Must-see!
After seeing “Iron Man” (2008) today, I’m completely enthusiastic about this movie, which was a big surprise for me! After having read some of the reviews, I was basically prepared for everything. Taking this into account, the first thing that took me in for this movie was the well-written dialogue, and this confirms my hope that quality-conscious actors such as Jeff Bridges and especially Gwyneth Paltrow, whose performance in “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1999) I found so sympathetic, would guarantee for some quality. (I have to admit that I didn’t know Robert Downey Jr. before, who imho really is the perfect cast for Tony Stark/Iron Man.) Right now, I simply cannot follow critics who were writing about “inconsistencies” in the script of “Iron Man”. (It seems that two separate teams of writers worked on this script, but it surely doesn’t show!) I am regarding myself as very critical and quality-conscious, but this was one movie I could have seen again right away!
Summary: Paramount hit it really big time with this one!
agreed, i listened to a great podcast w/ Favreau on NPR’s THE TREATMENT, really very interesting to see the way he came at the material.
Here’s the link to the podcast. Thanks for the tip! After listening to it myself, I find it especially interesting what Favreau said about those archetypes. Btw, I always had the feeling that there’s a strong archetypical theme in “Robocop” (1987)—this theme of “resurrection”. I’m really serious. I guess this is the sort of thing many people tend to overlook, but if you did a bit deeper, it’s there.
Claus