I am a LONG-TIME Iron Man fan, at least 21 years now since I was 10. I have the comics, autographs, toys, and a tattoo on my forearm of ol' Shellhead from Jorge Lucas' run (only non-Granov cover done, sometime in late 2003). I pride myself in being a sensible fan, and as a filmmaker, I know things have to change in translation to screen.
So with that in mind, I didn't think the changes made to the Invincible Iron Man animated movie were bad. Aside from The Mandarin, which I won't go into in case you want to see it, I felt like things were interesting. And that's the main problem, it's mostly just interesting.
The movie has a thin plot, and an even thinner overall script. Greg Johnson, who wrote the animated Ultimate Avengers 1 and 2 flicks, seems to have problems here. And he even says he loves Iron Man the best in the featurette. But his script just doesn't work, which is surprising since he wrote the second season of the mid-1990s Iron Man cartoon, following the change in production companies after the horrible first season. Check out this site for reviews of both seasons. I agree 100% with everything in those reviews.
Anyway, back to Iron Man the animated movie. What I liked: Tony, Rhodey, the Iron Man action, the action period. What I didn't like, aside from the thin plot: the slowness of the first third or so of the movie. That really did it in for me. I'm beyond the age-old phase of "forgiving" a bad movie or whatever (like, Jurassic Park was great, but Lost World was good, no seriously). Or not voicing my opinion that I think it's crap, because I fear people will question my love of it.
Not in the least, and I hope they can do better with a potential sequel. I watched the special features and dug seeing legendary Iron Man artist Bob Layton and Sean Chen, who's no slouch, either. I then watched the first 7 minutes of Dr. Strange, which has great action BEFORE the opening titles. I thought to myself, why couldn't they have done that in Iron Man?
There are other things I liked and disliked, but I'll keep them quiet, so as not to ruin the film. If I rated it on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7, because I'm an Iron nut. As a film fan, I give it a 6 or 6.5.
heath
So with that in mind, I didn't think the changes made to the Invincible Iron Man animated movie were bad. Aside from The Mandarin, which I won't go into in case you want to see it, I felt like things were interesting. And that's the main problem, it's mostly just interesting.
The movie has a thin plot, and an even thinner overall script. Greg Johnson, who wrote the animated Ultimate Avengers 1 and 2 flicks, seems to have problems here. And he even says he loves Iron Man the best in the featurette. But his script just doesn't work, which is surprising since he wrote the second season of the mid-1990s Iron Man cartoon, following the change in production companies after the horrible first season. Check out this site for reviews of both seasons. I agree 100% with everything in those reviews.
Anyway, back to Iron Man the animated movie. What I liked: Tony, Rhodey, the Iron Man action, the action period. What I didn't like, aside from the thin plot: the slowness of the first third or so of the movie. That really did it in for me. I'm beyond the age-old phase of "forgiving" a bad movie or whatever (like, Jurassic Park was great, but Lost World was good, no seriously). Or not voicing my opinion that I think it's crap, because I fear people will question my love of it.
Not in the least, and I hope they can do better with a potential sequel. I watched the special features and dug seeing legendary Iron Man artist Bob Layton and Sean Chen, who's no slouch, either. I then watched the first 7 minutes of Dr. Strange, which has great action BEFORE the opening titles. I thought to myself, why couldn't they have done that in Iron Man?
There are other things I liked and disliked, but I'll keep them quiet, so as not to ruin the film. If I rated it on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7, because I'm an Iron nut. As a film fan, I give it a 6 or 6.5.
heath
