Comments on: 'Iron Man': It's Still Weak With Women...

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:09:47 +0000

I am a 15 year-old girl and I have no qualms with seeing this film, it was awesome; mind-blowing CGI, brilliantly paced and they nailed the casting! You should decide whether to see a movie on its quality not some non-existant sexist issue. However ‘Dave’ is a sexist jack-ass “THAT is believeable only when a MAN does it”.

By: AS

AS — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:29:03 +0000

I wonder what the Iron Man Video game will be like, already it looks “twitchy”.

PS3 is puking out a ton of games with spectacular graphics but have the worst gameplay mechanics.

By: Frank77

Frank77 — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:45:15 +0000

All-caps is actually a way to tell people that you’re un emotionally unstable and that you should be ignored. There are other reasons why it’s rarely done too, readability tests show that it’s harder to read.

By: dg

dg — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:10:14 +0000

UNTIL STUDIOS START MAKING MOVIES WITH FEMALE HEROES, DO NOT SUPPORT THE STATUS QUO. UNTIL STUDIOS STOP EXPLOITING WOMEN WITH SEXIST CRAP, DON’T SEE THOSE MOVIES.

They did, it was called Elektra. You can find it in the bargain bin at your local Wal-Mart.

By: Shelly52123

Shelly52123 — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:01:48 +0000

I am a woman and I want to see this movie! I think I was also the only single woman in the line for Transformers (knowing that it was the original voice for Prime) I love these kinds of movies. Why would anyone object to a story of a hero? All I have to say is where is my hero!?!

By: LisaB

LisaB — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:29:38 +0000

Hey! I’m a 45 yr. old NON femnist female and YES I loved the movie! Saw it today with my 17 yr. old son. I’ve never thought Robert Downey, Jr. as a good looker….until today! Hubba-Hubba! Lookin’ good Bobby! Keep up the clean living, it looks good on you.

By: harispilton

harispilton — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:34:45 +0000

UNTIL STUDIOS START MAKING MOVIES WITH FEMALE HEROES

What utter garbage. Never heard of Alien, Terminator 2, Erin Brockovich, Elektra, Jurassic Park, Resident Evil, UltraViolet or Aeon Flux?

By: pkdarnall

pkdarnall — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:51:24 +0000

Women do attend super-hero movies: they are all held in chains behind the curtain, as servile sex slaves, to hiss and pant for attention from men, shot full of testicular adrenaline from watching the movie, hungry for hot tuna lips.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:50:03 +0000

I have had it up to here with the WOMAN HERO BS. It’s about time that “guy” movies are making a come-back. The woman-dominated media thinks it knows what sells - they don’t. Gone are the days of great guy movies that intertained we MEN..MEN don’t like the crap that the female agenda has been pushing on the vast majority of real men! WE WANT GUNS, BOMBS, CAR CHASES, EXPLOSIONS, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN TO SAVE FROM EVIL…etc….Don’t believe for a second that we men believe that a woman can jump from a 50 story burning building, swing from a nylon rope while holding a 20 pound rifle pointing at the bad guy a mile away and then taking him out with one shot. THAT is believeable only when a MAN does it. What woman can take a punch in the jaw and stand there to take it THEN return a punch to a guys jaw and knock em out??? HELLO?? Any woman want to try that in the real world?? WOMEN should be happy with being a WOMAN. And this is why there are so many unhappy woman out there to begin with. Just like the “beauty” industry trying to make you something you could NEVER obtain, so goes the MALE ROLE MODEL..with a skirt. It is FANTASY. Women need to accept the fact that they are women-not men.

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:47:41 +0000

I’m wondering if the research matrix on this demographic could be wrong. Becouse not all women like superheros that I understand. But there are some that do. I wonder if the market matrix is based on the fact that it may not be a date movie? Now the teens would love Ironman. That’s where the money makers are for the weekend.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:14:37 +0000

Wow, I like romcoms but I also like good superhero movies - I used to read all of my big brother’s comic books! I think Downey is a great actor and am looking forward to his Tony Stark!

By: actionman

actionman — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:03:36 +0000

Made of Honor will finish at #2, not Baby Mama.

Female superhero movies always bomb at the box office, which is why the studios don’t want to make them. My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Catwoman. Aeon Flux. Elektra. Supergirl. The list goes on and on. It doesn’t help that all of those movies sucked, either.

Iron Man will be huge. More men will see it than women. Big deal. Life goes on. I will be taking my fiancee to see it with me this Saturday. I am very excited; she’s moderately excited.

Bring on The Dark Knight already.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:37:39 +0000

Mad props, Ella.

And I’m convinced that the individuals monitoring these boards have given us crackpots like ‘Studios need female dollars’ as a gift so we can all enjoy our smug senses of superiority. Thanks, DHD!!!

I’d also like to point out that by avoiding ‘Iron Man’ simply on the basis that it stars a man, it’s ignorantly depriving half the population what could prove to be a thoroughly enjoyable and occasionally relevant, novel… aww screw it, let’s just accept that ‘Studios need female dollars’ is a crackpot. Agreed?

By: milo

milo — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:55:15 +0000

“And the hooker-raping cop-killing GTA IV is?”

Yet another ignorant comment from someone who knows nothing about the game, much less has played any of it. Really, “hooker raping”?

Would it be so much trouble to actually find out what’s in the game before spewing your knee jerk reaction (where it’s completely off-topic, no less).

And to get back on topic, to those bemoaning the lack of good movies, Iron Man is currently at a pretty spectacular 94% at rotten tomatoes. Looks like this may be one of the good ones, I’ll be finding out tomorrow morning.

By: P. Lee

P. Lee — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:10:41 +0000

Baby Mama is going down…to #2.