Desicritics Comments on Movie Review: Iron Man Packs a Punch!

Comment by Varun P

Tue, 6 May 2008 05:11:45 EDT

Well, you can also catch RDJ in action in the June 2008 release "The Hulk". With Marvel deciding to produce their own movies (quite a smart move) and not licensing its heroes to other production studios, we are likely to see more of these heroes appear in different, inter-related movies. A pretty smart move too, for I sure am gonna watch Hulk to catch a glimpse of RDJ. While Iron Man 2 is still 2 years (almost) away, at least we can still catch RDJ in other movies! And ya, Iron Man II should be a super-suit movie -- maybe they'll introduce War machine in there. For the records, Iron Man has the best opening debut figures, second only to Spiderman.. The movie grosses $201.9 million worldwide in the first weekend.

Comment by Sanjay

Mon, 5 May 2008 17:44:52 EDT

Well, if you remember Richard Donner's Superman, it mainly dealt with the backstory and exposition of how the legend came to be. The reason they made Superman-II was to then show off Superman in a more action-packed way. So perhaps something similar would be done with Iron Man 2 -- which by the way, has just been officially announced today. So now we have a sequel to look forward to, in addition to a likely Avengers movie. Another good movie coming up with RDJ in it, is the comedy Tropic Thunder, where he stars alongside Ben Stiller and Jack Black. It looks pretty hilarious too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xUx5GA4YU

Comment by Varun P

Sun, 4 May 2008 23:37:01 EDT

Well, I am sure the sequel is on but the big question is if they can sustain the viewer's interest like it was the case in this movie? I mean, the climax wasn't so great -- the making however sure was! Nonetheless, I am sure I'll queue up to catch teh sequel as soon as it's out! Hope the wait is not too long!

Comment by Sanjay

Sun, 4 May 2008 23:22:59 EDT

Robert Downey Jr will make a small cameo as Tony Stark in the upcoming movie The Incredible Hulk. With a record boxoffice opening weekend, it seems like a sequel is assured. I'd like see Terence Howard get to play James Rhodes as War Machine, and hopefully we'll also get a glimpse of Stark's battle with alcoholism. The mention of the Ten Rings also then alludes to the possibility of The Mandarin as supervillain. Other good villain candidates from the Iron Man universe include Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo.