Has he lost
his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Well Robert Downey Jr. in the past hasn’t
been able to see account of the uh…. drinking. Let’s just say that for a while
Rob Downey Jr. was Tony Stark for a while. This is the first movie of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is done very well and totally believable. People
said “How is this comic book going to translate into a film, and more importantly,
how are they going to make the suit?” when Marvel announced that they were
actually making an Iron Man movie. When you watch this movie, you are totally
going to believe it and want an Iron Man suit, or at least a billion dollars.
The movie starts with a great opening
scene. You get a feeling about what Tony Stark is all about. He is a smug arrogant
guy, and these characteristics don’t really change after the events that make
him Iron Man. They made a pretty risky move setting the opening events in
Afghanistan. The original country Tony went to was Vietnam, for the war was
happening at the time the character was created. Since we don’t have any
problems with Vietnam now, and we kind of do with Afghanistan….. it was a
clever nod to the original storyline.
The
chemistry Tony has with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltroh) is very charming and
interesting. Pepper is the only person (besides Rhodey) that Tony has as a
friend. On one hand you can say “How could this nice girl like this rich jerk?”
In the scenes they share together you can see that it isn’t a perfect
relationship, but they get through it. It is always there, and we wish we had
those relationships with our loved ones.
Most of the special effects look like
they belonged in the Iron Man Video Game for the PS3. The flying sequences
looked good. In some parts they looked great, but when you see Iron Man come
out of a cave and he looks like a cartoon….. it isn’t doing great! The CGI team
should have spent more time working on making it look better. When Iron Man is
being chased by Air Force Jets, it looks really good. The CGI is great in that
scene, and the scene itself is really exciting. It is more exciting to watch a
10 minute flying chase scene, instead of an 8 minute boring boss fight, which
we will get into later!
The audience is lead to believe that a certain
character is the main antagonist. When he is actually going to do something, he
is taken out of the movie, and we are introduced to the real villain, even
though it was pretty obvious that was him. He’s bald and his job was taken from
him by a rich brat, of course he’s the bad guy!
Jeff Bridges as Iron Monger, the real
villain of this movie is nothing to think twice about. His motivation is clear.
He wants to kill Stark and get his job back as head of the company. He isn’t written very well, but Bridge’s does
a good job with what is given to him. He doesn’t have much character to him,
but the character that was there was serviceable.
Of course Terrance Howard was only in
this movie of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe.) It is STILL unclear why he
wasn’t in the sequel, but he was a better Rhodey. He has funny lines, and you
will like the character instantly, and yes, we all wanted to see Terrance
Howard in an Iron Man suit. His exact line when he saw the Mark 2 suit was “Next
time baby.” Guess not. THANKS A LOT DON CHEADLE!!!
When you see final fights, you are
expecting something fantastic and epic! With this…. NO! YOU DON’T GET THAT! Venom
got more of a fight in Spider-Man 3, and that sucked! This fight isn’t
exciting, fun, or entertaining. It is disrespectful to the character and the
audience. Screw that fight!
Anyway, the movie is still good, despite
the problems. It was a good way to introduce people to The Avengers. It was
fun, stylish, and awesome. Full Price! Enjoy!
RATING SYSTEM
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RENTAL!
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