Thread: Iron Man vs. The Dark Knight

Well, I'll start with saying I loved both films. I did not expect to enjoy Iron Man as much as I did, and I was impressed with Ledger's performance in the Dark Knight. Overall however, I believe The Dark Knight is a superior film. This is my reasoning, and I'll start by saying it has to do with Ledger, but I'll also say that Ledger is not the entire reason I love the Dark Knight better.

It is typical of many superhero films to have very very high stakes such as, 'well the world's going to end if you don't beat this guy.' This new Batman series I feel is able to still be very dramatic, but at the same time, the world doesn't end just because The Joker 'wins.' The Joker is a terrorist in this film; his only goal is to ignite chaos and doubt into Gotham and completely demoralize it. The world doesn't end if Gotham becomes a hellhole; it becomes a tragedy, not an apocolypse.

Iron Man follows the same, predictable, power-crazy villain that could take over the world. Granted, Downey Jr. does a fantastic job of portraying a flawed hero, as is the tradition of Marvel, but the story of the film as a whole is nothing new or even interesting. Of course to make up for this fact, we're hit with cutting edge special effects and 'explosions,' but I think where Iron Man falls short, The Dark Knight blows it out of the water.

One of my favorite scenes in the Dark Knight film is when Batman and the Joker are in the interrogation room. We really got a glimpse into the mind of this madman, and how he acts almost biblical; acting as the devil, tempting a believer. It was brilliant, because you don't see it in other super hero movies.

the dark knight! Iron man was soo lame! The joker in the Dark knight was amazing!

Iron man because it was more true to the comic then dark knight. Downey Jr. did a perfect job on his part, and Ledger did a perfect job as well. It really isn't fair to compare the two since The Dark Knight is a sequel and they didnt have to introduce all the characters like in Iron man giving them more space for story.

I truly believe that the Dark Knight was the better of two. I mean Iron Man was incredible but it didn't have the emothional complexity that the Dark Knight had. I give it my vote just becuase it was deep.

well i thought the dark night was just ok. reason? everyone made a big deal out of it, so i guess i expected it to be the best movie of all time. the only reason its getting all the hype, is because heath ledger died.

as for iron man, i thought it was a good direction for marvel to turn, especially after the terrible spiderman 3 movie. they got the origin story almost perfect (modernized it a, so that the generation could relate). looking at it from a nutral stand point, i think iron man was a better movie by far

Heres the thing....
THEYRE DIFFERENT
iron man was a debut and the dark knight was a sequel, we had no idea what to expect from iron man, and i liked it. the gears, the gadgets, robert downey jr..it all matched to me
we knew what to expect with the dark knight, and it was still great. theyre different.
ones dc the others marvel..Come on people!

Eh...well, I'm going to say that I liked The Dark Knight alot more than Iron Man...

Why? Because Iron Man just...didn't take hold of my interest. I don't know why, just something I wasn't into at ALL. Now, as for The Dark Knight, I absolutely loved that. Sure, it was really long, but it had something going on almost always! And it explains about the Joker and Two-Face in the SAME MOVIE! I absolutely loved it, the effects, the music, characters, the plot, everything.

Overall, I deffinatly loved The Dark Knight the best~! ^^