The Invincible Iron Man
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Movie Reviews of The Invincible Iron Man
Movie Review: Iron Man comes home
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the third direct-to-dvd effort from Marvel/Lions Gate, and rather than giving us another superhero team, we get an origin story treatment on everyone's favourite shellhead. An ancient evil called the Mandarin has been unleashed, and only Tony Stark can stop it before it destroys the world.
I like this one better than the two Ultimate Avengers efforts, though it's still lacking in certain respects. On the positive side, I like how the film doesn't feel compelled to show us the modern Iron Man armor until late into the movie. It's a gutsy move, and ultimately makes me respect the character history just a little more. The Mandarin is also an interesting choice for a first villain in that old 'science vs. magic' way. The elementals make for cool visuals.
Really though, I just don't find myself caring for Tony Stark much. The script's attempts at giving him character come off as forced, and overall I just found Stark and his problems kind of bland. It seems to be the trend with all of Marvel's animated features, especially compared to the stronger DC Justice League material. When the character is weak, the story is weak. And when the story is weak, the bland animation doesn't help much either.
The DVD comes with some featurettes that cover Iron Man's history, and also some interviews from the creative team. This is worth a rental for all comic book fans at the very least, but it lacks the re-watchability of Hellboy, Justice League, and the 90s X-Men/Spider-Man shows.
Movie Review: Finally...a great Iron Man story!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this story. It made Iron Man seem just like he did in the comics whne I was little.Movie Review: What a drag...
Summary: 3 Stars
I was excited to see this film, but it sucked the happy right out of me. A achingly-slow story coupled with weak cliched characters, plus jumps in logic too hackneyed even for animation, render this crud a quick trip to nap-ville. (At least I enjoyed an unplanned sleepy time about 3/4 into "Iron Man".) The CGI reminded me of the old anime "Lensman": used mostly without flair, and totally lifeless compared to the regular animation.
If you must have this dud, wait until it shows up eventually in the $5.50 bin, alongside those other mishaps, the Ultimate Avengers films. Tony Stark's pencil mustache should be cause enough to stay away.
Movie Review: Iron Man
Summary: 3 Stars
A modern 'politically correct'update of the classic comic book story.Rather than having his genesis in the Vietnam conflict this modern version is about a rich heir apparent dabling in archeological adventures in modern china and then battling the ancient evil that his enterprises awake, but with a huge personal cost.Movie Review: Cranky Old Comic Fan From The 70's
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm going to take the con side of this debate. Having not really read many comics in the past 20 years or so I really haven't followed any of the Ultimates stuff. I have had it explained to me by a co-worker that's a big comic buff. It seems to make sense to update some heros' origins. After all Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan would be in their ninties these days. I understand that they are also keeping the original origins in place which is fine. Having said that, I don't know if this is an Ultimate storyline or not but I didn't care for it at all.
Taken as a stand alone movie, if viewed by someone with no idea of who Iron Man is, this is really run of the mill. Tony Stark wasn't a very cohesive character. As far as alter-egos go this one is kind of a hypocritical milksap. He makes a big deal out of not building weapons but has an entire room full of indestructible power armor. If the suits are for research why the need for powerful lasers and missles? The writer's seem to face the same dilemma most of Hollywood finds itself in these days. It's politically incorrect to endorse violence but you still have to give the audience a good action packed fight scene. As a result you get unrealistic portrayals of altruistic millionaire industrialists and pacifists with more weapons than Dirty Harry. I may be reading a little too much into a cartoon but the level of some of the violence here (one person gets executed with a gunshot to the back of the head) suggests this is for a mature audience. If this is the case the writers should have given the actions and motivations more depth.
The biggest problem is the time it takes to actually get to Iron Man. Once there the fight scenes are few and far between. The film suffers from the same problem a lot of live action superhero movies suffer from, too much screen time for the alter-ego. The action sequences are lacking visual impact. I think that is partly due to the mediocre quality of the animation. The CG doesn't mix too badly with the hand drawn but it's all just servicable at best.
In the end the movie seemed overly long and convulted with the end being a less than satisfying resolution. Even if I weren't aware of Iron Man before this I don't think I would recommend it as anything more than a rental.