Film Review Vault: Iron Man

Film: Iron Man

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
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Coop's Take:

The most recent Superman movie represented everything wrong with modern-day hero movie hype: no chemistry, too much noise, poor script. From the opening scene of Iron Man, it was obvious this film would take a different direction in the genre: brilliant writing, brilliant acting, brilliant direction. One of the best comic/superhero movies I've seen since the original Superman films--Robert Downey Jr. is as good as they come: by far my favorite actor today (see Saints); the film was brilliantly cast (Howard, Bridges, Paltrow); a great achievement for director John Favreau.

Favorite Acting Scene:
RDJ building the suit while acting with the inadament.

Trivia:

• Rachel McAdams was Jon Favreau's first choice to play Pepper Potts, but she turned the role down.
• Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise were interested in playing Iron Man. Cruise in particular was going to act in and produce the film.
• The script was not completely prepared when filming began, since the filmmakers were more focused on the story and the action, so the dialogue was mostly ad-libbed throughout filming; Jon Favreau acknowledged this made the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines improvised on the spot; Robert Downey Jr. would ask for many takes of one scene since he wanted to try something new... (more trivia)
  

Coop's Movie Rating: 8
Coop's Trailer Rating: 6 1/2

Trailer:




Wired Review: Iron Man a New High for RDJ
Robert Ebert's Review

Unscripted:




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