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

[lisagems.livejournal.com]

But the first villain was really just the unwitting henchman.

I read it as primary villain being pretty much a bad guy from before, he was, afterall, willing to sell weapons to both sides while unashamedly going on about "keeping America safe". They play subtly on the original comic book characters background as a communist, with the 'keeping power in the right hands' comment, and other things.

Besides, it IS a comic book. How much motivation do ANY of the villians really have. (aside from Magneto, of course *snickers*)

[guppiecat]

The problem is that if you look at comics on a single-issue basis, the motivation is really paltry. However, if you look at the backstories that evolve over the decades, the villains get very complex and compelling motivations... that are entirely ignored when they become movies.

I compare Iron Man with Batman Begins, as they are similar in plot and stereotyping. Batman Begins had a much more believable villain and compelling story. Iron Man COULD HAVE, but didn't. I find that regrettable.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

That's where I am, too. I'd still give Iron Man a B+ just because everything else worked so well, but other movies - even inferior ones - have had fully-developed supervillains. And Iron Man could have done it as well, if they'd only given Obadiah Stane a reason to fight beyond the stock price of Stark Industries and some petty resentment.