"Heroes aren't born, they are made."
Watching the movie was something I could go home talking about, being a big comic book fan, especially towards Marvel, Iron man still stands in my DVD collection as perhaps one of the greatest movies of all time and I suggest to any friend or family that they should see it. Buying the DVD was a no brainer for me, the day it was released I went right into the DVD store and demanded for it. Since money doesn't grow on trees for me, I couldn't afford blu-ray, so I bought the widescreen steel book instead.
To start I think I should praise the case of the DVD, the red texture of the case is very attractive, it has a plated front cover in which we see the mark 3 armour face shining through. The back cover is just as attractive with a paper overleaf and another plating of the mark 3 armour in a kick ass position. The side of the case has the initials IRON MAN inscribed, on the inside a background image of Iron man in the skies, two silver discs.
Disc 1, the movie itself has a high definition for a standard DVD, it is widescreen (aren't they all these days) which plays out pretty well in the case of playback, rewind and fast forward scenes. The sound doesn't disappoint either, though the film had excellent sound and timing, the DVD does not live up to the theatre experience because in the opening desert scene the sound which is supposed to be quite then loud, was only quite with high pitch and low timing. The extras are standard from disc 1, a few deleted scenes which to me as a person who normally studies franchise films noticed some sequel set ups, in one scene we see a drunken Tony stark sipping and smoking away to a cigar as Pepper arrives home, comic fans like me will understand that sets up the demon in the bottle story line.
Disc 2, the first DVD not offering much disappointed me, but this where it redeems itself. Perhaps one of the greatest bonus discs since Spider-man in 2002, the DVD has hours at least five of features, trailers, interviews and behind the scenes documentaries that will make any comic fan wet dream (not literally). I am Iron Man 7-Part "Making Of" Documentary, which is two hours in length has the complete making from idea conception, design of the suit, set location, sound effects, visual effects and cgi with the suit, which I think to a movie goer might just be interesting to see how it's made. The Invincible Iron Man: 6-Part "History Of The Hero" has interviews with the creators, writers and artists of the comic over the years, good enough but I needed more. It also has an onion behind the trailer look, a few art galleries and stills and Robert Downey Jr's screen test which is a little hilarious. So the disc 2 is very brilliant and makes up for the very bad first disc.
A movie such as Iron Man is nothing but on screen brilliance, the whole film has everything working out for it that includes sound, effects, writing and direction. The film needs to be remembered for what it really is, a superhero popcorn flick on the outside but a contemporary classic on the inside. Thanks to this DVD, we have extras that devote themselves to the birth and mindscapes of the inception of this classic.
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