IRON MAN, Academy Award Update!

Nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing



I saw Iron Man in May and wrote a complete review here: IRON MAN WHICH YOU MUST READ SO CLICK IT NOW!




The Good:
Eight months later I just watched it again and I was right about everything from the first review. It's still a top 5 film of the year and THE Fun Thrill ride Popcorn film of 2008. Smart script, great FX, Downey's acting and comedic timing and director Jon Favreau (who knew he had this in him?) all blend to make Iron Man a superhero movie for people who don't like superhero movies.



The Bad:
The final battle was a bit of a letdown. No not really a let down, but it didn't surpass anything else in the film, maybe because the rest of the film was near perfect? Hmmmm.....



The Ugly:
A little too violent for my 4 year old to see (specifically the almost execution of a father in front of his family by the terrorists). Which is a shame because he's nutty for Ol' Shellhead! UPDATE: His PawPaw let him watch it. I guess he's not traumatized or anything. And he loved it!


MOVIE CHEETAH'S GRADE: A





Oscar Forecast:
It's VizFX are much better the The Dark Knight, but I haven't seen Benjamin Button yet, so for now Iron Man gets a win! The assembling of the armor scenes really stand out as well as the dogfight and all the cool "touching the holographic computer stuff" that Tony Stark does. The Sound Editing is also very strong, lots of action, shooting, ricochets, explosions, and TONS of whirring robotic odds and ends. So.. if Wall-E's robotic purring of his name (WaaAAAlleeeee! = THE catch phase of the summer!) doesn't qualify as a sound effect, Iron Man should trump Wanted, The Dark Knight, and Slumdog Millionaire (which I also haven't seen yet!)


The VizFX team has one Oscar and 5 nominations between them. It consists of John Nelson, winner for Gladiator (2000) and nominated for I, Robot (2004), Ben Snow, nominated for Pearl Harbor (2001) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), Daniel Sudick, nominated for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and War of the Worlds (2005), and first time nominee Shane Mahan.


The Sound Editors are first time nominee Frank E. Eulner and the much awarded Christopher Boyes, winner in Sound Editing for Titanic (1997) and Pearl Harbor (2001) and Sound Mixing on The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) and King Kong (2005). He also can claim nominations for work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). Admit it. That's one impressive resume!