Iron Man, outside of comic-book circles, was never one of the better-known superheroes ... more
waiting to enjoy a big screen adventure, but in the aftermath of Jon Favreaus superb movie, anticipation for 2010sIron Man 2is rightly sky-high.Fortunately, theres t...
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Iron Man, outside of comic-book circles, was never one of the better-known superheroes ... more
waiting to enjoy a big screen adventure, but in the aftermath of Jon Favreaus superb movie, anticipation for 2010sIron Man 2is rightly sky-high.Fortunately, theres t...
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You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. ... more
in the lead role. AndIron Manis different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series,Iron Manputs billionaire industrialist Tony ...
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
Advantages: Good film with excellent special effects Disadvantages: none
good and evil, but with cutting edge special effects and action scenes galore this is a great film to watch.
The blu-ray version i watched was a 2 disc set with the second disc full of extras. There was a section on the history of transformers, and interviews with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Brian Goldner, writers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, and director Michael Bay. There were also features on the animation used and the way they worked out where to do scenes. You also get a look at the military equipment seen and used in the film.
This additional information is something you do not want to skip over, because it gives you a much deeper understanding of how much planning and work went into the final production. If you are into cutting edge special effects and head banging action then beg, borrow, rent, or if that fails buy ...
Advantages: Concept,story.Jim carrey Disadvantages: Don't expect an oscar winner
Yes Man- starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel is director Peyton Reed's next big film after Breakup.It seems romantic comedy is his thing and he certainly succeeds in achieving what he was set out to-to entertain the audience.
The basic premise of the film is quiet simple yet undeniably innovative.Carl is a loner,a divorced guy who would rather stay home and do nothing than going out and having fun with friends.The monotony of his life bogs him down and eventually makes him feel like a loser.He decides to participate in one of those seminars where he is made to vow to say "yes" to every question!
The whole idea did seem to be very thin to me initially.I thought this can't go on for long and would ultimately become boring.Kudos to the writing team to take the story forward in such a lovely manner,introducing new characters ...
"Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy."
"Ironman? - it is a story about billionaire, industrialist and brilliant inventor Tony Stark (as Robert Downey Jr.)-Who is a chief of Stark?s Industries and main supplier of weapon for USA government? Careless style of Tony?s life is changed forever, when his convoy has been attack by rebels and Tony he has been kidnapped by them. Tony is wounded from missile and one piece of the missile has stack near his heart. Tony has been enforce to constructing very powerful weapon for Raze (as Faran Tahir), who is a leader of rebels. However, Tony do not care about demand of his kidnappers and uses his intellect and genius to construct Armour, which will keep him a life and it will help him to escape.
After return to America he tries to come to order with his past and his is promising ...
redeyes22 20.04.2009 (24.04.2009)
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Contains moderate violence and one use of moderate language
Video Category
Feature Film
Country Of Origin
United States of America
Plot
Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a man who becomes a superhero after a near-death incident, in this big-budget Marvel Comics adaptation.
Release details
DVD Region
Blu-ray
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Ultimate Edition, Hall of Armour, The Invincible Iron Man (HD): Origins, Friends and Foes, The Definitive Iron Man, Demon In a Bottle, Extremis and Beyond, and Ultimate Iron Man, Deleted and extended scenes (HD), BD Live: IRON MAN IQ, I Am Iron Man (HD): The Journey Begins, The Suit that makes the Iron Man, The Walk of Destruction, Grounded In Reality, Beneath the Armor, It's All in the Details, and A Good Story, Well Told, Wired: The Visual Effects of IRON MAN (HD), Robert Downey Jr. screen test (HD), The Actor's Process: Scene rehearsal with cast (HD), The Onion: Wildly Popular Iron Man Trailer to be Adapted into Full Length Film (HD), Theatrical trailers (HD), Image galleries
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Professional reviews
Review
The role of Stark fits Downey Jr. like a titanium-alloy, servo-assisted glove, the back-from-the-brink actor veering nimbly between the swaggering and sensitive sides of his character, never mistiming a wisecrack (Empire, 24/09/2008)
Downey plays off his own bad-boy image wonderfully. The writers give him great lines to work with and ditto that for his Girl Friday, Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts, whose own svelte lines cannot be improved on (Hollywood Reporter, 24/09/2008)
Has the advantage of being an unusually good superhero picture. Or at least--since it certainly has its problems--a superhero movie that's good in unusual ways (New York Times, 24/09/2008)
All praise to acting dynamo Robert Downey Jr., who brings so much creative juice to the party that IRON MAN achieves instant liftoff (Rolling Stone, 24/09/2008)
[Downey] is such a distinctive, not to say barking mad performer, quite unlike anyone else around, that it is always good to see him (The Guardian, 24/09/2008)
Ever-eclectic director Jon Favreau... has made an unusually elegant looking film for the genre (Variety, 24/09/2008)
The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the whole enormous enterprise, spawned by Marvel comics, throbs with dramatic energy because the man inside the shiny red robotic rig is a daring choice for an action hero, and an inspired one (Wall Street Journal, 24/09/2008)
DVD Description
For both comic book fans and those who can't tell the Green Lantern from the Green Arrow, IRON MAN is the type of summer blockbuster whose appeal lasts far beyond the season. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a billionaire playboy and genius who puts as much effort into chasing skirts as he puts into chasing his next big idea. A trip to Afghanistan to sell weapons quickly devolves into chaos, and Stark finds himself at the mercy of a warlord who wants him to build a missile. Instead, Stark creates a powerful suit of armour, turning him into Iron Man and allowing him to escape. When he returns to America, his assistant Pepper Pots (Gwyneth Paltrow), friend Rhodey (Terrence Howard), and right-hand man Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) all marvel at the change in the man they knew. IRON MAN is the first film to be self-financed by Marvel Studios, and they should be proud of their freshman effort. They didn't take any obvious routes with choosing the cast or crew, and it pays off. Director Jon Favreau, who also has a small role in the film, is best known for directing ELF, but his first action-driven effort is nearly flawless. Casting Downey was gutsy but inspired: this is his first big action picture as well, but the wit he displays in films such as the cult hit KISS KISS, BANG BANG works perfectly for the character of Stark. IRON MAN features nods to its beloved source material, as well as to the classic animated series of the 1960s. But even for the uninitiated, this film provides an interesting entry into the Marvel superhero's universe. Audiences who keep watching after the credits have rolled will be rewarded with a bonus scene.
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