suckfest. Don’t EVEN get me started about The Punisher or Elektra…blah. I have ALWAYS been an Iron Man fan. Since I was a kid, he was in the top five of hero's I would play as I would run around the city blocks hunting down injustice. The movie, “Iron Man” is quick witted and really well acted (The entire cast gets props). Jon Favreau keeps the special effects in the service of the characters and doesn't go overboard. I could have used more Iron Monger last act…minus the stale and insipid back and forth between Stark and Flynn…I mean, Jeff Bridges. The fight and flight scenes are terrific and Downey IS Iron Man. I have to see this in the theatre at least one more time and I’m curious to see what they will do next time around, Armor Wars anyone? This could be a great franchise if they keep the sequels as fresh and fast as this one was.
Peace-DAG!
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I loved this movie, but Jeff Bridges was bush as the iron monger.
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