DVD
REVIEW: Iron Man Ultimate 2 Disc
Edition
09/28/08
SYNOPSIS:
Suit up for action with Robert
Downey Jr. in the ultimate adventure movie you’ve been
waiting for, Iron Man! When jet-setting genius-industrialist
Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a
high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he’s on a mission to
save the world as a hero who’s built, not born, to be unlike
any other. Co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and
Jeff Bridges, it’s a fantastic, high-flying journey that is
“hugely entertaining” (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street
Journal).
REVIEW:
“Yeah. I can fly.”
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages and moviegoers of
the world, welcome to the beginning of the blockbuster movie
season of 2008. I can’t resist but to use the cliché . . .
and this one starts out with a bang! Last year it was
Spiderman 3 and this year it’s even better, and cooler, with
Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. Yes! It was great. If by chance
you have read enough of my reviews, you would be able to
determine that I really enjoy a good action movie. This one
made me feel like a kid again. I was adding my own sound
effects during many of the action scenes. It was impressive,
it was super high tech, it was quick witted, and it was a
lot of fun. Iron Man as a superhero is just too fast, too
cool, and too awesome. Marvel has got it going on! Talk
about being hot, Marvel is on fire. And as is customary,
Stan Lee does his little cameo (watch for it).
Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark (Iron Man), son of an
industrialist who founded Stark Industries. The super genius
son eventually takes over the company after his father
passes away bringing to the table his incredible abilities
and engineering savvy. Needless to say the company is quite
successful and Tony is revered as a war hero of sorts being
very much involved in the military without actually being in
the military. Unfortunately, he is also a Lord of War of
sorts (referring to the character in the movie of the same
title) without him knowing it. What he does know is that he
is wealthy beyond measure and he lives the life of a rich
playboy extraordinaire. But don’t let that fool you because
he is still a phenom. He has robots and computer systems in
his lab that he can control and basically talk to like they
were human . . . it’s unreal. Once Iron Man comes into the
picture, he becomes a lot more down to earth, even though he
can fly, really, really fast. You know, the best way to
describe Iron Man is that he is cool. Peter Parker is a nerd
who got bit by a spider and became Spiderman. He is an
incredible superhero but not exactly cool. Bruce Wayne has a
dark past which turns him into an intimidating and menacing
Batman, but I wouldn’t best describe him as cool. Superman
is all powerful and just plain super . . . not quite cool.
The Hulk is a beast, nuff said. Iron Man is just simply
cool. The gadgetry, the weaponry, the high tech computerized
abilities, the flying capabilities, and even the look of the
suit itself are all super cool. Can I tell you that when he
puts the suit on, it’s got nothing to envy the Transformers?
You’ll be saying “the Trans-who?” Mr. Downey owned the role.
He was sharp, both looks and speech. I was skeptical about
him playing a superhero role and I was proven wrong. Jeff
Bridges with an interesting look also brings a solid
performance. That’s pretty standard for him. I was a little
disappointed with Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Stark’s
personal assistant. She was not very convincing with her
role. This movie had a wide variety of interesting
characters. Even one of the robots was quite a character.
The storyline was good enough for a superhero movie. You’ve
got to expect it to be a little cheesy. The dialogue,
however, was very quick and intelligent. You really need to
pay attention if you don’t want to miss anything, especially
with Downey who has quick delivery. I’m not even going to
mention how good the special effects were . . . oh, I just
did. But be sure to see the movie in a theater with good
visual and especially good audio. I saw it in an old theater
and believe me it takes away from the effect. And yes, they
do play “the song”. You’ve gotta love Jon Favreau as an
actor (if you don’t know the name, look him up cause you
will recognize the face). By now you should really start to
appreciate him as a Director (Elf, Zathura). Action fans,
don’t miss it . . . yeah, he can fly!
Film
Review By Cine Marcos
cinemarcos@smartcine.com
DVD: Paramount Home
Entertainment has done it again with this 2 Disc
Ultimate Edition. It contains close to four hours of
special features. Fans of the film will be delight with
this content. Four hours seems like a lot, but this is
the Ultimate Edition. The good thing is that 90% of
special features are worth watching. Some of the
highlights are the feature called "I Am Iron Man" which
is and extraordinary behind the scenes of the film. One
hour and 20 minutes of interesting and fascinating facts
about the movie. Another good feature is "The Invisible
Iron Man" which explorers the origins and the evolution
of this Superhero. It also includes deleted and extended
scenes, as well as visual effects featurette. All in a
very complete edition that is worth the money. The
disappointment in this release is the absents of
commentary.
VIDEO:
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
AUDIO:
English,
Spanish and French
5.1 (Dolby Digital).
Subtitles - English Spanish - Optional
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Deleted/Extended Scenes: A total of eleven scenes,
five deleted scenes and six extended scenes. All are a must
see (24:04)
I Am Iron Man: This is an extraordinary behind
the scenes about the film. The featurette is divided
in seven parts covering every single detail on how the movie
was created. Fans will be delight with this featurette . It
is just amazing the magnificent work that went in to the
creation of this film. This section covers everything, from
how the beginning of the journey to the final
delivery. The good, the bad, the problems and the pride of
delivering the final product. This is how a behind the
scenes should be done, (1:21:20)
The
Invincible Iron Man: This is a six part featurette
that explores the origins and the evolution of Iron
Man took place. Includes comments from Marvel's Editors and
Artist. Another interesting piece not to be missed. (47:03)
Wired:
The Visual Effects of Iron Man: Everything you need
to know about the special effects implemented in the film.
It includes comments from the producers and comments from
the three Visual Effects Companies that created the magic in
the movie. (27:02)
Robert
Downey Jr. Screen Test
(6:02)
The
Actor’s Process (scene rehearsal with cast): This is
a scene rehearsal between Jeff Bridges and Robert Downy Jr.
(4:11)
The
Onion “Wildly Popular Iron Man Trailer to be Adapted into
Full Length Film”: Funny stuff. (2:39)
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