All in all, the action looked cool enough though.

Besides, even you have to admit that the cgi was nothing spectacular. It was cliche, uninspired, and nothing that different from what we've seen for at least a few years now.

Regarding the CGI: Most CGI sucks (at least compared to models- look at Blade Runner for example- those effects still hold up and it was shot in '82!) so this is nothing new, folks. Even the excellent CGI in the Tolkien adaptations had bad moments. The human eye can tell something "isn't right" with CGI, even if the specific problem can't be pinpointed. We'll have to settle with Hollywood's dependence on inferior CGI until a) the technology improves, or b) the audience demands better effects.

..."that bit looked like a cut scene from the game."

Agreed.

MT

once, just *once* i'd love to see a shot of someone walking away from an explosion all cool and bad ass, and then get hit in the back of the head by a wayward piece of debris.

That would be awesome. Maybe they can do it in the next "Date/Epic/Spartans" fecal splash that pretends to be parody.

Not ragging on you man. Just being AICN cynical. Personally it would be funny in a Naked Gun sort of way. Unfortunately it probably will be in the next "Date/Epic/Spartan" fecal splash™ of a movie.

Regards,

MT

Look, I actually do intend to see this movie, but you can't tell me that a b-list comic character with a c-list director and an actor who is really just being himself in a film filled with been-there-done-that cgi and cliche camera shots is generating as much attention as you think it is.

What this film has going for it is a 50 million dollar marketing campeign which exists to make you think an obvisouly generic comic book film will be the greatest thing since Tim Burton's Batman. Whatever.

300, The Mask of Zoro, Iron Man, X-men 2, The Shooter, Tombstone, Armageddon, Terminator series, Smallville series, Desperado, The Quick and The Dead, The Simpsons series, XXX, No Country For Old Men, everything involving Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone, and Van Damm, and thats what I could think of in just three minutes.

This ad was directed to people who area already going to see the movie. For those who haven't read a comic, and have no idea who Iron Man is, this ad didn't give them any reason to see it - it looked like a crappy Transformers-lite ad, and it wont get any mainstream buzz as a result. It would have been better to introduce Tony Stark, who he is, and why he is. Instead we get a guy in a Star Trek jumpsuit saying,"oh yeah.. i can fly." He dodges a tank and blows it up with a micro-missle from his arm.

And all of America thought, "who is this new villain going around blowing up American Tanks in Bagdad?"

Dumb Ad is Dumb.

now, have you seen favreau previous movies? is any of them any good? if you thought so, then i'm sure you'll love this movie. me, my hope is not so high.

I'm sorry but I have to question your mental health. Or your tastes. Or both.

Don't ever come close to my kids, you pervert.

I thought both Elf and Zathura were absolutely silly and had a terrible art direction. Both of these points make me wonder about Favreau's tastes and abilities in the first place. Just sayin'

In all fairness I think Elf lacked substance and was ugly as hell. Since I expect some substance and visual flair in Iron Man it got me legitimally worried. Besides, Favreau's silly brand of humor seems (like many said before) to give the movie a Fantastic Four flavor that worries me even more.

I'm not dissing people enjoying Elf and I'm glad you had a good time watching it. My loss. But Nolan is a brilliant director while Favreau is mediocre at best, and a Hack Pack member at worst.

I wouldn't worry about the CGI at the end. I'm sure that will clean up in the final stages of post. Unless it's a VR SIM. Then it should look a tittle crapy.

I know a lot of you will disagree, but I would love to see this done a little like the "Rocketeer". The tongue-and-cheek humor is fine if they balance it with enough menace.

Bridges is excellent at playing evil, so I'm really looking forward to RDJ and him bouncing off each other.

Maybe they should assign a number to the movie dimension, so it's more in-tune with Marvel's books. You know, like this is Earth 90210 or something...

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