IRONMAN reaches 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

I am already a sucker for super hero movies but when they are done right and the story is excellent I have to see them in the theater. This one has highest review percentage of any super hero movie yet I think. We will have to see what it has after today the first day officially out. When Robert keeps off the drugs he's a really good actor, lol.

Also, must see in theater INDIANA JONES. I hope they didn't create a Phantom Menace out of the franchise. Lets hope that Lucas and Spielberg recreate the excitement of the past Indies.

Harrison Ford does'nt look his age playing in the new Indiana Jones movie, he looks like he did in The Last Crusade.

Just for reference sake:

Iron Man 94% (this very moment)
X-Men 80%
X2 87%
Spider-Man 90%
Spider-Man 2 93%
Superman The Movie 93%
Superman 2 87%

I think those are the holy grail superhero movies...

Jason, will never wear tights

Iron Man looks awesome. I watched the trailer for the Incredible Hulk and felt "meh" but for Iron Man I was "wow!" I think the casting is perfect, it has a ton of action, and looks like it has a lot of humor too.

Don't forget about Batman Begins 84%

I'm still trying to figure out how Superman (the new one) got such a high rating. Good acting but was boring. Hardly any action in a super hero movie makes no sense. He gets shot by some guys in one scene smiles after being shot in the eye and thats it(just an example). An amulet of Kryptonite can almost kill him yet a planet size piece doesn't hurt him enough to stop him from carrying and flying with it, lol.

Oh and Iron man is back to 95% 11:15 am eastern time, hahaha

Should we add that UltravioleNt was rated a 8% for a certain someone on these forums?

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[Post edited by wolvinator on May 2, 2008]

Oops...completely forgot BB.

Jason, so sorry

Superman Returns - 77%
Superman II - 87%
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut - 83%
Batman Returns - 81%
Batman (1989) - 79%
The Incredibles - 97%

*www.rottentomatoes.com

EDIT: Is Indiana Jones considered a superhero?

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[Post edited by mvckalel on May 2, 2008]

There is no way that Batman Returns is a better movie than the first Batman with Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

George Lucas HATES his fans.

quote from E.W. mag...regarding indy 4:
"The fans think it's going to be the second coming. And it is NOT the second coming. They've already written the story (in their heads), and lemme tell ya, it's NOT that story. So they're going to be very disappointed."

(What a dick)

I saw this movie last night and it was AWESOME!. Great story and it doesn't slow down. Robert Downey Jr. was perfect for the role!. You guys will enjoy also, stay pass the credits at the end, there is a special scene.

Wow, i wasn't expecting it to pick up such rave reviews!
It's nice to FINALLY see the summer start off with a bang -- espacially after last years disappointing movies.

tim,

you didn't like "pirates of the caribbean 3"?

how about "spider-man 3"?

maybe "shrek the third"?

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okay, fine--how about "transformers"?

no?

eddie

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Wow, i wasn't expecting it to pick up such rave reviews!
It's nice to FINALLY see the summer start off with a bang -- espacially after last years disappointing movies.

Creatively, last summer might have been a bust.

Financially? $4.18 billion isn't anything to sneeze at.

Jason, summer whore

Eddie,

Nope, I didn't like any of those you mentioned, especially Transfarters and Pirates of the Chodes 3!

Jason,

I'll agree sales figures are usually good for summer flicks, but last years quality was one of the worst on record.

Tim

Goddamn, Iron Man was good.

It might be the best super hero movie ever.

It's probably the best since Superman 2.

I really have no complaints. A solid script and excellent acting across the bard, even from minor characters which always points to the director doing a fine job.

The only change I'd make would be to have Jeff Bridges acting exactly like the Dude the whole time.

chris,

i thought that gwyneth was seriously mis-cast (she can't act worth for the "s" word), and the final battle was boring as heck (it felt like a preview of "the incredible hulk"--"iron man smash!" ). however, as you mentioned, the acting was otherwise rock solid.

after "elf" and "zathura", who would've thought that jon favreau could direct? LOL.

i liked the set up for war machine ("maybe next time, baby." ). (Y)

eddie

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[Post edited by posters5 on May 2, 2008]

I heard part of Michael Medved's radio program today, with movie reviews of both IRONMAN and MADE OF HONOR.

3.5 stars (out of 4) for IRONMAN - "Go see this movie!" - he said (like Eddie) that only the final battle dragged somewhat - otherwise he enthusiastically gave it his highest recommendation.

1 star (out of 4) for MADE OF HONOR - "Very bad - terrible" - he said it's a ripoff of several other movies, and specifically mentioned My Best Friend's Wedding as one of the films it mimicked.

> Recent Medved MOVIE REVIEWS <



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[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 2, 2008]

If there are 500 film critics in the world, Medved is the 501st best. Why the fuck would you listen to a word the man has to say?

He happens to be correct in this case though?

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Goddamn, Iron Man was good.

It might be the best super hero movie ever.

Wow, that's weird coming from you, Chris! I mean, I know you're more of the art-house movie type, so I would have never expected you to like Iron Man. Just from your comments, now I have to go see it!

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LOL!!! Anybody with decent taste in film could figure this out for themself just by watching the previews!

chris long said -

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"Why the f--k would you listen to a word the man has to say?"

I disagree, and have enjoyed his 'mini' 1-minute audio movie reviews for many years now. Check out the LINK I provided above to "Recent Medved Movie Reviews" and listen to a few of his excellent mini reviews, which for the most part I agree with, and have long respected his opinions.



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tim,

actually, chris is a big fan of comic books, so he's a cineaste when it comes to adaptations of comic books.

eddie

I don't really know anyone who takes him seriously as a film critic, but I guess the sort of person who would listen to Medved's show in the first place probably can't tell the difference.

chris,

you've argued with loverboy about medved going back to when loverboy first joined dvdtown. i suggest letting the republican chode listen to the mel-gibson apologist and ignoring him in general. there are better things to do in life than acknowledging loverboy at all.

eddie

Yeah Chris... like your 'career' as a movie reviewer has ever rivaled the success Michael Medved's - LOL (and his radio program receives very good ratings, by the way). Oh well, not everyone appreciates their fellow critics, or offers respect either... apparently.

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I don't really know anyone who takes him seriously as a film critic, but I guess the sort of person who would listen to Medved's show in the first place probably can't tell the difference.

LMAO!!!!

That was hitting below the belt, but funny as hell!

PS: Chris, sorry about jumping you ass a couple weeks ago in another thread, I was just grumpy because of some other issues in my world and I didn't mean to take it out on you. I know we don't see eye-to-eye on several films, but I do enjoy the differences we have -- it makes life more interesting for the sake of fun argument.

tim,

thinking back about "iron man", i think that it is one of the best, if not the best, adaptations of a comic book character. unlike just about every other such movie since tim burton's "batman" (1989), this one isn't self-important--which is a good thing since comic-book superheroes are so preposterous in the first place. i'm tired of watching morose tools mumble about their emotional pain. (dude, bruce wayne isn't the first guy in the world to lose his parents! peter parker isn't the first guy in the world to have to work his way through college! don't get me started on those x-chodes!)

"iron man" has fun with its universe, which makes it light on its feet. however, it's not silly like the "fantastic four" movies obviously are. the costumes are plausible and not cheesy (superman's outfit is the biggest reason why i won't watch the "superman" movies ever again.) this movie also avoids the plodding A-to-B-to-C-to-D literalness of "Batman Begins".

eddie

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the costumes are plausible and not cheesy (superman's outfit is the biggest reason why i won't watch the "superman" movies ever again.) this movie also avoids the plodding A-to-B-to-C-to-D literalness of "Batman Begins".

Eddie,

I have to agree with you on the whole costume thing, as I find the whole men in thights thing so rediculous. However, I like the more real-feel approach to "Batman Begins" but I know I've told you before I prefer my superhero films to have more of a solid, less fantasy outcome. I know it's a lot of reason I love "Unbreakabke" because it make me feel like it could be a real possibility.

Nevertheless, I should enjoy some of these films more because they are meant to be popcorn fun, but with all the tights and capes . . . give me a freakin' break! (I kind of liked how "The Incredibles" poked fun at the whole cape thing)

Oh, well, we all feel different things about the genre and it's interesting and fun to discover how each of us fell about these films. And coming from you and Chris enjoying Iron Man, it sounds like a fun and solid film -- I shall have to see it very soon.

Actually, Jimi, I don't know if Medved's ever been published in Cineaste like I have, but I'll grant that he's made a wee bit more money than me. I have recently broken into the triple digits in lifetime earnings, however.

However, his few published books on film have not exactly been kindly reviewed. Though it's hard to trash them since there's so little substance to react to. I can point you to dozens of far more respected, published and "successful" credits than Medved - people that actually have a concept of movie history, aesthetics, politics and whose reviews do something more than summarize plots and provide opinions. Like, y'know, teach you a little something.

And I'd challenge Michael Medved to a Movie Jeopardy contest any day any way.

I agree with Eddie that "Iron Man" strikes the proper balance between fun and serious. The best thing about it is that it isn't a ponderous, morose, self-absorbed tragedy. From a comic book fan's perspective, I would also say that it stays faithful to the books without being slavish to them. Favreau sticks mostly to the 1980s era Tony Stark (a la Bob Layton and David Michelinie), and none of the changes stand out and make a fan say "Oh, c'mon, that's not Iron Man!"

I wish there had been a good super-villain for him to face, though I have to admit that Iron Man's rogue's gallery isn't too inspiring. The Mandarin? Meh.

I guarantee you Iron Man 2 runs with the whole alcoholism story that was such a major comic book event, and should be fun to watch. Esp since Robert Downey won't need to do much research on the subject.

That's great Chris^.

Still, if you would take a little time to visit that link I provided above (to his 1-minute mini audio reviews), I really do feel you'll perhaps enjoy and appreciate his talent for brief to-the-point reviews. With all of the reviewers ever published in our lifetimes, I find Medved's talents (and style) in these mini reviews very refreshing, and usually agree with his movie opinions - just maybe you might too. Then that would leave reviewers like yourself to provide the in-depth review analysis (longer) in areas like here on DVDTOWN. (good night)

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Jimi Love,

You have got to be kidding!? LMAO!!!

Chris has a far more experienced background in the area of "Film Reviews". Eventhough I don't always agree with him on several films, I'd trust his opinion much more than many critics out there and he writes very well, in depth reviews. And yes, when it comes to reviews, the more in depth the better. Nevermind that Chris and I are in different ballparks with film taste, but I'd easily put Chris in my top 20 list of film critics out there!

Of course Tim has only read about 5 critics, but I'll still accept the Top 20 rating.

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Of course Tim has only read about 5 critics, but I'll still accept the Top 20 rating.

LMAO!!! Yeah, I've had too much Jack Daniels to keep count!

Somebody told that me Captain Jack can get you through the night.

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Somebody told that me Captain Jack can get you through the night.

Well, you are up late as I am, so can I assume you're, um . . . ? LOL

IRONMAN - Great acting, awesome looking suit, excellent battle in the middle of the movie with some terrorists.

CONS: I actually thought the movie was kind of slow in a few sections. The other action scenes weren't what I'd call "Great". His learning to fly(who cares, spent too long on that). If you've seen the movie you know that the end of his escape early in the movie was retarded. Tell me how someone survives that. Now obviously if you watch a super hero movie you are not looking for realistic but comeon, that's over the top. Transformers blew this movie away.

Final thought: I was a little dissappointed. Will I buy this movie on dvd or blu ray(yes, it was a good movie but not the best recently).

tim and chris,

the best is how loverboy praises medved for brief, to-the-point reviews, but when he posts here at dvdtown, he always upchucks spew salads. in loverboy's case, practice makes imperfect, i guess.

you know what'd be funny? if terrence howard, wearing the war machine costume but without a helmet, starts singing "it's hard out there for a pimp" in the next movie.

eddie

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the best is how loverboy praises medved for brief, to-the-point reviews, but when he posts here at dvdtown, he always upchucks spew salads. in loverboy's case, practice makes imperfect, i guess.

Eddie,

What kills me is he knows he does it on purpose just to annoy us. If you say anything to him then he jumps on us for being too emotional or causing a soap opera drama, yet it's perfectly ok for him to antagonize us with his spew salads -- therefore, who's really causing all the drama!? Of course, he never admits guilt or takes the blame for any of his crap.

Tim

You know, in 20 years you guys are gonna remember Hendrix and his super-ultra-crazy-long posts and miss them.

Remember when?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Alot of superheroes are suppose to wear tights. It's what they wear in the comics. It's a sexual thing.

Wow. With all this praise for Ironman...I might just go check it out.

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tim,

loverboy doesn't take responsibility for what he does...just like his republican pals dubya and tom delay. this shouldn't surprise anyone.

eddie

Eddie's ignorance on display again -

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"the best is how loverboy praises medved for brief, to-the-point reviews, but when he posts here at dvdtown, he always upchucks spew salads."

Uh... clue to Eddie - Medved's 1-minute audio reviews are for his RADIO program, so are deliberately brief [they occupy a minor end-of-hour portion of his popular daily radio show] - whereas he has done longer reviews in print (such as the USA Today, etc), but I'm not aware of your choice of newsprint sources (if any). Spew salads? - Join now Eddie (and Tim below) on another episode of Days of Our Lives on DVDTOWN (hehe).

And his BFF Tim is crying out for help, yet again (sigh) -

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"What kills me is he knows he does it on purpose just to annoy us."

See, that's why Tim lives in an online soap opera on DVDTOWN - as HE THINKS he knows 'why' I make in-depth informative posts... to him the reason is just to "annoy us"(!) (sigh)

Clue to Tim... maybe it "annoys" -you- (and your buddy Eddie) - as we get reminded much lately (your emotional, whining posts - please control yourself!), but I would think the info is appreciative to non-crybabies such as yourself. It's simply my pleasure here in helping to provide thorough info (and pics) to fellow Msg Bd members (mature folk - compared to Eddie/Tim), and DO NOT do it to annoy anyone, rather for the education benefit of others.

As I've said here many times, I also learn much from others' posts myself, whether long or short posts, but usually with Eddie (and often Tim) I usually see examples of bitterness, political insults, and apparent jealousy when it comes to -my- posts (whether lengthly or not). Seems to occur so often these days, that I'm almost shocked when either one or the other doesn't follow-up one of my posts with a whining 'anti Hendrix' comment of their own, against something I've said or posted.



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You do realize that they are comic book characters, right? (I think wolvinator said something similar)

It's an iron suit, what's the difference between tights and an iron suit? Give me a break...and no, knight's armors don't count...

So now Batman is retarded because he can "fall with style" (a la Buzz Lightyear) with his cape?

FYI, Superman's costume in SR is the best yet, regardless of all the hate it's been given...

And finally, Transformers was the most enjoyable of all the summer blockbusters (and Ratatouille)...and POTC didn't dissappoint a bit...'nuff said...

How about some MORE Love salad?


































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And finally, Transformers was the most enjoyable of all the summer blockbusters (and Ratatouille)...and POTC didn't dissappoint a bit...'nuff said...

LMAO!!!!

Ok, time to put the crack pipe down! LOL

Ratatouille was OK for an animated flick, but Transformers?

I'm glad that this season seems to be gearing up for a better one than last summer - movie wise I mean.

Robert Downey will rock this storyline:

What's wrong with actually enjoying a blockbuster?

You all loved Juno, and man, it sucks big time, so what?

Oh, btw, I don't remember ever being that into Transformers, I was more into Robotech, so I can't be biased...

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What's wrong with actually enjoying a blockbuster?

You all loved Juno . . .

I wouldn't say "Juno" was a blockbuster in the terms of how the average joe views a blockbuster. And the last thread I read here about "Juno", almost everyone trashed it with the exception of myself.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying a blockbuster if you mean in the terms of big budget, big CGI and lots of boom for your buck -- I basically enjoy anything as long as I feel it is done well. "Transformers" just came off stupid, too silly and far too fake for me to enjoy, eventhough it was menat to be popcorn entertainment. It just wasn't a very well constructed film, IMO. Nevertheless, it's obvious blockbusters are meant to be fun, but just because they might be fun doesn't instantly make them good.

Would you say Die Hard 4.0 was better than Transformers??

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Yes.

Basking in the glow of the $100-plus-million domestic opening for "Iron Man," Marvel announced an upcoming schedule that includes a July 2011 release date for the long-awaited "The Avengers."

With "Iron Man," Marvel's first self-produced feature, already over $200 million worldwide in only five days of release, the company can now turn its attentions to the release of "The Incredible Hulk" later this summer and "Punisher: War Zone" in December.

While 20th Century Fox is producing the Marvel-affiliated "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" for release on May 1, 2009, Marvel Studios will sit out 2009, prepping for what will be an extremely busy following few years.

Marvel Studios said Monday (May 5) that "Iron Man 2" will hit theaters on April 30, 2010, though it's unclear which parts of the original's creative team will return. Then Marvel hopes to release "Thor," from director Matthew Vaughan ("Stardust"), on June 4, 2010.


http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-upcomingmarvelreleasedates,0,984839.story

Iron Man 2 is in the works already :p I have to see this movie but I might end up seeing Speed Racer first.

My Wife and I saw Ironman last night! We both thought it was awesome! Can't wait to buy the dvd!

Finally saw the movie yesterday, and it didn't dissappoint....but first things first, the trailers.

To hear the Indiana Jones theme for the first time in a theatre, that's awesome, just great...the Dark Knight trailer is really good, though not as good as the first trailer (not the teaser)...the Prince Caspian trailer also good...and a few others including Hulk, which, ehh...but what has to be the worst premise and trailer and acting by Mark Wahlberg, is the bee movie from Night M. Shaymalan [?]...not only did Wahlberg's acting look incredibly HORRIBLE during the trailer, the bee premise is kind of stupid after Sixth Sense and Signs you would argue there could be something better, but no, it gets worse (the Village) and worse (lady under the water[?]) and worse (this bee movie)...UGH...unfortunately no Wall-e trailer...

So, on with the movie...I have to admit that being a somewhat 'war' movie I felt (and still do) that it has a pro-war military propaganda theme (yeah, moan all you want, you know it's true)...Downey Jr.'s acting is superb, just marvelous. The three suits that Tony Starks creates are also great...however, I never felt the 'wow factor' at all during this movie, specially that he will 'run out of batteries' thing, it just doesn't seem like something credible (yes, it's a movie)...

The movie moves at a nice pace the overall acting is good. But also, I felt like I was watching Hulk when the 'bad guy' became the 'bad guy'...also, I still don't care for Tony, AT ALL. There is nothing for me to care for him, nothing, unlike Whiny Wayne (death parents) or Spider-man ("with great power comes great responsibility"...), there is nothing that would make him the superhero, and no, whatever he saw when he was captured, did not seem like it made an impact on him...

Still, once again, the final suit looks awesome, the visual effects are also great, and let's hope our summer blockbusters keep up the good work like this movie...

Oh, and yeah, after the credits, there is a brief scene between Tony and Nick Furry...

TRANSFORMERS ROCKED! How could you say it was a bad movie. Thank goodness you are the minority as box office results prove. Now they will make a second which I cant wait for. Now you probably shouldn't go see the second since you were so dissappointed with the first. We will enjoy it for you

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TRANSFORMERS ROCKED! How could you say it was a bad movie. Thank goodness you are the minority as box office results prove. Now they will make a second which I cant wait for. Now you probably shouldn't go see the second since you were so dissappointed with the first. We will enjoy it for you

Transformers wasn't just bad, it SUCKED! I think I only manged to get through 30-minutes before I walked out, I figured I wasn't about to have the other 1 1/2-hour of lame cliches done better in other films robbed from my life. There are plenty of blockbusters that made good bank, but were also trash. Blockbuster does not equate to great movie -- in many cases it's the exact opposite.

More cliches than Die Hard 4.0 (which you said was better than Transformers)???

Come on! At least Shia didn't jump to a flying jet from a highway ...not even Iron Man did that...

"transformers" =