IRONMAN...

[MN Dave]

...is in theaters tomorrow. I might actually leave my cave for this one. I know it's not arty enough for most of you, but I'm a sucker for this stuff.

Is anyone else seeing it?

[MN Dave]

Me too. Or the weekend after maybe. Be sure to report back if you feel like it, James.

[маразм1]

lol

[MN Dave]

lol

I'm glad you find this so amusing. But this is serious business. 

[lisa needs braces]

No.

I'm sorry, but I've given all these superhero movies enough of a chance and another one just makes me groan.

Though the film in question is getting a high number of positive reviews.

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

[MN Dave]

[jwinter]

Well duh, of course I shall see it.  Nick & Tony have been tight for years.    The casting for Stark is just genius.  I'll probably have to wait a week or two, though, as we don't have good local babysitting options....

Who's the bad guy?  I think they should have let Christopher Lee dust off his old Fu Manchu costume and play the Mandarin, but that probably wouldn't fly nowadays.  He'd probably make a better Silvermane anyway, given his age...

[MN Dave]

Who's the bad guy? 

Appears to be IRON MONGER.

[Haffner]

I AM....

[MISHUGINA]

If not of Robert Downey Jr in this, I would've skipped it. But still the most baddest film of the year has yet to arrive; Batman: The Dark Knight featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. Can't wait for that one.

[MN Dave]

If not of Robert Downey Jr in this, I would've skipped it. But still the most baddest film of the year has yet to arrive; Batman: The Dark Knight featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. Can't wait for that one.

Yeah, that one will be a must-see as well.

[Shrunk]

If not of Robert Downey Jr in this, I would've skipped it. But still the most baddest film of the year has yet to arrive; Batman: The Dark Knight featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. Can't wait for that one.

Just from the stills and rushes I've seen, it look like it retains lots of the mood and atmosphere of the Frank Miller graphic novel.  But too often that's all these comic bood adaptations manage, to the detriment of plot and character.  We'll see.