I am Iron Man indeed

[ericcoleman]

Yeah ... great movie, they could not have cast anyone better than RDJ as Tony Stark. And yeah, the bit after the credits ... OH FREAKIN YEAH !!!

And if anyone wants to talk about it more, there is always the comments section, which is the cue for the folks who have not seen it to understand that there may be spoilers there.

Comments

[erik]

I was not impressed with Speed Racer. I thought they totally missed the point.

The original series was an OK adventure story that happened to be produced using animation. The movie, notwithstanding that it was more-or-less live-action, is a cartoon. Bleagh.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

I thought of it more like an anime-movie, based on the larger-scale plot of an ongoing anime series. Which really, is what it was. And I always liked the Speed Racer story arc, even if it was pretty simplistic. So I thought they did a fine job of taking the basic characters and story and adapting it to a modern theme. Story-wise, it was about as successful as such adaptations usually are. Most importantly, it didn't screw anything up or try to introduce "improvements" to the characters or their motivations (see the Jim Carrey version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" for the model of how to screw up).

Cartoon, yeah. Actually, HELL yeah!