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xShayne

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Frankly, the movie was too short. When the final fight began to take place, I leaned back on my seat and cursed in my mind that the film was going to end soon!

This movie looked good, sounded good, was funny in all the right places,...
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Frankly, the movie was too short. When the final fight began to take place, I leaned back on my seat and cursed in my mind that the film was going to end soon!

This movie looked good, sounded good, was funny in all the right places, moved well and was all in all pretty perfect - though, alas, the fun didn't last forever.

Only weird thing was probably the attempted chemistry between Mr. Stark and Ms. Potter (Jarvis/Stark worked much better in my opinion :P), but that can be easily ignored with everything else taking place on the screen. (And of course there is the matter of Nick Fury: I have nothing against Samuel L. Jackson, but... why did they have to make Fury black? I'm not being a racist, just wondering...)

All in all, I'm waiting a possible sequel with huge anticipation! Even if they wouldn't manage to make it as good as this first one, it would still definitely be worth the watch!

Robert Downey Jr. made an amazing job in this one. Nothing more needs to be said. Go watch it.

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Posted dec 8, 2009 3:06 pm pt

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That was the greatest superhero movie ever. Cool special effects, action and music. It has also has a great story. That's all I got.

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Posted sep 18, 2009 7:54 pm pt

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It hit all the proper beats for a comic book movie, much like the first couple Spider-Man & X-Men movies did. Plus the Iron Man suit looked great and there were some good performances as well. Neither Iron Man nor Tony Stark have ever been any...
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It hit all the proper beats for a comic book movie, much like the first couple Spider-Man & X-Men movies did. Plus the Iron Man suit looked great and there were some good performances as well. Neither Iron Man nor Tony Stark have ever been any of my favorite characters (though maybe one of the more likable Avengers), but Robert Downey Jr. was an inspired choice and I hope in further roles as Stark the character takes some of the darker turns that he did in the comics (i.e. alcoholism)...Oh, and then there was the coolness factor of the tease for the upcoming Avengers movie with Sam Jackson playing S.H.I.E.L.D. head hancho Nick Fury (WHO SHOULD ALSO GET HIS OWN ORIGIN MOVIE!!!). That's badass right there. I always thought the change from Nick being white to black was a good concept in the comics (though is "Nick", much less "Nicolas" a common african-american name? >_>)... Good job, Favreau! Give us more.

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Posted aug 26, 2009 8:12 pm pt

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Cool movie,have a great start for a new super hero that will compete with the other heroes.
this movie have great special effects,sound effects.
waiting for the 2nd part of the sequel.

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Posted jul 10, 2009 11:59 pm pt

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Iron Man is one of my favorite superhero movie. The action was awesome.The special effects were amazing and cool. The humor was funny but nothing is better than the Dark Knight. The story line was great and they followed the suit pretty well from...
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Iron Man is one of my favorite superhero movie. The action was awesome.The special effects were amazing and cool. The humor was funny but nothing is better than the Dark Knight. The story line was great and they followed the suit pretty well from the comics.Over all this was an awesome movie.

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Posted jul 5, 2009 12:21 am pt

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This is just sweet and better then most marvel movies. I mean other then a few this could be the best marvel movie yet. It has action and humor so that makes a really good movie you know. If you dont like this then theres something wrong with you....
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This is just sweet and better then most marvel movies. I mean other then a few this could be the best marvel movie yet. It has action and humor so that makes a really good movie you know. If you dont like this then theres something wrong with you. Great movie and worth checking out.

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Posted jun 28, 2009 5:22 am pt

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Out of all the marvel movies, This and spiderman are the best. Thers really nothing wrong with them. Robert downey jr is great and so is the rest of the cast. This movie also seems to add humer to it which makes it even better. The action in this...
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Out of all the marvel movies, This and spiderman are the best. Thers really nothing wrong with them. Robert downey jr is great and so is the rest of the cast. This movie also seems to add humer to it which makes it even better. The action in this movie is prety. I think Downey should of got a best actor nomination instead of tropic thunder actully. Anyways great picture and cant wait for number 2

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Posted may 7, 2009 6:10 am pt

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Definatley the best marvel film i have ever seen.
Robert Downey Jr. more than exceeded my expectations bringing new life to the character of iron man.

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Posted apr 20, 2009 7:54 am pt

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Good but to short.

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Posted mar 1, 2009 2:45 pm pt

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Finally Hollywood got it right with the superhero comics. Not Fully right but close enough to enjoy. The casting is great Robert Downey Jr. will surely be remember as Iron Man, the movie is great good action sequences, just what we need from...
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Finally Hollywood got it right with the superhero comics. Not Fully right but close enough to enjoy. The casting is great Robert Downey Jr. will surely be remember as Iron Man, the movie is great good action sequences, just what we need from Hollywood when it comes to making Marvel or DC comics into Big acion films.

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Posted feb 14, 2009 6:50 pm pt

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