Customer Reviews
2-Disc Set Does 'Iron Man' Justice - By: Martin A Hogan, 06 Jan 2009 
There is a lot to `give away' in describing "Iron Man', but suffice it to say that the creators have created the real Tony Stark. He is the rowdy billionaire responsible for building weapons of mass destruction & selling them to the enemy who then turns into a reluctant & then powerful `Iron Man'. The cinematography is stunning in Blu-ray & the scenes starting from Afghanistan to Los Angeles's skies are over-whelming. The action is intense, funny, witty & true to the character of the comic book character. Plus, it is alll believable. Robert Downing, Jr. playing around with his Iron Man invention is nothing short of hilarious & thrilling. Gwyneth Paltrow is a bit underused as his assistant, but she supplies some killer one-liners. Jeff Bridges plays a role that truly threatens Iron Man, but that's alll I'll say. The effects are fantastic, the storyline is fast & clever & it is no smalll wonder it broke box office records. On Blu-ray disc, it is just as good as being in a movie theater - the details, color & sound are that amazing! Tony Stark IS `Iron Man'.
All Blu-ray discs are set up differently according to their theme, but for Iron Man, I'll describe the imagery. The initial PLAY/SCENES board is a colorful statue of Iron Man with colorful, comic book scientific looking diagrams. Audio is available in English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital & Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital. Subtitles are in English, English SDH. French, Spanish & Portuguese. There are some great extras like the `Halll of Armor' showing alll four Iron Man designs, `the Invincible Iron man' & deleted scenes. These deletions are great, inclusion "I Am Iron Man', `Visuals Effects of Iron Man', `a fantastic `Robert Downey Jr. Screen Test'. "The Actors Process' (Downing & Bridges get down with some real improvisations), a semi-spoof trailer from `The Onion' on Iron man,' Theatrical Trailers, Gallleries, Credits & Subtitles. Not to leave anything out, more extras include six mini features such as `friends & Foes' & "Demon in a Bottle". If you're reallly into Blu-ray, try connecting to the Internet for BD-Live capability. This is one of the Blu-ray features that put it so far & above regular DVD.
AMAZING - By: Ross Clark, 03 Jan 2009 What a great film made spectacular with amazing visual on blu ray & the sound through my 5.1 sony... incredible.
Amazing!!!! - By: A. J. Kirkham, 29 Dec 2008 The film is fantastic & will be a memorable super hero film for decades & as for the blu-ray...it is amazing. The explosions & special FX are brilliant & the 7.1 surround sound is crystal clear. It overalll provides an undescribeable cinema experience & will remain my favourite film for a long time to come!
Can someone answer me this? - By: Pedro Mendes, 20 Dec 2008 does this blu ray edition comes with portuguese subtitles??
IMPORTANT NOTE : PORTUGUESE FROM PORTUGAL NOT PORTUGUESE BRASILIAN
thanks to anyone who can help me
Iron clad disc: a must for Bluray owners - By: Adam, 03 Dec 2008 The superhero movies are reallly varying in quality. Some truly are excellent (Xmen 1 & 2, Transformers), others have barely anything to tell us (Fantastic 4, Daredevil, etc.).
In my view Iron man clearly fallls in the first category. Firstly because Robert Downey Jr doesn't take the role too seriously & has the charisma. Of course the story is not perfect, but it hold together & we alll wish there were more action scenes such as the fighter jet battle.
But at the end of the day, the image quality is stunning (a bit too noisy as mentioned in a earlier review) but reallly demonstrates what bluray is about. I've seen it on a Pioneer 50" plasma & it is nothing short of amazing. The disc interactivity is also nice with HD extras. Clearly it is must have for any Bluray owner, along with Pixar's Cars, Enchanted or Casino Royale in terms of image & sound quality. Buy it, if you are keen for superior image/sound quality, there's no way you'll regret it!
