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Iron Man

2008 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan

Aired May 2, 2023

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Iron Man

What’s Aged the Best?

Ending; Howard chemistry; Pepper relationship; house; Fury reveal; music; spy gadget

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  • The final I am Iron Man line was reportedly improvised by Downey.
  • Downey and Howard’s scenes sell an authentic friendship rather than merely asserting loyalty.
  • Pepper’s loyal care and patience are defended as a romantic comedy and true love inside the superhero film.
  • A counterargument challenges the fantasy of a woman waiting indefinitely while a wealthy playboy does whatever he wants.
  • The hero walking through a hot desert awaiting rescue is a reliably effective movie image.
  • Jim Cramer’s television reaction to a weapons company that stops making weapons is funny.
  • Stark’s lively, technologically responsive Malibu home is preferred to Wayne Manor’s inherited grandeur.
  • Bridges’s bald, bearded villain is enjoyed as a rare departure from his usual hero roles, with The Vanishing recalled.
  • The Nick Fury after-credits reveal and Avengers promise generated exceptional excitement and signaled a larger plan.
  • The heavy-metal guitar score gives the film distinctive energy compared with traditional superhero scoring.
  • The MCU simultaneously aged best through unprecedented growth and worst through later films becoming a chore.
  • The home, Jarvis and garage display outstanding rich-guy fantasy.
  • Obadiah’s incapacitating gadget is belatedly praised as an enjoyable spy-movie device.
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