Category: Directed by Jon Favreau
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Five screenwriters get credit on Cowboys & Aliens. I wonder which one (or ones) are responsible for the stupider “twists” in the plot. Cowboys is stupid the entire time, of course, but it gets even dumber as it progresses. The movie’s big problem is director Favreau. He isn’t just incapable of directing actors (Olivia Wilde’s…
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Even with its problems, Iron Man 2 is leagues better than the original. There’s some awkward plotting to catch the viewer up with the characters and it all makes for a wonderfully boring superhero movie. That open’s a showcase for Downey’s acting abilities, given he’s on a slow burn as everything around him explodes–for the…
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Iron Man is a qualified success. Robert Downey Jr. is fantastic throughout–the movie’s greatest strength is how much screen time he gets–and Jon Favreau does really well with the Iron Man scenes and the action scenes in general (he does terrible with almost everything else). But, while it also moderately succeeds as a romantic comedy–Downey…
The Stop Button 