Angel Dust on 2/5/2008 at 04:24
Yeah I liked that most, maybe all I can't remember, of the rock songs played during the film are actually 'in' the scene ie on a stereo etc. Stark just loves the rock!
I liked the score for the most part but there were some dodgy bits with the 'obvious manipulating string arrangements' coming in.
Ko0K on 2/5/2008 at 05:19
I just got back from watching this, and I can honestly say that it was a lot of fun. I'll probably watch it again soon.
Fafhrd on 2/5/2008 at 08:38
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Sam Jackson in an eye-patch name-dropping SHIELD like he's Vic Mackay's bitch.
"Kick-fucking-ass is," I believe, the technical term for this movie. Tony Stark's got a retractable stripper pole in the floor of his private jet, which truly makes him a god amongst men. And it had the best Stan Lee cameo in any Marvel movie since the first X-Men.
I'm sorely tempted to see it a second time some time this weekend.
Yell Piranha on 2/5/2008 at 08:47
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
And it had the best Stan Lee cameo in any Marvel movie since the first X-Men.
Its only slightly terrible then?
fett on 2/5/2008 at 12:19
Best superhero movie next to Batman Begins (shutup Stitch ;) )
As I've said in a previous post, Downey was born for the role of Tony Stark, and his off screen antics only lend credibility to the character. It didn't take itself too seriously, the music was great, Paltrow was THE HOT, awesome bad guys, and Sam Jackson in a fucking eye patch.
Highly recommended. :thumb:
Thelink on 2/5/2008 at 18:16
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Also fuck waiting for the end of the credits unless you're some massive comic geek who wants to pop a boner at
Sam Jackson in an eye-patch name-dropping SHIELD like he's Vic Mackay's bitch.
**Hides boner with a pillow** :idea:
Morte on 3/5/2008 at 18:33
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I must say, I'm not getting the criticisms levelled at the third act, in my opinion it didn't suffer from that very ordinary issue of
here's a villain we've dreamt up just to give you a big action sequence, it was all very organic, and in the last act you had two big robots knocking fuck out of each other showing Bay how Transformers should have been done. The very last scene is pretty fucking :cool: though.
My complaint about the third act is that the character moments go away, and we're back to focusing on the plot which I really didn't care much about. We all know how it's going to work out, and Favreau isn't enough of a visual stylist to give the fight that extra bit of oomph it needs. It all feels so perfunctory. "Here's some random sinister chains dangling in front of the damsel followed by two robots smashing each other to bits, because this is a comic book movie for zillions of dollars so we have to have it. Can we get started on the next one now please?"
fett on 4/5/2008 at 03:59
Yeah - the villain (the immediate one anyway) was nicely fleshed out through the movie. Given that it's based on a comic book, I wasn't expecting a deep psychological sidebar about his motivations and such, but Bridges pulled the whole thing off rather well.
piano-sam on 5/5/2008 at 15:17
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
Did you stay to the end of the credits? Apparently Samuel L. Jackson's cameo as Nick Fury is at the end.
Thats a change. The last Nick Fury was the Hoff, and he did pretty good at it.
Chimpy Chompy on 5/5/2008 at 15:53
It goes with the Nick Fury from the Ultimate Marvel universe (see: DJK's link)
