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Our Take On The Iron Man Film Part 1 Michael's Take! (Note: We will be posting our reviews of the screening of this film separately - Also we will try not to post any spoilers if possible) Last night we attended the May 2nd 2008 Iron Man Film Opening Day Screening! These are Michael's thoughts only: 1st- The multiple teaser trailers that have been released previously have given away some of the film's best scenes. So the opening scene is one we've seen snippets of before, thus it is a little 'flat' for opening the actual film.... 2nd- The first scenes showing the origin of Tony Stark / Iron Man is a little slower paced, possibly due to the 'realism' that is injected in this storyline. 3rd- The film is NOT 'comic-booky', as other than a small segment of the final act's fight scene, it is very realistic looking! Kudos to the CGI experts! 4th- Regarding the actors: Robert Downey Jr truly IS Tony Stark, Great! Paltrow is better as Pepper Potts than what several other critics have said of her so far IMHO. Howard is just Okay as Rhodey, IMHO. Jeff Bridges is Outstanding as Stane! Stan Lee was funny as 'Hef' in his cameo! Jon Favreau,(the director), sneaks in as 'Happy Hogan', shame his role wasn't expanded... 5th- Parents: This film is truly PG-13. We saw the evening matinee, so there were some younger kids there, and several were scared by the realistic violence via torture and bullets impacting bodies. It is NOT cartoon -comic-booky violence! 6th- Was it Worth the money, time watching the film, and waiting months for for the film??? Yes, Yes AND Yes! I would give it an 8.5 out of 10 points for being an 'Origin Movie'. Very Fine Film! 7th- Note: DON'T leave the theater before the end of the film's credits! You Marvel Fans DON'T want to miss the final scene shown AFTER the credits! 8th- I was Very Happy to see in the credits that the Iron Man creators were listed: Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby! Come back for Part 2 where Tina blogs her review!
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 The Iron Man Film opened to 30 million dollars world-wide already!  Tales of Suspense #39 was the origin of Iron Man. It wasn't until Tales of Suspense #45 that Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan (the chaffeur in the Iron Man film) were introduced to the Marvel Universe! Rhodey and Stane were years later in being written into the Iron Man Saga! To view our currently listed IRON MAN and other Marvel Superheroes Comics, magazines and other pop culture items, just click on the photos above!
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