It's also the only Iron Man movie that is actually good. It's got the usual capeshit elements all around it, but it's not grounded in reality, has few but rememberable characters and a linear storyline of its own
>a couple centimeters
It's at least 5 centimeters of armor, and it's made of capeshittium material that is probably more durable than titanium fuses with diamond wieners
I watched this last night. Man, it's just a different feeling than the MCU in recent times. When the suit flies, it's just a different feeling than nowadays with Thor or Captain Marvel where it feels kinda off with the weight or something.
>There was much improvisation in dialogue scenes, because the script was not completed when filming began (the filmmakers had focused on the story making sense and planning the action). Favreau felt that improvisation would make the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines said on the spot. Multiple takes were done, as Downey wanted to try something new each time.[30] It was Downey's idea to have Stark hold a news conference on the floor,[12] and he created the speech Stark makes when demonstrating the Jericho weapon.[7] Bridges described this approach as "a $200 million student film", and noted that it caused stress for Marvel executives when the stars were trying to come up with dialogue on the day of filming scenes.
This is basically the film version of the Marvel method used in the 60's
Marvel used to have comics made by having the general art. Story and choreography drawn out and the dialogue added in last minute
Its poetry
how could this be MCU when it didn't even exist back then?
It ends with the "I'm putting together a team" stinger, they were already building toward Avengers so this is definitely part of the MCU and not separate. Incredible Hulk is part of the MCU for the same reason.
I remember enjoying it, even seeing it twice. The third act or climax or whatever, was a bunch of shit, but that's true of almost all American movies (which insist on having such a thing). Then there was a sequel where the character started grating and they started introducing tie-in "this character is actually that character that a comic and its setting up..." dogshit so I was out for that reason.
>dodging a projectile then calmly using his wrist weapon
I wish this had become a signature Iron Man move that was featured in all his appearances
Then again I also wish Marvel characters had their own little themes and leitmotifs that carried on in other movies
I was really pissed when I watched Doctor Strange 2 and couldn't even understand the villain's motivations until someone explained fricking WandaVision to me.
3 is shit, faked us out of a cool villain. Shane Black's strange habit of setting his movies during Christmas and having a kid feels out of place and forced.
how did cgi get worse in the subsequent movies?
Apparently they outsource it to Asia now to do it cheaper.
It's incredible how much our standards have slipped. I rewatched the first IM recently and also was surprised how "good" it is... Yet I distinctly remember my brother and I being disappointed at how goofy it becomes after Tony leaves the cave. The movie feels directionless after the first act and the ending is just silly.
>we will never get an armor wars show with tony (i know they're doing one but the one they're doing is without tony) >we will never get an adaption of doomquest or infamous iron man, we will also never see 99% of iron man's villains except probably for the black b***h ironheart's show
as a comicsgay i am dissapointed as how much they haven't done with the characters.
take captain america for example. no nomad story arc, no Invaders, no him meeting us agent, no him fighting against schizo bootleg versions of himself that the government tried to replace him with in between him being frozen and him waking up. no captain america fighting against nuke.
Nostalgia goggles. Origin story is good and since it's the first MCU movie it came before capeshit fatigue settled in, but the "villain" and the whole 3rd part of the film is the same kind of shit as everything that followed.
No, it really is better. It's allowed to be sexy, allowed to be darker when it needs to be. If it was made today, it'd most certainly be downgraded heavily. I agree le ebill rich white guy was not the most compelling of ways to finish off the movie, but it was decent overall.
It's especially shitty because both films really highlight how artistically devoid the MCU is.
These two scenes are the equivalent of splash pages in comic books, which are typically filled with colour and you can see every character in some dramatic action pose. The films just have the running across a greenscreen in desaturated colours, making it look like a dull fricking mess of grey and/or brown. Even a shitty comic like the original civil war has good visual sense not to do that. But the MCU just shits out scenes like this because they don't see anything wrong with it
Yeah, that's the thing. I watched it yesterday and not once did I double take over the SFX and I mean that in the best way. With the MCU now, I always see glaring issues even in the trailers and they never fix it on release.
who cares? you'll just get banned by mods or jannies for saying different
Yeah IM1 is good.
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It's also the only Iron Man movie that is actually good. It's got the usual capeshit elements all around it, but it's not grounded in reality, has few but rememberable characters and a linear storyline of its own
Still the best looking armour.
>A couple centimeters of armor is enough to save from direct tank rocket
that's the part that upsets you? not the pocket sized cold fusion reactor in his chest cavity?
you wouldnt have a movie without the reactor. The tank rocket doesnt need to happen
It's a fictional suit of scifi armor. Wtf?
Stark is a super genius, and coming up with a small fusion reactor felt more realistic than a little bit of armor displacing so much kinetic energy.
No it didn't.
>a couple centimeters
It's at least 5 centimeters of armor, and it's made of capeshittium material that is probably more durable than titanium fuses with diamond wieners
>diamond
How much do diamonds weigh?
They specifically say what the material is.
>capeshittium
The new metal in Avatar 2
It's really good metal.
They were using HE salvos for killing unarmed civilians.
Think the Samurai and their katana against peasants.
>rocket
They hadn't fully perfected the capeshit formula for MCU movies, so they were still trying in 2008.
Best Iron Man armor
It was made before Disney got its hands on Marvel.
i always thought it was produced by sony pictures for some reason
I watched this last night. Man, it's just a different feeling than the MCU in recent times. When the suit flies, it's just a different feeling than nowadays with Thor or Captain Marvel where it feels kinda off with the weight or something.
>There was much improvisation in dialogue scenes, because the script was not completed when filming began (the filmmakers had focused on the story making sense and planning the action). Favreau felt that improvisation would make the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines said on the spot. Multiple takes were done, as Downey wanted to try something new each time.[30] It was Downey's idea to have Stark hold a news conference on the floor,[12] and he created the speech Stark makes when demonstrating the Jericho weapon.[7] Bridges described this approach as "a $200 million student film", and noted that it caused stress for Marvel executives when the stars were trying to come up with dialogue on the day of filming scenes.
based. frick executives
Yeah, this movie had soul, unlike the corporate machine the MCU became after it, and you can feel it.
This is basically the film version of the Marvel method used in the 60's
Marvel used to have comics made by having the general art. Story and choreography drawn out and the dialogue added in last minute
Its poetry
>Its poetry
Not what that word means.
Yes it is it rhymes
You're thinking of pottery.
>it caused stress for Marvel executives
oh no! just think about the nerves of those poor marvel execs, they must have been sweating bullets!
>Marvel executives
marvel was nothing back then so they had no say
>is literally the only good MCU movie
I don't even consider it MCU since it predates it so much.
how could this be MCU when it didn't even exist back then?
Evil Dead is MCU now chud.
It ends with the "I'm putting together a team" stinger, they were already building toward Avengers so this is definitely part of the MCU and not separate. Incredible Hulk is part of the MCU for the same reason.
shame what became of downey. he even has an earpiece in later films because he couldnt be botehred to learn his lines.
explains why it is literally the only capeshit that doesn't suck dick
I remember enjoying it, even seeing it twice. The third act or climax or whatever, was a bunch of shit, but that's true of almost all American movies (which insist on having such a thing). Then there was a sequel where the character started grating and they started introducing tie-in "this character is actually that character that a comic and its setting up..." dogshit so I was out for that reason.
1 was kino
2 was nice
3 was kino
how did cgi get worse in the subsequent movies?
1 was kino
2 was terrible
3 was halfway decent
>dodging a projectile then calmly using his wrist weapon
I wish this had become a signature Iron Man move that was featured in all his appearances
Then again I also wish Marvel characters had their own little themes and leitmotifs that carried on in other movies
I miss when the sequels were direct sequels and you didn't need to watch six other avengers movies to know whats going on
this
capeshit became really shit when they started mixing everything
I was really pissed when I watched Doctor Strange 2 and couldn't even understand the villain's motivations until someone explained fricking WandaVision to me.
Thanks Genndy
3 is shit, faked us out of a cool villain. Shane Black's strange habit of setting his movies during Christmas and having a kid feels out of place and forced.
Apparently they outsource it to Asia now to do it cheaper.
Holy based
It's incredible how much our standards have slipped. I rewatched the first IM recently and also was surprised how "good" it is... Yet I distinctly remember my brother and I being disappointed at how goofy it becomes after Tony leaves the cave. The movie feels directionless after the first act and the ending is just silly.
>we will never get an armor wars show with tony (i know they're doing one but the one they're doing is without tony)
>we will never get an adaption of doomquest or infamous iron man, we will also never see 99% of iron man's villains except probably for the black b***h ironheart's show
as a comicsgay i am dissapointed as how much they haven't done with the characters.
take captain america for example. no nomad story arc, no Invaders, no him meeting us agent, no him fighting against schizo bootleg versions of himself that the government tried to replace him with in between him being frozen and him waking up. no captain america fighting against nuke.
be happy that you got as much as you got without it being pozzed. now it's all gonna be shit.
This is where the MCU started and ended.
The death of the Iron Monger that is not in the script killed what would have been a perfect movie
I cringe at the little guitar motiff the made for this movie. It's the most generic cartoon-sounding music I've ever heard in a movie.
wasn't that just an ac/dc song?
no no, it's a little theme song they made when iron man is flying around, it's so shit.
No Ramin Djawadi (same guy who made the GoT soundtrack) made the rock-based soundtrack for the movie.
It was pre-MCU. A different time.
It was made before the Disney deal
Nostalgia goggles. Origin story is good and since it's the first MCU movie it came before capeshit fatigue settled in, but the "villain" and the whole 3rd part of the film is the same kind of shit as everything that followed.
No, it really is better. It's allowed to be sexy, allowed to be darker when it needs to be. If it was made today, it'd most certainly be downgraded heavily. I agree le ebill rich white guy was not the most compelling of ways to finish off the movie, but it was decent overall.
This was the beginning of the "cheapening" of capeshit
>can choose to have your epic superhero showdown anywhere
>choose an airport tarmac
I will never understand this.
What's to get? It was cheap. Period.
This and Endgame are the two worst Marvel movies
It's especially shitty because both films really highlight how artistically devoid the MCU is.
These two scenes are the equivalent of splash pages in comic books, which are typically filled with colour and you can see every character in some dramatic action pose. The films just have the running across a greenscreen in desaturated colours, making it look like a dull fricking mess of grey and/or brown. Even a shitty comic like the original civil war has good visual sense not to do that. But the MCU just shits out scenes like this because they don't see anything wrong with it
Really weird how 10+ years old CGI looks better than the shit they produce today
Yeah, that's the thing. I watched it yesterday and not once did I double take over the SFX and I mean that in the best way. With the MCU now, I always see glaring issues even in the trailers and they never fix it on release.
always found it mid
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