http://evpl.org/community/blogs/movies/archive/tags/iron+man/movies/default.aspxTags: iron man, moviesenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/movies/archive/2008/10/04/iron-man.aspxSat, 04 Oct 2008 22:28:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:686MediaPhile@evpl3http://evpl.org/community/blogs/movies/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=686http://evpl.org/community/blogs/movies/archive/2008/10/04/iron-man.aspx#comments<p><a target="_self" href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tiron+man/tiron+man/1%2C10%2C27%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tiron+man+videorecording&amp;3%2C%2C4" title="Iron Man"><img width="162" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2913313606_340e5a4b26_m.jpg" alt="iron man" height="240" style="float:left;" /></a>Loved it!&nbsp; </p> <p>My son had told me that this was the superhero action movie of the year --&nbsp;NOT The Dark Knight -- and now I know what he means.&nbsp; The good guys weren&#39;t perfect, the bad guys weren&#39;t Satan personified, and&nbsp;the plot&nbsp;unpredictable and halfway intelligent.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Robert Downey Jr obviously had a lot of fun with his double role as&nbsp;wealthy industrialist Tony Stark and Iron Man.&nbsp; Jeff Bridges equally seemed to relish&nbsp;playing&nbsp;jovial&nbsp;but obviously&nbsp;sleazy&nbsp;businessman/villain Obadiah Stane.&nbsp; And Gwenyth Paltrow,&nbsp;as Stark&#39;s ever patient and hardworking secretary Pepper Potts,&nbsp;had just the right amount of chemistry with her boss.&nbsp; </p> <p>Kudos to comic writer-editor <a target="_self" href="http://www.stanleeweb.com/" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a>!&nbsp; And to&nbsp;<a target="_self" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios" title="Marvel Studios">Marvel Studios</a>, who reacquired the rights in 2006 after the film had been &quot;in development&quot; since 1990 at Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and New&nbsp;Line Cinema.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This was Marvel&#39;s first self-financed film, and the&nbsp;$574,049,094 worldwide&nbsp;box office gross shows that they made a wise move.</p> <p>I just wish I had seen Iron Man&nbsp;on the big screen!&nbsp; DVDs&nbsp;like this just make we want to run out to buy a wide screen High Def TV.&nbsp; Iron Man was the first in a trilogy, with Iron Man 2 due&nbsp;out in April 2010.&nbsp; I hope it defies the usual&nbsp;downward trend for sequels&nbsp;and lives up to the standards of the first film.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a target="_self" href="http://www.marvel.com/movies/" title="marvel movies"><img width="276" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2912612739_9f349fbf13_m.jpg" alt="Marvel Studios" height="160" style="vertical-align:bottom;" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=686" width="1" height="1">actionreviewsmoviessuperheroesiron manmarvel comics