2008 Movie #54 - Iron Man
Well the Summer movie season is here and looking ahead, I am pretty damn excited about this one has in store for us. This one was right near the top of my most anticipated Summer movies and I was really hoping they weren't going to screw it up, like last year's Summer kick off, Spider-Man 3. Once the good reviews starting pouring in I got even more excited for this one. Last night my theatre held a private screening for the employees and some guests and it was finally time to watch me some Iron Man. Thankfully it wasn't all hype because I can safely say that Iron Man kicks all sorts of crazy ass.
I always thought Iron Man was one of the more underappreciated comic book heroes so it's nice to not only see a movie about him, but one that is right up there with the top comic book movies. I'm talking Batman Begins, X-2 territory here. The hardest comic movie to do is the origin story, but this one pulls it off amazingly well.
It's no secret that a lot of the success of the movie is based on the cast, especially Robert Downey Jr in the lead role of Tony Stark. The man fucking owns this role. He takes his role, bends it over and just goes nuts. It's absolutely perfect casting. The rest of the cast is also really good but it's Downey who is the real highlight.
The action sequences are not as plentiful as I was expecting, but the ones they did have existed to serve the great story so it's probably for the best they didn't just randomly throw in a bunch of action scenes just for the hell of it. When we do get some action though, it's fantastic. Its actually physically satisfying to watch Stark suit up for the first time and start kicking the shit out of people. I actually was giddy, and I don't remember the last time a movie made me feel like that.
I think that just about covers it. Great story, definitely one of the best origin stories to come out of the comic book movie world, great cast with Downey of course doing fantastic work, exciting action sequences that I think left me a little sexually aroused, and a good ending that gives us a hint of what is to come, especially if you stick around until after the end credits. This has to be one of the most significant after credit scenes in movie history. In conclusion, Iron Man is a fantastic way to kick off the summer and is now the blockbuster to beat.
**** 1/2 /5
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I felt completely different about the film. Yeah, it was a good Origin story but it reminded me of the last Hulk film which was a snorefest. Downey is painful in this role, he's over the top and just bad at times. The action was too little and the ending felt underwhelming for a superhero flick... Oh well...
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