Iron man has been my favorite character since i was six (twenty two years ago), when i found out about the iron man film i was worried that they would never be able to live up to the comics i loved so much as a kid, firstly the armor is fantastic, which was vastly important, the wrong armor would have ruined the film. I don't want to post any spoilers, but the changes made to the characters/myths are well considered and not too "hollywood"
From the trailers, magazine features and interviews that I've seen regarding this film, I can honestly say it's the one superhero film that I want to see on the big screen. And when you really consider the character and the villains that featured with him were products of the Cold War Iron Man is not necessarily one that springs instantly to mind for cinematic adaptation. I'd be going to see it with the OKcrew tonight but I'm on parental taxi duties.
Oh yes. Iron Man is rather excellent. Downey Jr was brilliantly cast... as were the rest of them (especially Jeff Bridges). CGI was spot on, as was the script.
If you haven't seen it yet, make sure you stay until the end of the titles. There's a little something on there that you may enjoy.
I'm not normally one for the tie-in novelization that comes out with films, i don't mind a film based on a book or comic, but an unnecessary book adaptation which basically recounts the story of the film with little of substance to add on top, not really for me. i mocked an old housemate of mine for buying the novelization of Van Helsing (with Hugh Jackman) because she felt she had trouble understanding parts of the film.
But the old Iron Man novelization... its only written by Peter David. I enjoy just about every Peter David comic I've ever written, so i could maybe, possibly seeing me reading this one. not at full price mind you, it'll end up in HMV for £1.50 before long, but still, i'm tempted.
anyone here gonna read it? have any of you read movie novelizations before? don't worry about being judged, i mean who am i anyway eh? certainly not the one who decrees what is hip and what is square.
I read the novelization of Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves before the film came out, it adds a LOT that isn't in the film and also comes free from bad accents, thus works out a lot better story ;-)
As for Iron Man, I loved it so much that I'm off to see it again. And I feel after my second viewing it will become my favourite comic-film of all time, it was that damn good. (and the after credits scene was the best in any film ever!).
There's some nice flamethrower action here, and it gives a good impression of just how fast IM can fly, which the comic doesn't quite provide. It's the AC Cobra I felt sorry for.
R.e. novelisations - I used to read tons when I was a youngling. Most were shoddy but some were weird treasures indeed. The best was Alan dean Foster's The Thing novelisation, which seemed to be based on an early script because it was mostly unlike the film except for the basic premise. So altho' having seen the film I had no idea what was going to happen to who or when or how. Bargain! (The film was still miles better though.)
I was so hungry for Iron Man that I scrupulously avoided every mention of it lest I inadvertantly have a spoiler burnt into my brain.
I'm so glad I did, the film was just awesome. I was walking on air when I left the cinema. I don't have the words to describe why it worked for me, but Downey deserves an oscar for his performance. He nailed it.
I agree about not having the words to describe it, it's one of those films that just locks together perfectly. As my none comic loving friend said "I have nothing bad whatsoever to say about it".
I was never even an Iron Man fan until I read Extremis (purely cos I'm an Ellis fan), which I loved. I've been a die-hard Spider-Man fan all my life, but this blew away all 3 of those films for me.
