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Friday , May 2 , 2008
Review: Iron Man
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 362 , 01:37:58   | Category : film reviews  
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Robert Downey Jr. dominates as Iron Man. When his character Tony Stark, gets back to the US from being kidnapped by guerillas in Afghanistan and making his daring escape, the millionaire playboy holds a press conference and sits down on the floor and says "I never said goodbye to my father," tears welled up in my eyes.

Wow. Now that's acting. Breezy and cool, director Jon Favreau imparts a hip Swingers vibe early on. In the casino, I wanted to shout "double down", but it wouldn't have been appropriate -- they were playing craps. Favreau himself, looking beefy, appears as the guy behind the guy.

But this is just another comic book movie, and the things that happen are right out of an average comic book. They aren't real and have little basis with what is really happening in our world.

The political situation depicted is pretty unreal as well as naively simple, jingoist even. The set-up that allowed Tony to build his costume is pretty unbelievable, now that I think about it. But I still had a blast watching it.

If anyone else had a malfunction on the flight stabilizers they were building into a pair of armored gloves was hurled at high speed into a concrete ceiling 10 feet up, they'd be dead, or at least paralyzed. But not Tony Stark. Next minute, he's wearing a tux, schmoozing at a charity ball and dancing with Gywneth Paltrow, who plays Tony's faithful assistant, Pepper Potts (a classic Marvel name).

With an actor as strong as Robert Downey Jr., you have to have a strong supporting cast, and use them wisely. Most of the time, Downey is interacting with his dumb robotic arms. To give him a break, the action cuts away to Terrence Howard, playing Stark's Air Force colonel best friend, and a shockingly bald-but-bearded Jeff Bridges -- yes the Dude himself -- as a flinty father figure.

I'm not going to say this is the greatest movie ever, but it's pretty damn good, and it's perhaps one of the best, if not THE best superhero movie yet made. I kind of want to go see it again.

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Wonderwoman date : 07/05/2008 time : 14.39
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narcisuss... it beats the last Batman movie.
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wisekwai date : 05/05/2008 time : 18.05
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I guess I'd give the edge to Batman Begins, too. I'd like to see it again. I'm pretty keen on seeing the sequel, too, The Dark Knight. RIP Heath Ledger.
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narcisuss date : 03/05/2008 time : 12.32
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I  come in peace :)

the effects were pretty cool, but I wouldn't say that it beats the last Batman movie.
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khun_k date : 02/05/2008 time : 11.46

totally agree, one of the best superhero movies yet, blows spider-man 3 and x-men 3, right out of the water. wish i saw it at paragon in the siam pavali, that would have been an experience.
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