iron man
09/10/2007
Robert Downey Jr. in IRON MAN Movie Trailer!
The new teaser trailer for Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Jon Favreau, dropped today. As it was being passed around the office here at TDR, REELEDin manager Spencer Somers was overheard muttering, “It’s gonna take a lot for me to see another superhero movie that’s not Batman or Superman.” And you know what? He’s never been more right (In fact, he’s hardly ever right. Burn!). After such recent debacles as Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four 2, Spider-Man 3 and X-Men 3, comic book movies, especially Marvel ones, are wearing pretty thin.
But this would be a good time to list some other quotes heard by TDR staffers as this trailer was going around: “Badass!” “This is fucking awesome!” “That looks great!” And yes, Spencer agreed that he would indeed be seeing this one.
So of course, leave it to Favreau (whose last effort was 2005’s best-movie-no-one-saw Zathura) and Downey Jr. (in the midst of a career revival that includes another one of my favorite movies of 2005, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) to get us excited again. I’m almost ashamed to say that I had my doubts, but it’s reassuring to know that there are some filmmakers that you can count on.
