Iron Man, se prodotto solo con l'idea di fare un po' di quattrini sfruttando l'onda lunga dei film supereroistici, poteva diventare una grande vaccata.
Una
regia decorosa, uno script semplice ma solido ed un cast eccellente hanno invece sfornato un gran buon prodotto.
Tony Stark è un giovane plurimiliardario: giovane, intelligentissimo, affascinante e sfacciato, l'azienda di famiglia produce armi altamente tecnologicheche vende a governi e gruppi armati in tutto il mondo.
In
Afghanistan per una dimostrazione bellica, viene attaccato e rapito da un gruppo terroristico che gli impone di costruire un'arma, pena la morte.
Nasce la prima rozza armatura ed una nuova consapevolezza nel frivolo miliardario, che - in patria - si troverà contro la sua stessa azienda.
Non è che manchi la retorica (molto) spicciola, ma raramente i dialoghi risultano stucchevoli.
Dove brilla davvero, però, è sul fattore di intrattenimento: il film è
tecno-maraglio a livelli spaventosi: il perfezionarsi delle varie armature è un piacere per gli occhi; stupenda nella vestizione, eccelsa una volta in azione: si muove perfettamente e dà davvero l'idea di qualcosa che possa funzionare.
Robert Downey Jr. si conferma interprete di grande livello, mentre la
Paltrow è un po' sacrificata in un ruolo che poteva essere affidato a chiunque;
Jeff Bridges ultimamente mi è diventato cattivo che quasi non lo riconosco più (oltre ad essere molto bolso).
Simpatici gli accenni al resto dell'universo Marvel (c'è anche lo S.H.I.E.L.D.), mentre
Il Vecchiaccio fa la più spettacolare comparsata di ogni tempo, che non racconto nei dettagli per non rovinare la sorpresa.
Voto: 8-. tecno-maraglio.
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Lee, Stan (I)
Nome di battesimo: Lieber, Stanley Martin
Data di nascita: 28 December 1922
Coniuge: Joan Lee::(5 December 1947 - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Brother of Larry Lieber.
Citazione random: "If a character had the first initial in both names, I could at least remember one of the names" [his reason for creating characters with the same initial... bad memory]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Paltrow, Gwyneth
Nome di battesimo: Paltrow, Gwyneth Kate
Data di nascita: 27 September 1972
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Chris Martin::(5 December 2003 - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:To most moviegoers, Gwyneth Paltrow was "that English actress that used to be engaged to Brad Pitt." On March 21, 1999, that image was altered completely when the little known actress was awarded the Academy Award for her outstanding performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998). Gwyneth Paltrow, who in fact is not English, was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted film director Bruce Paltrow and Tony award-winning actress Blythe Danner. When Gwyneth was 11, the family moved to Massachusetts where her father began working in summer stock productions in the Berkshires. It was here that she received her early acting training under the tutelage of her parents. In 1991, she quit the University of California and began to actively pursue a career in acting. She made her film debut with a small part in Shout (1991) and for the next 5 years had featured roles in a mixed bag of film fare that included Flesh and Bone (1993); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Se7en (1995); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Moonlight and Valentino (1995); and The Pallbearer (1996). It was her performance in the title role of Emma Woodhouse in Emma (1996) that led to her being offered the role of Viola in Shakespeare in Love (1998). She broke her much publicized engagement to actor Brad Pitt in 1997 citing as the reason the fact that neither she nor Pitt felt that they could pursue their respective careers and at the same time maintain a happy marriage. They remain good friends. A tall, wafer thin, delicate beauty, Gwyneth Paltrow is a consummate professional and a highly skilled actress who appears to possess everything necessary to achieve super stardom.
Trivia random: Her mother Blythe Danner is of Anglo-Saxon descent and her father Bruce Paltrow, being Ashkenazi Russian Jewish, had many generations of rabbis in the family tree.
Citazione random: I sort of look at some peers of mine and I think, "No, you've got it all wrong!" I just want to tell them all to have babies and be happy and not get sucked into that Hollywood thing.
Salario massimo: $10,000,000, per View from the Top (2003)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Iron Man (2008)
Regista: Jon Favreau Scrittore: Mark Fergus,
Hawk Ostby Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 8.4/10 (7655 voti) [#159 nella top250]
Durata: 126 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast: Trivia random: The film's composer Ramin Djawadi's favourite musical score is the "Kickass" theme, because he composed it according to "a rhythm very much like a machine."
Citazione random: Tony Stark: [reading the newspaper] Iron Man? That's kinda catchy.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Downey Jr., Robert
Nome di battesimo: Jr., Robert John Downey
Data di nascita: 4 April 1965
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Susan Downey::(27 August 2005 - present), Deborah Falconer::(29 May 1992 - 26 April 2004) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City at 1.10 pm. He's the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's Pound (1970), where 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. When he was 20 years old, he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for one season. After that, he went to Hollywood. In 1987, he got the leading role in director James Toback's film The Pick-up Artist (1987), where he was up against Molly Ringwald. The same year, he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, he played Charles Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film Chaplin (1992). For his astonishing performance, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the year 2000, guest starred in the comedy series "Ally McBeal" (1997), where he portrayed the attorney Larry Paul, who became Ally's love interest. For that performance, he won the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a comedy series". On "Ally McBeal" (1997), Downey got to show he can sing as well as act when he sang Joni Mitchell's "River", "Chances Are" as a duet with Vonda Shepard, and also "Every Breath You Take" together with Sting. He released one song of his own, "Snakes", on the "Ally McBeal" (1997) album "For Once In My Life", and a full album of his work titled "The Futurist" in 2005.
Trivia random: Probation revoked after continued drug use. [17 October 1997]
Citazione random: I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
Salario massimo: $100/day, per Game 6 (2005)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Bridges, Jeff (I)
Nome di battesimo: Bridges, Jeffrey Leon
Data di nascita: 4 December 1949
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Susan Bridges::(5 June 1977 - present) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Actor spouses Larry Parks and Betty Garrett were his godparents.
Citazione random: I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did!
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Favreau, Jon
Nome di battesimo: Favreau, Jonathan Kolia
Data di nascita: 19 October 1966
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Joya Tillem::(24 November 2000 - present) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Graduate of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science (1984).
Citazione random: I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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