{"id":57,"date":"2008-05-08T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/"},"modified":"2008-05-08T06:45:28","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T10:45:28","slug":"iron-man-movie-was-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Man Movie Was Awesome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pjlighthouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/iron-man-movie-trailer-coming-soon.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Man\" height=\"400\" \/>I hate to simply repeat what every other self-proclaimed geek has been saying, but here goes&#8230; the <a href=\"http:\/\/ironmanmovie.marvel.com\/\" title=\"Iron Man Movie\" class=\"broken_link\">Iron Man movie<\/a> was freakin&#8217; awesome!\u00a0 I think it\u00a0might just be the best comic book movie I&#8217;ve ever seen.\u00a0 I love me some Superman II, X-Men II, Spider-Man I &amp; II, and Batman Begins, but this movie was just was great.\u00a0 The casting was spot-on (loved Downey Jr,\u00a0Paltrow, and Bridges), the special effects were awesome, the script was energetic and funny, and the fight scenes were very actiony yet you could follow them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">They also did a great job\u00a0capturing\u00a0the essence of the character.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if it was Marvel&#8217;s influence or\u00a0Jon Favreau&#8217;s, but they did a really nice job of summing up Tony Stark and Iron Man.\u00a0 My personal guess is that this was successful because it was a Marvel film (rather than some corporation studio).\u00a0 I think a corporate studio would have just utilized\u00a0random character concepts they thought\u00a0the general public would respond to well.\u00a0 Whereas Marvel\/Favreau really understands what has made the character work for the past forty years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This movie was INCREDIBLE&#8230; no wait&#8230;. it was FANTASTIC&#8230; no, that&#8217;s not it&#8230; it was AMAZING&#8230; nope, but getting closer&#8230; it was UNCANNY&#8230; no&#8230; how about SPECTACULAR&#8230;. almost&#8230; it was most definitely WEB OF&#8230; okay, one last try&#8230; this movie was INVINCIBLE!\u00a0 Yeah, that&#8217;s the ticket.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I can&#8217;t wait for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmschoolrejects.com\/news\/marvel-sets-release-dates-for-thor-captain-america-the-avengers-and-iron-man-2.php\" title=\"Sequels and related films\" class=\"broken_link\">sequel and related movies\u00a0in 2010 and 2011<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-57\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-57\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-57\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/08\/iron-man-movie-was-awesome\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate to simply repeat what every other self-proclaimed geek has been saying, but here goes&#8230; 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