Re: Iron Man
But this is my point: there is so much of the "real world" as backdrop in Iron Man that we can't say to ourselves this is a world where such fantastic things can happen. The beauty of Robocop was that it begins by showing us the world is not what we're accustomed to. Once that tone is established, you can go from there and believe it. X-Men also did this nicely by saying that every so often evolution races ahead.
Iron Man does not satisfy on this count, other than by telling us Stark was a whiz-kid. It's very grounded in the here and now, and we get no inkling that he's capable of building such a contraption in a cave- at least I didn't think so.
Guys, come on. A few blind spots and he's able to construct, over a period of three months I think it was, a technological marvel that is that suit (which in and of itself was hard to fathom) and hide it from his captors???
I agree with the 'logical' v. 'believable' comment, but I don't think the logic of the Iron Man world works.
I don't want to seem too down on it. It was a fun two hours, but it seemed like they didn't try too hard on the believability front. That's me...
But this is my point: there is so much of the "real world" as backdrop in Iron Man that we can't say to ourselves this is a world where such fantastic things can happen. The beauty of Robocop was that it begins by showing us the world is not what we're accustomed to. Once that tone is established, you can go from there and believe it. X-Men also did this nicely by saying that every so often evolution races ahead.
Iron Man does not satisfy on this count, other than by telling us Stark was a whiz-kid. It's very grounded in the here and now, and we get no inkling that he's capable of building such a contraption in a cave- at least I didn't think so.
Guys, come on. A few blind spots and he's able to construct, over a period of three months I think it was, a technological marvel that is that suit (which in and of itself was hard to fathom) and hide it from his captors???
I agree with the 'logical' v. 'believable' comment, but I don't think the logic of the Iron Man world works.
I don't want to seem too down on it. It was a fun two hours, but it seemed like they didn't try too hard on the believability front. That's me...
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