The movie might suck [UPDATE: the movie most decidedly did NOT suck], no way to know for a couple of weeks, but the marketing team should get an Oscar for Iron Man. Every teaser they release makes the movie look like platinum (instead of, you know, iron). First off, the armor (this is something I did in Corel Painter X using the "woodcut" feature and as reference one of the first Iron Man pics made available on the Great Big InterWeb).
The design team, headed by Stan Winston, simply got it right. It's not an exact replica of the comic book armor (which has changed dozens of times since Iron Man's creation in 1963 (the year I was born) so there's really no such thing as an exact comic book replica). But the movie armor captures the essence of the comic book armor so-much-so that I look at it and can only say, "They got it right."
And Robert Downey, Jr. is bringing a great mix of drama and comedy to Tony Stark. We've seen bits and pieces in the various trailers, but I just saw this extended scene from the movie, and it reinforces the correctness of Downey as Stark.
The whole side conversation with the computerized fire extinguisher is some smart, funny dialogue. I'd even say "genius," but that's probably a bit hyperbolic. But it is freakin' good stuff.
But like I said, this is all thanks to the marketing department. The director, Jon Favreau, has created incredible scenes. The huge question is, did he create an incredible movie from start to finish?
2 comments:
This would explain the sweet robot-man dance maneuvers...
I got mad robot skillz.
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