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    Image of Jonn Jonn
    12/03/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    He really is The Dude

    I know, right?
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/03/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    Makes me wonder how many of the CGI animations were also made up on the fly.
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    12/03/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    I'm suddenly thirsting for a Caucasian.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    also keep in mind the writers they had on the phone every day weren't some hollywood types, but a brain trust of Marvel writers they recruited for this project
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    I felt it very improvised, too. Specially in the part where Downey Jr. asks help to change the battery thing from his chest.
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    Image of drclaytonforrester drclaytonforrester
    12/03/09

    @Dresan: I thought that was a great scene. Maybe there's something to this improv approach (provided they basically, somehow, keep the reins on all the horses): you just get much more freshness coming out of the screen, dollar for dollar. You gotta admit Iron Man ruled. It was a great movie.
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    Dresan promoted this comment drclaytonforrester was starred drclaytonforrester was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    It's amazing to me that people are willing to spend $200 million on something without a complete plan (in this case, a screenplay).
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/02/09

    @Roklimber: welcome to the machine
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    "They had no script, man. They had an outline."

    That's cool. It's probably why the movie turned out so well. The dialogue and acting did seem very natural.
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    Image of drclaytonforrester drclaytonforrester
    12/03/09

    @twophrasebark: Hear hear. There's something to be said for flying by the seat of your pants; it brings out a lot more energy from the people involved.
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    twophrasebark promoted this comment drclaytonforrester was starred drclaytonforrester was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    Iron Man was fantastic; if it was all improv, even more so.

    I hope they do Iron Man 2 the same way.
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    I'm not really shocked that they had no script. One of the reasons why I love Iron Man is because everyone seems to have fantastic chemistry together and I kinda thought that some of the scenes were probably ad-libbed.
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    Image of Dominus Astra Dominus Astra
    12/02/09

    @geesejuggler: Yep. Of the two good superhero movies that year, I thought it was the Dark Knight that did not have a script. Iron Man was tight and sleek, without a gram of fat in it. Dark Knight was still good but it was really bloated and convoluted.
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    Image of Occula Occula
    12/02/09

    @geesejuggler: I'm not shocked either. I just watched the Blu-Ray (yum) and was startled to see 4 frigging 'written by' names up there, which usually is the kiss of death; but there was so much chit chat in this film, all those great moments where RDJr talked over Pepper or Rhodey or something wacky came out of someone's mouth, that I hoped that it was all ad-libbed anyway!
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    12/02/09

    @Dominus Astra: That's a pretty good assessment of The Dark Knight but I'm not the biggest fan of it.

    Occula: Yeah, the scene where Rhodey and Tony are on the plane is one scene that stuck out in my mind when I read this.
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    This is what happens when you hire talented actors rather than movie stars.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/02/09

    @AngriestGeek: Good things happen? I... I don't quite get what you're implying. <_<
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    Image of warpped655 warpped655
    12/02/09

    @sonicsurge: Imagine he is saying your movie is saved. like in the case of Iron Man.
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    Image of Borgasm Borgasm
    12/02/09

    @AngriestGeek: Being the end of the year, I humbly nominate this for most intelligent comment of 2009.
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    Image of ZhannTk ZhannTk
    12/02/09

    @sonicsurge: He's implying that if you get people who can actually act, as opposed to people who just famous and happened to be in movies but can't act, that they can overcome obstacles such has having no script.
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/02/09

    @ZhannTk: Not always, of course, but they can give you something because they know how to "flesh out" a role. Think of all Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman and Christian Baled gave to Batman Begins despite some of the clunky dialogue they were given. Now think of how absolutely little Katie Holmes brought with the same script.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    12/02/09

    @AngriestGeek: Yeah, talented actors can really bring a lot to mediocre writing. Anybody but Gary Oldman doing the monologue at the end of Dark Knight, and I'd be pretty frustrated with it. But because it's Gary Oldman and he does it just right, it's a spectacularly memorable ending.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    "It freaked me out. I was very anxious. I like to be prepared. I like to know my lines, man, that's my school. Very prepared."

    That's very un-Dude like. If there's no script then just abide.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    Mad props to Downey, Favreau, and Bridges.

    I enjoyed the hell outta IM b/c it felt different from most blow 'em up movies.

    There's something to be said for letting the actors work on the characters instead of having the suits homogenize and micro-manage everything.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    Please tell me all those mans were added in for comedic effect.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    I'm left amazed that we had the movie we got. How they avoided a total disaster I'll never know.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    12/02/09

    In reply to Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script
    The only downside to this awesome interview is the photo above confirms Dr. Lazardo's Evil Beard Hypothisis,
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    12/02/09

    @NerD: Blattella: While it's not a direct 1:1 correlation, it's accurate more often than you'd think. Pay attention, you'll see.

    I usually cite the whole Bender/Flexo aberration as the exception that proves the rule.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/02/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: And Hillary corroborates it.
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