Some random comments about Iron Man, both the film and the movie experience. First, the experience.
We started with a preview for the new Mark Walhburg film “The Happening.” The preview was going fine until they a credit appears attributing it to M. Night Shyamalan at which point the entire theater groans. I am not exaggerating, the noise was audible over the trailer! After we all did it we all started to laugh as well. That man really needs to stop making films. I’ve read spoilers for this one and boy does he take “weak” to a whole new level.
Anyhoo, Iron Man in point form:
- the origin story was pretty dumb. Suspending disbelief so that a man can build an iron exoskeleton in three months? Okay. Suspending disbelief that his captors don’t notice him doing it? I have my limits!
- it was surprisingly funny at points
- Robert Downey Jr. was an excellent choice for Stark
- Robert Downey Jr. was incredibly attractive (for a boy)
- Lebowski as a villain
- sticking around for the end credits was WELL worth it
5 responses so far ↓
1 Aaron // May 4, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I didn’t stay around until after the credits. I’ve never bothered since sitting through FIFTEEN FUCKING MINUTES of Matrix Reloaded credits for some lame clip on the next movie.
Having said that, a couple of my (geekier) friends did stay and left the theatre squealing with glee. They tried to explain why they were so excited but I didn’t know enough about comics to share in their moment. Something about S.H.I.E.L.D.?
2 pookzilla // May 4, 2008 at 4:22 pm
spoilers!!
Not only SHIELD, but Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and namedropping The Avengers.
3 Aaron // May 4, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Yeah, I think that’s what they said. I have no idea who Nick Fury is though.
4 Sid // May 21, 2008 at 12:32 pm
YAY! Im agreeing all over this page. I thought the chest piece part of the story was pretty sweet though.
btw same thing happened when “The Happening” trailer played at my theater to…
5 Chris Recoskie // Jun 4, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Goddamn it… we stayed for about half the credits and then left
The whole movie we were like “When’s Nick Fury going to show up?”
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