Anyone else love Iron Man?

[DropkickDisco]

Since The Dark Knight is one of my favorite superhero movies (and I credit it for renewing interest in comic films), I should also give credit to Iron Man, which was just as fantastic. Robert Downey Jr. was excellent, the visuals were spectacular, and everything was just top-notch. I can't wait for Iron Man 2, which will introduce Mickey Rourke as the villain. They released a new image today showing Stark, Whiplash, and Black Widow:

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/ScarlettWidow1sm.jpg

What did you think of Iron Man, also one of the best comic adaptations?

[WarrENDeatH]

I really did like Iron Man, it had a certain quirkyness to it that you had to love. Robert Downey Jr is such a solid actor, you really can't go wrong with him. I really don't think that it was the same quality as TDK but it was up there. One of the better comic book films.

[Batfan22]

I thought the iron man movie was good but a little overrated, TDK is way better both as a super hero movie and a movie overall ( in my opinion of course)

[MCREF]

I liked both a lot. Iron Man set the bar and TDK topped it, but at the same time I like how both of the characters (Tony and Bruce) are different kinds of heroes. If the whole world was dark like Batman it would be completely depressing. It's good to mix it up every once in awhile and I think (box office and mood wise) that Iron Man was the white knight to The Dark Knight.

[butterskenny]

I didn't like the movie, to much of him trying to perfect the suit and not enough of him using it.

[Amputechture]

It was okay. I think they could have used a better villain for the first, and now Don Cheadle is taking over for Terrence Howard. I hate it when they change actors like that but I heard there were financial factors involved. Downey Jr. did a decent job as Stark, even though he was pretty much himself in the film. Spider-Man ranks up there with the better comic book films, probably the best Marvel film followed closely by Iron Man.

[DropkickDisco]

I'd rank both Iron Man and TDK at 9/10. They were both fantastic.

[ambush king]

my son cant stop watching iron man and the incredables. those are among his Fav movies.

for a 2 year old he knows how to pick some winners

[JawsFanJesse]

my son cant stop watching iron man and the incredables. those are among his Fav movies.

for a 2 year old he knows how to pick some winners

Yea! Give Him a Hi-Five for me !

Ironman is My favorite Hero in the Marvel Universe

[PS3/PSPGamer7]

I'm more of a Marvel guy, so naturally i liked Iron Man better. But I also really love TDK, fantastic movie. Ont topic Iron Man the movie was good, game not so much

[akaWarMachine]

I thought Iron Man set a good standard for future comic movies. After being a member of this forum I have become more critical of TDK. I also agree that switching actors like James Rhodes (Iron Man) and Rachel Dawes (TDK) is distracting. The first Spiderman was good, but it fell apart after that. X-Men was similar to Spiderman in terms of the later movies lacking quality. The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton was decent. More MARVEL movies are coming out in the next couple of years and I doubt that I will like any of them. Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern? I don't think we should start switching the ethnic background of superheroes.

[thedeadpool]

Ironman was an awesome movie. Am I the ony one that doesnt like how whiplash looks in the pictures for the new movie.

[Matches Malone]

All I can say is that there wasn't anything bad in the movie, wasn't anything spectacular either though. Mostly style with a lack of substance. Kinda like Transformers

[thedeadpool]

Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern? I don't think we should start switching the ethnic background of superheroes.

In the ultimate universe Nick Fury is black

[Matches Malone]

I thought Iron Man set a good standard for future comic movies. After being a member of this forum I have become more critical of TDK. I also agree that switching actors like James Rhodes (Iron Man) and Rachel Dawes (TDK) is distracting. The first Spiderman was good, but it fell apart after that. X-Men was similar to Spiderman in terms of the later movies lacking quality. The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton was decent. More MARVEL movies are coming out in the next couple of years and I doubt that I will like any of them. Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern? I don't think we should start switching the ethnic background of superheroes.

You know John Stewart isn't the only Green Lantern right? The movie will be based on the 2nd (and most BA) Green Lantern Hal Jordan. The above post above already covered your Nick Fury confusion, though I prefer the original Fury over the ultimate any day.

[arOnex20]

In the ultimate universe Nick Fury is black

and there's more than one Green Lantern.

[thedeadpool]

yea i know there was more than one green lantern. Hal is my favorite Lantern of all.

[Ensanguined Walls]

All I can say is that there wasn't anything bad in the movie, wasn't anything spectacular either though. Mostly style with a lack of substance. Kinda like Transformers

I can't say that I agree with you. I thought that there was quite a bit of substance.

[metalhead_dave]

Since The Dark Knight is one of my favorite superhero movies

Wait... what? Aren't you the one who wrote "Unpopular Opinions: The Dark Knight?" This doesn't make sense.

Oh, and IM was good but needed more action. I'm afraid IM2 will really suck though, due to it's fast production, and it's villains' MOs seeming to be recycled from Iron Monger. RDJ will put on an amazing performance though.

[Abeja]

I thought it was awesome. Great movie to start things off. Loved it as an origin story, and Downey as Stark. Im not too much of a fan of the comic book Iron Man cause he seems like hes on the wrong side of things. However in this movie, they showed how badass Stark can be. Im a fan of Favreau and Swingers.

I wouldnt say it was better than TDK tho. Youll have to come back down from that cloud.

Nick Fury is still white on Earth 616. Chill out Warmarchine. Ya know, with a name like that, why ask that question?

[DropkickDisco]

I thought it was awesome. Great movie to start things off. Loved it as an origin story, and Downey as Stark. Im not too much of a fan of the comic book Iron Man cause he seems like hes on the wrong side of things. However in this movie, they showed how badass Stark is

I wouldnt say it was better than TDK tho. Youll have to come back down from that cloud.

Uh, some people might disagree with you, so there's no "cloud" to come down, because your view on a film isn't fact. I actually slightly prefer Iron Man over TDK, despite giving them 9/10s.

[Abeja]

Its not a fair comparison, we can compare IM2 with TDK (even tho id take Batman over IM anyways). Id rather compare BB and Iron Man if you wanted to. And ill take Batman in a landslide. I agree completely with whoever said that the villain lacked in Iron Man. It was a couple action sequences with some cutsy moments. I really liked the cave part tho. His escape was probably the best part of the movie for me.

[scarecrow22]

im exited for the superhero tranformers! MARVLEbots VS. DCepticons

[stoobytoons]

I never really cared for the character, but I enjoyed the film. It was well-done. Johnny Fav and RD Jr. seem to collaborate quite well.

[GothamKnight]

I hated it.The reason was because of Robert Downey Jr. I just never liked him.

[Abeja]

I havent read much of the Ultimate, but on the 616, he is always written like he is evil or something. He had an alcohol problem, Civil War, WWH. Only thing he did note-worthy was start the Avengers.

[Zombie-Gamer]

I liked it, it was the little things that made me like it, like when he's testing out his boosters and he gets thrown into the wall, and the robot sprays him with the fire extinguisher,

[Game Weasel]

I didn't like the movie, to much of him trying to perfect the suit and not enough of him using it.

See now, form e this is exactly what I LOVED about this movie. Over half the movie was just Tony Stark building the suit and I loved every moment of it. In fact, the only time I lost interest was during the final show down with the big baddy.

[Sterlington]

Loved the movie, hated the game.

[Riddling Artist]

i liked both TDK and Iron Man. I like How Iron Man is extremely well done bu ti feel some of the characters could of used some more fleshing out. TDK was also Well done like Iron Man but The Batsuit and the whole transfer to a chicago style city kinda ruined it a bit for me.
now if we were talking villain wise between IronMan and TDK Joker would pwn the iron monger in terms of being a character.

[CodeBlack]

Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern? I don't think we should start switching the ethnic background of superheroes.

As was already said, Ultimate Nick Fury is black, and specifically modeled after Jackson. Meanwhile, there are five human Green Lanterns, and John Stewart, while my favorite of the bunch, is the only black one. Ryan Reynolds is playing Hal Jordan, the second Green Lantern (though I think he'd make a better Kyle Rayner).

[angleslam99]

As far as comic book movies went last summer:

Iron Man > Dark Knight = Hellboy 2

[CaptainMcMulla]

Not much really into iron man.

[Batman-DCU]

Iron Man is my favorite superhero above all else. The movie was pretty good. Some people say the fight scene between Iron Monger and Iron Man was short, but think about this, if there were a fight between two incredibly powered robotic suits, how long do you think it'd last?

[Black sabbith102]

I haven't seen it actually. I'm not much of a fan of Iron Man. It seems a good amount of you guys liked it so maybe Ill check it out.

[AnimatedMonster]

These are relevant to this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlLeCu63HCA&feature=PlayList&p=AC8E3536FCA549AA&index=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBhLayXlwA&feature=PlayList&p=AC8E3536FCA549AA&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW6N2icB88s&feature=PlayList&p=AC8E3536FCA549AA&index=2

I like Ironman, but Batman will always be my favorite.

Ironman was definitely one of the better comic based movies to come out.

[AdamWest]

I loved the Iron Man filmed, Robert Downey Jr. portrays Tony Stark very very well and can't wait til' the next film.

I'll be giving most of my "love" to Mrs. Johansson

[batfan08]

I thought Iron Man set a good standard for future comic movies. After being a member of this forum I have become more critical of TDK. I also agree that switching actors like James Rhodes (Iron Man) and Rachel Dawes (TDK) is distracting. The first Spiderman was good, but it fell apart after that. X-Men was similar to Spiderman in terms of the later movies lacking quality. The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton was decent. More MARVEL movies are coming out in the next couple of years and I doubt that I will like any of them. Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern? I don't think we should start switching the ethnic background of superheroes.


I'm really tired of people saying they switched Green Lantern's ethnicity .I'm willing to bet that your only exposure to GL was on the Justice League cartoon.Hal Jordan was the first GL (Alan Scott's got a magic ring,not scientific)and he was a caucasian male(like Reynolds).

[Matches Malone]

I'm really tired of people saying they switched Green Lantern's ethnicity .I'm willing to bet that your only exposure to GL was on the Justice League cartoon.Hal Jordan was the first GL (Alan Scott's got a magic ring,not scientific)and he was a caucasian male(like Reynolds).

Yeah its extremely infuriating for me as well.

[Drazar]

Incase this hasn't been posted yet:
http://i31.tinypic.com/2nuu5x0.jpg

[The Hylden]

It's hard to skirt the line of an arrogant, sarcastic jerk that is so without offending people too much. They just did it in Iron Man, ha. He had enough merit to his beliefs, convictions, that it made him not so shallow. I liked it a lot. The whole cave section and him battling later the terrorists and the tank – all was great. And yes, who but Tony Stark would then brazenly announce his secret identity to the world:p Looking forward to the next one.

[batfan08]

I think ScarJo should stay a Redhead,whoever agrees say I.

I.

[AdamWest]

I think ScarJo should stay a Redhead,whoever agrees say I.

Say I

[Ensanguined Walls]

It's hard to skirt the line of an arrogant, sarcastic jerk that is so without offending people too much. They just did it in Iron Man, ha. He had enough merit to his beliefs, convictions, that it made him not so shallow. I liked it a lot. The whole cave section and him battling later the terrorists and the tank – all was great. And yes, who but Tony Stark would then brazenly announce his secret identity to the world:p Looking forward to the next one.

What I especially liked about Iron Man was how natural some of the sequences felt. In the Middle Eastern war scenes, it had a genuine "war movie" feel, and each bit was done exceptionally well. I also greatly appreciate how shaky and realistic some of the flight bits looked, as if the movie was occasionally a fine documentary.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about the Avenger Initiative in IM2.

[curiousgerbil]

I think ScarJo should stay a Redhead,whoever agrees say I.

I.

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Also, I loved the Iron Man movie. It's in my top 3 live action comic book movies ever.

[Turn and Face the Strange]

Why is Nick Fury being played by Samuel L. Jackson?

The Ultimate Nick Fury (aka, the best) was modelled after the likeness of Samuel L. Jackson. Makes sense that he should play the character.

[Ensanguined Walls]

What do you all think about their decision to make Justin Hammer a younger man in IM2?

http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ma/cine_vegas_honorees_210608/sam_rockwell_1934018.jpg

[Turn and Face the Strange]

Is that a new Ironsuit? Aw! It's.... weird to look at, but.... also very cool.

And.... NATASHA ROMANOVA? (going by the pic, haven't read any Ironman 2 news, so I've got no clue who's in it. PLEASE tell me that's Natasha Romanova.)

[Drazar]

Justin Hammer brings more charismatic competition compared to having a Old fart playing him. =p Not to mention we all know what he will do with Whiplash anyhow. ;)

[Ensanguined Walls]

Justin Hammer brings more charismatic competition compared to having a Old fart playing him. =p Not to mention we all know what he will do with Whiplash anyhow. ;)

I must confess that I haven't read much of Iron Man. What is his connection to Whiplash?

[Drazar]

Eh, it might be spoilerish, especially if you dont know much about Justin Hammer so here:
Well we all see how rubbish Whiplash's costume is. It has so many visible spots that Iron Man could just 1 shot the guy. Justin Hammer is a competition guy to Tony Stark, Whiplash has the russian name of the 1st original Crimson Dynamo (think Iron Mongler but far superiour) so Justin Hammer most likely will upgrade Whiplash's costume into Crimson Dynamo. :)

[Gary_Bailey]

I hated it.The reason was because of Robert Downey Jr. I just never liked him.

Robert Downey Jr and Tony Stark share things in common with each other
- both intelligent
- both rich
- both abusers of substances like drugs and alcohol even though Downey now isn't but hey Stark is and always will be an alcoholic
- different paths, same approach for example Stark producing weapons, saw what was being done with it, stopped it, and you can guess with Downey

[The_Clown_Prince_Of_Crime]

Robert Downey Jr is the best actor of this generation & my fave actor of all time.I wish he was cast in every film in every role....both male & female roles,that's how awesome he is

[The Hylden]

What I especially liked about Iron Man was how natural some of the sequences felt. In the Middle Eastern war scenes, it had a genuine "war movie" feel, and each bit was done exceptionally well. I also greatly appreciate how shaky and realistic some of the flight bits looked, as if the movie was occasionally a fine documentary.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about the Avenger Initiative in IM2.

:thumb: Yup. The director did a fine job of making it feel real, including Stark's plight of the shot to the heart and working in the cave. Sound and visuals were used much like a war movie would, a 'la Saving Private Ryan, or Black Hawk Down.

The_Clown_Prince_Of_Crime:
Robert Downey Jr is the best actor of this generation & my fave actor of all time.I wish he was cast in every film in every role....both male & female roles,that's how awesome he is

Woah there, tiger! :p Someone get the bucket of ice, STAT!

[Riddling Artist]

okay. people keep talking about the whole nick fury thing so i have a question as the deciding factor in this fight.

samuel L jackson or david hasselhoff?

[AdamWest]

The_Clown_Prince_Of_Crime:


Woah there, tiger! :p Someone get the bucket of ice, STAT!

Hahaha :lol:

[Ensanguined Walls]

New Iron Man 2 images!

Stark and Pepper Potts:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bDDThv97ILg/SmEYf3aBQtI/AAAAAAAABn4/C8HoOnzO-yw/s1600-h/2dadgyf.jpg.png

Don Cheadle as Rhodes (Justin Hammer is the bespectacled gentleman behind him):

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bDDThv97ILg/SmEYfa1V3TI/AAAAAAAABnw/orlaqHe20uQ/s1600-h/1zmdmvr.png

[MCREF]

The Samuel Jackson issue:
I'm black, but I really could care less who played Nick Fury before I saw the ending to Iron Man. When I saw Jackson on screen and I remembered the Ultimate version, I was like, "YEAH!" He looks almost just like the Fury on the comic and I believe he has the authoritative demeanor to pull it off. That's why I'm pulling for him now but still, white Fury black Fury not much of a difference. It doesn't hurt or help the character in any way whatsoever. Hell, make all the Furys of the rainbow and he'd still be a hard as nails American smoking a Cuban cigar stunt driving cars from Europe.

The Downey Factor:
Have you guys watched the original Iron Man animated series? Go to youtube watch an ep and come back and tell me that Downey wasn't a good choice for Iron Man. Older, true. Good choice though.

The REAL Problem:
Every hero movie under the sun is always doing the love interest angle. Sometimes it's great, but when you got a girl in constant danger it gets a little stale. True, TDK had Rachel comeback (character not the actress, lol) but Rachel was one of those "I'm an Amazon" women and Bruce got shut down at the end because she couldn't let her armor down. So he was basically obsessing over the same girl instead of some random one because it was a continuation of that story. I love how Iron Man played it off too. Tony had a one night stand, begins to notice his assistant, she shuts him down when he tries to have a romantic moment with her more or less on the principle that he never noticed her before and that he left her at that party by herself. That was really funny. Just too good. In fact so good I kinda wished that something had happened. And she wasn't as annoying as Rachel was in Batman either. But yeah, as long as neither of these two movies keep playing into the damsel in distress love interest thing for added subplot it'll be cool. Spiderman can't be saved at this point because it's always going to be about saving MJ for the climax. I'll give you a second to think about all the ending fights so you can remember MJ in all of them.........

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And done.

Batman and Iron Man are the best movies out there right now imo. These franchises still have a chance to set the bar even higher for their genre. Hopefully, this gives us (the fans) something worth looking forward to if everyone else decides to step up.

[MCREF]

Don Cheadle as Rhodes (Justin Hammer is the bespectacled gentleman behind him):

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bDDThv97ILg/SmEYfa1V3TI/AAAAAAAABnw/orlaqHe20uQ/s1600-h/1zmdmvr.png

Yeah! My boy Sam Rockwell's in the sequel! I like his stuff. He'll be a good villain. Not sure about Rourke though. The Wrestler and Sin City could just be flukes......

[Madav]

I didn't like the movie, to much of him trying to perfect the suit and not enough of him using it.

You do realize that it's a movie about the origins of Iron Man, and that it's just the beginning of the movie adaptation, right?

Personally, I thought it was a very solid movie and you either liked it or not - I liked it.

[The_Clown_Prince_Of_Crime]

:thumb: Yup. The director did a fine job of making it feel real, including Stark's plight of the shot to the heart and working in the cave. Sound and visuals were used much like a war movie would, a 'la Saving Private Ryan, or Black Hawk Down.

The_Clown_Prince_Of_Crime:


Woah there, tiger! :p Someone get the bucket of ice, STAT!

Sorry for the extreme excitement there my friend but the man is 110% genius.If you haven't seen it,I recommend checking out Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,it's the best he's ever been

[CodeBlack]

Is that a new Ironsuit? Aw! It's.... weird to look at, but.... also very cool.

And.... NATASHA ROMANOVA? (going by the pic, haven't read any Ironman 2 news, so I've got no clue who's in it. PLEASE tell me that's Natasha Romanova.)

Natasha Romanova is Black Widow, right? Because I'm pretty sure she's supposed to be Black Widow.

[Riddling Artist]

Natasha Romanova is Black Widow, right? Because I'm pretty sure she's supposed to be Black Widow.

yeah. shes black widow. ironmans new love interest i suspect. that or the person keeping him in line. my bet is that she was probably sent by fury to spy on ironman and to influence him to join the avengers.

[batfan08]

it's Natasha Romanov.just thought I'd chime in.Close though.