ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT Interview: Jon Favreau on Iron Man, Effective CGI and the New Marvel Movies Comments

RT Interview: Jon Favreau on Iron Man, Effective CGI and the New Marvel Movies

by Joe Utichi | April 28, 2008

Summary

The actor and director tells RT how to deliver the ultimate fanboy superhero movie, what to expect from Iron Man future and why listening to the online fans is important. Back to Article

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Apr 28 2008 06:33 AM

From the trailers of this movie, I wan Favrou to direct every superhero movie ever to come out of hollywood! This film shows both great vision, great scripting and maximum respect for the source material! Well, from the trailers anyway. And hope to god we see some war-machine action in the sequel.

Hope he directs captain america too, that i would like to see.

Maybe if he gets a bit of free time, he might even remake Judge Dredd for me? wishfull thinking.

Keep up the good work Favrou, looking forward to Iron-man. Maybe a cameo of spidey in the background would be neat in the sequel?

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Apr 28 2008 09:04 AM

Like I've said before and I'll keep saying- THIS ALL LOOKS GOOD *BUT* lemme see the movie. I've liked Favreau since 'Swingers' but that doesn't mean he can direct (didn't like Elf, didn't see Zathura). I WANT this to be good so I can completely believe in him. MAKE ME BELIEVE!

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Apr 28 2008 09:07 AM

yeah I agree, bat-fink. Favreau is very dedicated in everything he dopes, and I'm glad that he decided to do this. I really like the idea of blending real with cgi so you can't tell which is which, just like he said Jurassic Park did. This guy is awesome! oh and the movie looks awesome too haha

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Apr 28 2008 12:12 PM

In reply to this comment (#1708433)
*does. i dont think hes a drug dealer haha

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kooks25 writes:
on Apr 28 2008 06:33 PM

This. Movie. Looks. Awesome.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Apr 28 2008 07:27 PM

Elf... Zathura... Iron Man.

This man is god.

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martinscorsese25 writes:
on Apr 28 2008 07:33 PM

there should be a SPOILER WARNING posted!!!! they gave a little about the movie!!!

and also!! does stan lee makes an appearance again for this???!!!! wow, if he does then he's certainly on his way on becoming an actor!!! maybe he'll win an oscar someday, Best Performance by an Actor in a Cameo!!! LOL

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CenoBiteMe2000 writes:
on Apr 28 2008 10:21 PM

I don't like the Iron Monger design (too bulky), but I'm looking forward to finally seeing Old Shellhead on the big screen.

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dahluzz writes:
on Apr 29 2008 07:26 AM

if the unconventional choice in director works, you'll see kevin smith getting paid a butt-load to finally make his superhero movie (whatever it may be. he was gonna do 'green hornet' but didn't and now seth rogen's writing it. although they did 'zack and miri' recently, so who knows, maybe they'll collab.)

But I think whether or not the film is all it's cracked up to be, Favreau has treated the source material and fans with the utmost respect and you can't say that about a lot of directors who just get wrapped up in their "vision."

and going in, favreau seemed pretty committed to doing iron man justice. he was initially selected for 'captain america' but declined in favor of doing this. but i guess when you think about it, Cap is the tougher movie to make cool. its a period piece instead of contemporary, iron man has a way sweeter costume and abilities and steve rogers is just kind of square compared to tony stark.

it'll be interesting to see how nick cassavetes, 'iron man's' original director who was flip-flopped over to 'captain america' will handle some of those issues. 'alpha dog' and 'john q' were solid, but 'the notebook'? i guess marvel feels like rolling the dice a bit.

but hey, i'd rather that than various studios owning the comic properties and preventing character cross-overs like we're starting to see now with iron man in the new 'hulk'. this would potentially allow for an Avengers movie with the original actors in tact, unlike the abysmal prospect of a JLA movie from scratch.

so props to jon and here's hoping the movie delivers, if not for two sequals, than for the further informed risks it'll allow marvel to take with its properties.

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Runtun writes:
on May 01 2008 09:07 PM

His attitude in regards to special effects is spot on. One thing that I was really impressed with about Iron Man was the use of special effects.

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lauriemann writes:
on May 02 2008 05:36 PM

My husband and I saw the movie this afternoon and it was one of the best comics-based movie we've ever seen. The quick cameo of Stan Lee was a complete hoot. Great integration of effects, too. And, yes, sticking around to the end of the credits was very much worthwhile (even if the director ahem, "borrowed" the setting of that particular scene from another movie).

One of the only screw-ups in the whole movie was making Afghanistan seem to be adjacent to Edwards Air Force Base. Otherwise, the movie flowed well, and I couldn't find many things to complain about. Nice touches, like having two of the leads wear the distinctive MIT ring and SHIELD showing up early (but not often - I caught that one right away).

The one minor gotcha - there were almost no women in the audience. Yeah, we know the guys are going to dominate an audience for a movie based on a comic. Still, the Spiderman, X-Men and Batman audiences all had a higher percentage of women. Could be a first-afternoon phenomenon.

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lauriemann writes:
on May 02 2008 05:38 PM

My husband and I saw the movie this afternoon and it was one of the best comics-based movie we've ever seen. The quick cameo of Stan Lee was a complete hoot. Great integration of effects, too. And, yes, sticking around to the end of the credits was very much worthwhile (even if the director ahem, "borrowed" the setting of that particular scene from another movie).

One of the only screw-ups in the whole movie was making Afghanistan seem to be adjacent to Edwards Air Force Base. Otherwise, the movie flowed well, and I couldn't find many things to complain about. Nice touches, like having two of the leads wear the distinctive MIT ring and SHIELD showing up early (but not often - I caught that one right away).

The one minor gotcha - there were almost no women in the audience. Yeah, we know the guys are going to dominate an audience for a movie based on a comic. Still, the Spiderman, X-Men and Batman audiences all had a higher percentage of women. Could be a first-afternoon phenomenon.

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dpramroop writes:
on May 02 2008 08:49 PM

well we all know spiderman cant top iron man now.

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Graehaus writes:
on May 23 2008 04:36 AM

Love Iron man, that is what the comics right now should be going, none of this civil war crap or secret invasion.
With Spider man not out doing Iron man, I gotta disagree Spidey 2 was amazing.

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