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JD10367 · 05-04-2010, 12:13 AM

Okay, just came back from test-running "Iron Man 2", and I'm sad to report... it's pretty blah.

How they can manage to f**k up superhero films this way is beyond me. But they manage.

It's not that I didn't enjoy it. I did. Of course, I also saw it in IMAX. For free. And I like Downey's portrayal because I think he nails the Tony Stark character perfectly... although, having said that, even that wore thin after a while. Because the movie was more Merchant-Ivory chick-flick than anything else. Two hours and almost all of it was people talking. How the **** do you make a superhero action movie, without any superhero action?!? Pretty much everything in the trailer is the only action. Again, it's got some qualities: it has some humor, it has some fanboy "this is Chapter Two" stuff, Gwyneth is pretty and Scarlett is hot (and even there they ****ed it up by underutilizing her), and Jackson's got his good cameos. But for people who go to this film expecting a lot of superhero action... it ain't there.

Someone complained that there were too many villians? There were almost none!

Spoiler!

The plot seemed haphazard and often pointless. Basically, aside from furthering the Avengers story a bit, the only thing we learn in this movie is:

Spoiler!

The editing was also very WTF. There were talking scenes that ran too long, extraneous scenes with the Russian and the other weapons manufacturer that really didn't need to be there... and, again, not enough action scenes. It was a pretty confounding film: "Iron Man 2", with barely any Iron Man. I kept thinking, "Okay, the story's really gonna start any minute now... any minute now, it's gonna pick up with an action scene or something... any minute now..." And a half-hour went by, and then an hour went by...

If you like Downey, you'll enjoy it okay enough. If you're a fanboy, you might not mind, thinking, "Okay, that was another chapter in the story". But I think most people who go see this are gonna sit there for two hours, glassy-eyed, and go, "Huh? What the **** was that?" I mean, I think I could've written a better story. Hell, the plot of the first "Spiderman", and even the third "Spiderman", blew this out of the water in terms of having actual fights and villians... and those two films weren't that great.

Deberg_1990 · 05-04-2010, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

Okay, just came back from test-running "Iron Man 2", and I'm sad to report... it's pretty blah.

How they can manage to f**k up superhero films this way is beyond me. But they manage.

The first one didnt have alot of action either. Apparently, Faverau doesnt like action that much??

keg in kc · 04-30-2010, 02:38 PM

I'm trying to decide whether to do the Iron Man 1 and 2 showing or not. It seems like it might be fun, but I have the first one on DVD, so it's not like I need a refresher.

Also curious about the IMAX, whether it's worth the extra dough. Although I hear that what fight sequences there are are incredible.

Deberg_1990 · 05-04-2010, 06:50 AM

Oh wow....Cloverfield might have a sequel. Rumours of a secret trailer attached to Iron Man 2 this weekend. Sweet!!

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-...jj-abrams-film

........For example, I can tell you that the film is called "Super 8." I can also tell you that it is rumored to be a "Cloverfield" sequel. How it ties in to the first film is unclear at this point, but I would imagine the trailer will make that connection explicit so that audiences basically walk out after two hours of amazing Iron Man action talking about a two minute trailer as the most exciting thing they saw. What I can't tell you is what you're actually going to see in the trailer, and frankly, I don't want to know yet.

It appears that Abrams will not be directing this film, and the more I've poked into it, the more convinced I am that this is not the movie that Abrams is rumored to be teaming with Steven Spielberg to make. At first, I thought they were connected, but if this is a "Cloverfield" follow-up, I have trouble believing Spielberg would suddenly jump onboard now. Instead, that's most likely a different secret Abrams project.

Prints of "Iron Man 2" are already showing up at theaters nationwide, and all of those prints come with a final reel locked in a film canister that has a coded electronic lock on it. Check this out:

You cannot use your code to open that canister until Thursday afternoon, meaning projectionists are going to have to work quickly to get their prints put together in time for the midnight screenings, especially if they plan to do a tech run first. The reason for that secrecy is not only the easter egg scene at the very end of the film after all the credits, but also because the "Super 8" trailer is in that can, ready to be built onto the prints.

Shooting a teaser trailer for a film that hasn't been made yet is uncommon enough, but the idea of doing it under a fake title and even tricking the crew into thinking they're working on a remake of a teen sex comedy is downright fiendish. I love the lengths that Abrams and crew go to on these surprises, and knowing just this little bit that we know now, I'm dying to see what "Super 8" is, if it really does tie in to "Cloverfield," and exactly how Abrams has baited this particular hook.

Game on, JJ. Let's see what you've done this time

JD10367 · 05-04-2010, 07:50 AM

The scene at the end? Sums up the movie, IMO...

Spoiler!

JD10367 · 05-04-2010, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

The scene at the end? Sums up the movie, IMO...

Spoiler!

EDIT: I guess I didn't read that story well enough... I think my reference is to the Easter Egg final scene, because I didn't get the trailer they speak of.

Deberg_1990 · 05-04-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

EDIT: I guess I didn't read that story well enough... I think my reference is to the Easter Egg final scene, because I didn't get the trailer they speak of.

Yea, what you mentioned above:

Spoiler!

The Cloverfield 2 rumors are a seperate trailer that would run before IM2.

Sure-Oz · 05-04-2010, 09:22 AM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man_2/

76% so far, still solid. I'd say it's really hard to top the 1st one. I also heard this movie is really setting up the avengers. I am sure i will like it.

Chiefs Pantalones · 05-04-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man_2/

76% so far, still solid. I'd say it's really hard to top the 1st one. I also heard this movie is really setting up the avengers. I am sure i will like it.

What's the avengers?

Sure-Oz · 05-04-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder

What's the avengers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_%28comics%29

keg in kc · 05-04-2010, 10:09 PM

Just pulled the trigger on the Thursday night Iron Man 1 & 2 double-feature.

Deberg_1990 · 05-05-2010, 10:24 AM

More info on JJ Abrams secret "Super 8" trailer:

Spoiler!

Sure-Oz · 05-05-2010, 11:05 AM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_man_2/

at 71% now, certified fresh but it's not close to the 93% the original got. I am sure i will still like it.

FAX · 05-05-2010, 11:13 AM

Thanks for posting this, Mr. Tribal Warfare. This is the best trailer I've seen so far. Very exciting.

And, although some critics have panned this one, I don't care what they say. I'm going to love this movie.

Iron Man rocks.

FAX

Deberg_1990 · 05-06-2010, 08:17 AM

Abrams now denying its a Cloverfield sequel..whos knows?

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment..._absolute.html

Whats the word JD, have you unlocked it yet??

05-04-2010, 12:13 AM	#1
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	Okay, just came back from test-running "Iron Man 2", and I'm sad to report... it's pretty blah. How they can manage to fk up superhero films this way is beyond me. But they manage. It's not that I didn't enjoy it. I did. Of course, I also saw it in IMAX. For free. And I like Downey's portrayal because I think he nails the Tony Stark character perfectly... although, having said that, even that wore thin after a while. Because the movie was more Merchant-Ivory chick-flick than anything else. Two hours and almost all of it was people talking. How the do you make a superhero action movie, without any superhero action?!? Pretty much everything in the trailer is the only action. Again, it's got some qualities: it has some humor, it has some fanboy "this is Chapter Two" stuff, Gwyneth is pretty and Scarlett is hot (and even there they ed it up by underutilizing her), and Jackson's got his good cameos. But for people who go to this film expecting a lot of superhero action... it ain't there. Someone complained that there were too many villians? There were almost none! Spoiler! There was Mickey Rourke's Russian, and the smarmy schmuck who is in competition with Stark for weapons contracts. And near the end they threw in a bunch of battle robots. That's it. There was the early scene where Rourke goes after Starke at the Monaco Grand Prix, and that was pretty much it for Iron Man interaction with baddies. After he takes care of the battle robots, Rourke does show up in his own Iron Man suit... and their "battle royale" lasts all of maybe 2 minutes on screen! The plot seemed haphazard and often pointless. Basically, aside from furthering the Avengers story a bit, the only thing we learn in this movie is: Spoiler! that Stark upgrades his chest power-pack... and even how that happens is silly and nonsensical, having to do with his dad hiding some "unknown element's" description in a frigging EPCOT Center-style map. Incredibly dumb. If his father knew about this element, why not simply leave the knowledge in a note for his kid? Even if the father didn't have the technical ability to harness the element, why go all "National Treasure" on it? It was a silly plot device. The editing was also very WTF. There were talking scenes that ran too long, extraneous scenes with the Russian and the other weapons manufacturer that really didn't need to be there... and, again, not enough action scenes. It was a pretty confounding film: "Iron Man 2", with barely any Iron Man. I kept thinking, "Okay, the story's really gonna start any minute now... any minute now, it's gonna pick up with an action scene or something... any minute now..." And a half-hour went by, and then an hour went by... If you like Downey, you'll enjoy it okay enough. If you're a fanboy, you might not mind, thinking, "Okay, that was another chapter in the story". But I think most people who go see this are gonna sit there for two hours, glassy-eyed, and go, "Huh? What the ** was that?" I mean, I think I could've written a better story. Hell, the plot of the first "Spiderman", and even the third "Spiderman", blew this out of the water in terms of having actual fights and villians... and those two films weren't that great.
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04-30-2010, 02:38 PM	#3
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	I'm trying to decide whether to do the Iron Man 1 and 2 showing or not. It seems like it might be fun, but I have the first one on DVD, so it's not like I need a refresher. Also curious about the IMAX, whether it's worth the extra dough. Although I hear that what fight sequences there are are incredible.
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05-04-2010, 06:50 AM	#4
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3464454	Oh wow....Cloverfield might have a sequel. Rumours of a secret trailer attached to Iron Man 2 this weekend. Sweet!! http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-...jj-abrams-film ........For example, I can tell you that the film is called "Super 8." I can also tell you that it is rumored to be a "Cloverfield" sequel. How it ties in to the first film is unclear at this point, but I would imagine the trailer will make that connection explicit so that audiences basically walk out after two hours of amazing Iron Man action talking about a two minute trailer as the most exciting thing they saw. What I can't tell you is what you're actually going to see in the trailer, and frankly, I don't want to know yet. It appears that Abrams will not be directing this film, and the more I've poked into it, the more convinced I am that this is not the movie that Abrams is rumored to be teaming with Steven Spielberg to make. At first, I thought they were connected, but if this is a "Cloverfield" follow-up, I have trouble believing Spielberg would suddenly jump onboard now. Instead, that's most likely a different secret Abrams project. Prints of "Iron Man 2" are already showing up at theaters nationwide, and all of those prints come with a final reel locked in a film canister that has a coded electronic lock on it. Check this out: You cannot use your code to open that canister until Thursday afternoon, meaning projectionists are going to have to work quickly to get their prints put together in time for the midnight screenings, especially if they plan to do a tech run first. The reason for that secrecy is not only the easter egg scene at the very end of the film after all the credits, but also because the "Super 8" trailer is in that can, ready to be built onto the prints. Shooting a teaser trailer for a film that hasn't been made yet is uncommon enough, but the idea of doing it under a fake title and even tricking the crew into thinking they're working on a remake of a teen sex comedy is downright fiendish. I love the lengths that Abrams and crew go to on these surprises, and knowing just this little bit that we know now, I'm dying to see what "Super 8" is, if it really does tie in to "Cloverfield," and exactly how Abrams has baited this particular hook. Game on, JJ. Let's see what you've done this time
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05-04-2010, 07:50 AM	#5
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	The scene at the end? Sums up the movie, IMO... Spoiler! ...a 90-second scene of an agent driving through the desert, arriving at what looks like a big hole in the ground, saying something like "we found it" into a cellphone, and the last shot looks like... I dunno, a handle of some sort, like on a sword. WTF? They got "Cloverfield" out of that? 99% of the people won't stay to see it, and the ones who do will be mystified and disappointed... just like the rest of the film.
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05-04-2010, 10:09 PM	#11
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Just pulled the trigger on the Thursday night Iron Man 1 & 2 double-feature.
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05-05-2010, 10:24 AM	#12
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3464454	More info on JJ Abrams secret "Super 8" trailer: Spoiler! http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment...ails_of_j.html We have exclusive details on the trailer for the J.J. Abrams–produced Super 8, which will unspool at 12:01 am Thursday night in front of Iron Man 2. We feel compelled to insert a spoiler alert — read no further if you just want it to be a surprise! — lest a livid Cloverfield fan hurl an icy Slusho! in our direction. Here's what we know for certain ... Insiders familiar with the trailer tell us that it shows a bunch of kids who are shooting a movie with a Super 8 camera in the seventies or eighties. When they develop the film, they notice that there's an alien creature in the frame. Our sources also say that Super 8 is absolutely connected to 2008's Cloverfield (possibly a prequel, but not a sequel). Whether the actual Super 8 movie will be set in the seventies, eighties, or present day is anyone's guess. And yet, just this scrap of information will have fans obsessing for months. Advantage yours, Abrams.
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05-05-2010, 11:13 AM	#14
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	Thanks for posting this, Mr. Tribal Warfare. This is the best trailer I've seen so far. Very exciting. And, although some critics have panned this one, I don't care what they say. I'm going to love this movie. Iron Man rocks. FAX
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05-06-2010, 08:17 AM	#15
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3464454	Abrams now denying its a Cloverfield sequel..whos knows? http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment..._absolute.html Whats the word JD, have you unlocked it yet??
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