Comments on: Iron Man

By: Calibandar

Calibandar — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:29:50 +0000

Iron Man 2 comes out in April 2010 btw, followed by a Thor movie later that year and an Avengers movie in 2011.

By: Loki

Loki — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:18:15 +0000

Apparently, I got around to it tonight. Enjoy ^^

By: Loki

Loki — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:52:02 +0000

I’m not sure when I’ll get around to writing my own review, but in response to yours I’ll post a sentence here that I’m likely to repeat in it:

In an astonishing feat of improbability worthy of Zaphod Beeblebrox, “Iron Man” lived up to the insane expectations and was all kinds of awesome.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:22:31 +0000

It sounds as if Batman is going to appear on an episode of “Queer Eye For the Straight Guy”

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:31:21 +0000

Batman Begins – simply fabulous.

Probably not at all the tagline they were aiming for, but pretty descriptive and flattering nonetheless. ^^

By: Shirgaal

Shirgaal — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:18:54 +0000

“Hopefully you’ll enjoy “Iron Man”, Shirgaal. Why didn’t you watch “Batman Begins” in the cinema?”

Lack of motivation I suppose, cinemas don’t have the same effect on me as it used to. Thus my inability to wait for films to hit the DVD shelves has become my primary motivator for going. And there are only a select few films that has brought on that effect. I was supposed to see the Hitman movie at the cinema, but seeing as they decided to launch it direct-DVD here, I watched it at home in stead.

It’s shameful, I know. You would think that the smashing ensemble of cast on Batman Begins would be able to wake me up, but no. I have regretted it ever since, because it was simply fabulous.

By: Loki

Loki — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:27:39 +0000

(I’ve read very few stories about the Mandarin, but as far as I’ve seen, I think he’s basically a Marvel take on Ra’s Al Ghul. So there character in and of itself should be fun enough, though)

By: Loki

Loki — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:26:48 +0000

“Batman Begins” has just one big flaw – and, ironically, it’s also just about the biggest one any serious Batman-movie could make, if you ask me – they totally and utterly ignore the deductive reasoning and detective-skillset of the character, which is probably his greatest asset aside from his incredibly strong willpower. Doubly ironical as they used the one Batman-villain to unfailingly highlight that particular aspect of his persona when talking about him as the main villain, too – Ra’s Al Ghul always dub Batman The Great Detective”, rarely or never naming him Bruce, Wayne or Batman when talking to or even about him.

But let’s face it, the rest of the stuff is done so splendidly that even that huge flaw is forgiveable. Let’s just hope they rectify it in Dark Knight. Though I have my doubts as to that.

And Amras, be wary of having too high hopes for a sequel – as I gather, it’s likely to have the Mandarin as the main villain, and that’d put the movie a little more heavily in the “superhero”-realm, I think, as his claim to power is holding some incredibly powerful (almost magical) alien rings. Might make the sequel feel less grounded.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:57:39 +0000

Comments like that always make both proud and a little nervous that someone will be very disappointed because they didn’t know enough about how their tastes relate to mine.

Hopefully you’ll enjoy “Iron Man”, Shirgaal. Why didn’t you watch “Batman Begins” in the cinema?

By: Shirgaal

Shirgaal — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:03:23 +0000

Hm, might have to see if any of my old Iron Man comics are anywhere to be found. I haven’t been to the cinema since Revenge of the Sith, but this review of yours might lure me back.

One of the major factors that hinders me is of course my prejudice against films based on comics. And especially superhero films, as I have tired of the of the genre almost completely.

I don’t think I have actively read any Iron Man comics since back when Spider-Man was called “Edderkoppen” in Norway. But I might dig ‘em up one of these days and see if it’s as good as I remember. I might even drag my arse over to the cinema to catch this flick you’re praising.

Hardly surprising that they shifted the setting from Vietnam to Afghanistan (They did this in another film as well, I think, but I can’t for the life of me remember which one.), as they usually move the time line to be up to date with present day.

Anyway, I’m looking forward with both dread and excitement to watching this movie, whether it’s on the big screen, or on DVD.