Interesting movie. As a fan boy, I noticed they replaced the butler Jarvis with a HAL-esque computer. What happens when they make an Avengers movie???
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First thing that came to mind was that it wasn't a bad adaptation of comic book to movie. Jon Favreau did a good job and the hype around Downey Jr is worthwhile. I never saw Iron Man as quite the wise cracker he is, but his irreverant nature seems to be a good balance between his alter ego's seriousness. Kind of like Spider-Man in reverse.
Story is your fairly basic stuff. Some background of the protagonist, hero has a life altering moment, discovers and starts exploring new powers, fights a bad guy, the end. But the journey from start to finish was good, but felt a little laboured in the beginning. They could have cut down the scenes where he was imprisoned. Yes, it was an eye-opening experience for Stark, but the viewers could have handled getting there sooner.
And just on a side note, I was watching Gwyneth in this and I couldn't quite tell the difference between the Penny Potts character and say, the one she played in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I mentioned Sean Connery having the depth of one character, but at least he has a charming Scottish accent. What has Gwyneth save for a child named Apple?
All in all, the feel of the movie felt quite similar to Faveau's Zathura. So it brings a childish, simple, streamlined story-telling aspect to it. And this suits the genre, I mean Iron Man is a comic book. Take a look at Ang Lee's Hulk to see how not to do it. Stick to cowboys and mountains, Ang.
This one is not just for comic book fans and is much better than say, the Fantastic Four (not that I'm knocking the movie, I just recognise it isn't the best) and I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Stan Lee looks like Hugh Hefner.
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