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New Iron Man trailer and stills
This is one of those spoilery trailers. You know, the annoying kind that give away the whole damn plot? Still, worth watching, considering there can't be many surprises in an origin story for an established character. The trailer and screencaps.
I'm really digging RDJ's delivery. In a recent review of Charlie Bartlett, a movie critic said that when you watch RDJ play an addict, you get this twitchy feeling of too-realness, that lends weight to even the lightest of performances. With Tony Stark, it also helps that he's got both great comic timing, and a feel for tragedy.
Favreau on RDJ:
As those who have seen the “Iron Man” trailer know, there is a vein of humor underneath the action, a function of Robert Downey, Jr.'s charismatic Tony Stark. “I think in the casting of Downey and the way we handle the tone of it, it sort of has that irreverence that the old—that I always associate with the Marvel brand, and that is a reaction to the very earnest, you know, black and white iconic flawless heroes of the day,” Favreau said. “Stan Lee had a given attitude, even to the way he would answer questions in the letters to the editor. So we tried to maintain that without ever undermining the stakes or the reality of the situation. We never joke about the danger. But we do treat things in maybe an unexpected way. With Downey he always wants to take a left turn.”
Favreau had effusive praise for his star actor. “He's my guy because he's going to make the movie that I'm proud of. He's going to make it a good movie,” the director said. “I like that kind of likable asshole that he can play. I gravitate to that in my writing and my voice as a filmmaker. I like the guy that, on paper, you don't like. The guy you don't like but somehow you do, that's a fascinating dynamic to me. And I know Vince [Vaughn, who starred in Favreau's self-penned breakthrough hit “Swingers”] does a great job with those types of roles. There's something about that humor that works for me and Robert's one of the few actors that can really be likable and you can really load him up. You can load those saddlebags up with a lot of shit.
Best lines from the new trailer:
TS: "Good god, you're a woman!"
Pepper: "What's going on here?"
TS: "Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing."
TS: "There's been speculation I'm parading around as a superhero. *snort* "I'm just not the hero type, clearly."
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elspethdixon is right, this movie is going to be a shipper's dream, with the beginnings of two canon hetships, and one deathless bromance. For the slashers:
I'm really digging RDJ's delivery. In a recent review of Charlie Bartlett, a movie critic said that when you watch RDJ play an addict, you get this twitchy feeling of too-realness, that lends weight to even the lightest of performances. With Tony Stark, it also helps that he's got both great comic timing, and a feel for tragedy.
Favreau on RDJ:
As those who have seen the “Iron Man” trailer know, there is a vein of humor underneath the action, a function of Robert Downey, Jr.'s charismatic Tony Stark. “I think in the casting of Downey and the way we handle the tone of it, it sort of has that irreverence that the old—that I always associate with the Marvel brand, and that is a reaction to the very earnest, you know, black and white iconic flawless heroes of the day,” Favreau said. “Stan Lee had a given attitude, even to the way he would answer questions in the letters to the editor. So we tried to maintain that without ever undermining the stakes or the reality of the situation. We never joke about the danger. But we do treat things in maybe an unexpected way. With Downey he always wants to take a left turn.”
Favreau had effusive praise for his star actor. “He's my guy because he's going to make the movie that I'm proud of. He's going to make it a good movie,” the director said. “I like that kind of likable asshole that he can play. I gravitate to that in my writing and my voice as a filmmaker. I like the guy that, on paper, you don't like. The guy you don't like but somehow you do, that's a fascinating dynamic to me. And I know Vince [Vaughn, who starred in Favreau's self-penned breakthrough hit “Swingers”] does a great job with those types of roles. There's something about that humor that works for me and Robert's one of the few actors that can really be likable and you can really load him up. You can load those saddlebags up with a lot of shit.
Best lines from the new trailer:
TS: "Good god, you're a woman!"
Pepper: "What's going on here?"
TS: "Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing."
TS: "There's been speculation I'm parading around as a superhero. *snort* "I'm just not the hero type, clearly."
Also,
elspethdixon is right, this movie is going to be a shipper's dream, with the beginnings of two canon hetships, and one deathless bromance. For the slashers: