Iron Man Released

Slashdot reader stoolpigeon wrote about the start of summer blockbuster season, and the latest comic book to make it to the big screen. He says "Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they go. I never was really into comic books — so I have no knowledge or concerns as it relates to following the original story line. I can't address that. The film has good action and some very humorous moments. The serious side of the film is not its strong suit. It's not horrible, but it really doesn't make too much sense. It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military. It's really a comic book put to film. Not high art or anything, but a whole lot of fun. The film keeps up a fast pace throughout and never bogs down. Some of the product placements were so blatant that they kind of jarred me out of being into the film. The special effects were phenomenal. It was awesome in that regard. Like any movie, it is not everyone's cup of tea If you do go see it in the theater, and you are a big comic books fan, do not leave until after all the credits have run. And I mean all of them." I gotta get a sitter. Man I'm old.

Long time Iron Man fan...

[finalnight]

Used to love the 1990's cartoon. Saw the movie at its midnight showing on Thursday night. Excellent all around, though the ending battle was fairly short. Make sure you stick around after the credits to see the premiere of Samuel L. Jackson's NICK FURY!

I saw it

[Starteck81]

I saw it last night. I think it is hands down the best Marvel based movie I have seen. Good plot,pace and special effects. The pace was so good that I didn't realize that two hours had passed and was surprised when the movie started to wrap up.

p.s. When you go see the movie stay until the end of the credits for a nice surprise.

Re:tripe...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Obviously the marketing department of this movie is running scared. They're trying to make sure enough people get to see it before the reviewers get to them."

I don't know who modded this as "insightful," but they should clearly be relieved of any further mod privileges. The movie has been screened repeatedly for all sorts of media outlets and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Every reviewer alive has been given access to the final cut of the film and reviewers have "gotten to us" for weeks now. There's nothing even vaguely fucking insightful about this easily disproven post, and you should be ashamed for marking it so.

Screen credits aren't just there to annoy you

[LockeOnLogic]

I would have felt mightily pissed to sit through 20 minutes of "3rd reserve gaffer to the animal trainer's assistant coffee-wench

I know film credits have funny names but they do represent real people who have put in massive time and effort into their work. The fact that it takes so goddamn long just to scroll through the names of the amount of people involved should give you some idea of the scope of effort and time needed to create just two hours of screen time. I'm not saying you have to sit through the credits but there's no need to piss on peoples screen creds.

Corrected it for you

[Anonymous Coward]

Kirsten Dunst 's tits were GREAT in Spiderman.
There I corrected that for you.

Re:tripe...

[felipekk]

On Rotten Tomatoes [rottentomatoes.com] Iron Man currently has 94%. That is VERY GOOD.

Re:this just in...

[ravenshrike]

Given that Marvel set up an in-house studio for any more of their movies directly because of what hollywood did to S3 and X3, Iron man can't really be considered hollywood in any real respect.

Re:Old? No.

[ravenshrike]

Thus proving that you don't know anything about SS. There is no fund. By law, the government cannot hold money in trust or invest it.

Re:*SPOILER ALERT* in my reply

[SuiteSisterMary]

In one of the Ultimates comics, somebody asks Fury who he'd want to play him in the movie. He replies 'Samuel L. Jackson.'