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- Not only is it a good comic book movie (smart and stupid, stirring and silly, intimate and spectacular), it's winning enough to engage even those who've never cared much for comic books or the movies they spawn.
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Aug 30, 2022 · In Iron Man 2, the MCU almost went in the direction of one of Iron Man's best comics, but it kept from really pushing Tony Stark over the edge. This is the "Demon in a Bottle" story arc, and it had Tony battling his addiction issues rather than a supervillain.
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May 2, 2008 · Not only is it a good comic book movie (smart and stupid, stirring and silly, intimate and spectacular), it's winning enough to engage even those who've never cared much for comic books or the movies they spawn.
Oct 24, 2023 · How Iron Man—and Robert Downey Jr.—ended up as the subject of Marvel's first major movie.
Iron Man knows that it's a comic book movie; not only does it have all the plot points and moral messages that we're used to from Spider-Man, Batman Begins, and others in the genre, but it also subtly mocks and twists them. The plot touches all the bases of the traditional "origin story" (how our hero becomes a superhero, his first outing with ...
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May 2, 2008 · Iron man is a fun, exciting, interesting, entertaining comic book movie that even non-comic book movie fans will enjoy. It’s funny, looks great and has some great performances. Yes it could have stood a couple of more action sequences and yes it seemed to lose its sense of pace for a little while, but these are minor complaints that didn’t ...
- John Campea
Apr 29, 2008 · Unlike ol' web-head, whose adventures not only provide the most consistent comic-themed film franchise to date but mirror the coming of age experience of the series' core audience, Iron Man is...
Jan 1, 2024 · As is to be expected when adapting stories that span years into a series of movies, some of Iron Man's most significant story beats in the MCU veer significantly from his comic book origins - but these changes can be easily explained.
