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Iron Man

posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 10:49am on 29/05/2008 under , ,
I got to see Iron Man last night. Thanks to the brave [livejournal.com profile] irishkate who volunteered babysitting services and let [livejournal.com profile] sammywol and I escape the kids and house for a few hours.

The film was great fun and very much as expected from the reports. Downey Jr. is a natural Tony Stark, Paltrow's Potts has steel enough for her own suit (hi [livejournal.com profile] mizkit!), and the pacing was pretty much spot on for a superhero origin story. It looks like it has legs as a series of movies too, so long as Downey Jr. keeps it together long enough to make more movies.
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posted by [identity profile] brianrogers.livejournal.com at 11:50am on 29/05/2008
After recommending it to you, I'm glad you liked it! Be aware that Stark has a cameo in the Hulk movie as well.
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posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 11:57am on 29/05/2008
I saw a picture for the Hulk movie at the cinema last night. I hadn't realised it was so close to release.

Can't say the Hulk is one of my preferred Marvel characters, so I'm less keen to see the film than I was with Iron Man.
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posted by [identity profile] alaimacerc.livejournal.com at 05:08pm on 03/06/2008
I've been meaning to go see the-movie-of-the-Iron-Man-trailer for a while, but procrastination, distractedness by other means, and lack of social facilitation has so far succeeded in stopping me. Perhaps I can rope in some of the gaming gr-- hey, you guys went without me! *mutter*

I had three thoughts on Downey in the role:

* His entire life's been "method" prep for this.

* Isn't someone in Hollywood, backing not just a high-budget movie, but what's being flagged as a "franchise" of same, being a little, um, *brave* with this decision?

* Why did he give what must have been at most a 90s interview to the BBC in which he used the word "mythology" about three time? Lucas-grade "Campbellwash" warning, methinks.
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posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 08:28pm on 03/06/2008
The film's good and doesn't suffer from any overt Campbellian influence. The standard 'lose the mask in the final battle' is there, probably because it's a hell of a lot easier to act without a mask on, and it's not challenging the stereotypes and tropes particularly, but it is a fun superhero movie with lots of humour. I enjoyed it.

Downey is precisely right and of course a risk for just that reason. I hope they get the rest of the series in the can before he's rehab-bound again.
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