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[quigonejinn]

Freedom Hangs Like Heaven.

Iron Man set to Iron and Wine.
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I'm going to end up recutting this when the DVD comes up because right now, there's this CERTAIN SCENE where SOME FUCKING DOUCHEBAG decides to HANG HIS FUCKING HAND off the side of the CAMERA and then some other asshole walks across andf;lkjgdf. I couldn't figure out a way to cut around it, so that scene sucks. And there's one bit where Rhodey is a talking head, but I figured that I've wasted a week of my life already on this.

So yes. Iron Man and Iron and Wine with Calexico production. And just ignore the fact that they use the wrong reign/reins on that Forbes cover. XD

Comments

[dafnap.livejournal.com]

I AM PRETTY MUCH IN LOVE WITH THIS YES.

Dude, the parts where you contrast the "freedom hangs like heaven" with the rockets activating before he was kidnapped, and then again with Tony in the suit at Gulmira trying to fix the damage left by that person he was before, and still can't quite completely change no matter how hard he tries.

That, and I LOVED how you paralleled Pepper and Yinsen in that last half, about the risk he's putting the people he cares about trying to fix a legacy that didn't have to be his in the first place, but that he was too complacent to change before he learned his lesson at a terrible price.

Aweeeeesome vid, but damn you for raising the bar so high :D

I AM SPAMMING YOU ABOUT IRON MAN SORRY

[nolivingman.livejournal.com]

This is awesome. I can't be smart about my review of it like dafnap, but it's really pretty and makes me love poor asshole atoning Tony Stark. Man but I love him.

[gabby-silang.livejournal.com]

HOLY. Okay, several things.

1) Your incredible patience with making a vid (aka looking for hours upon hours at all that footage) from a CAM is just astounding. And I adore you for it. Because, weirdly, it kinda adds something to the feeling of the whole thing.

2) SONG CHOICE. So I've been listening to that one Wilco song that's all "you know I would die if I could come back new", and thinking about Tony (which I do anyway, but thinking about him ESPECIALLY during that song), but this is SUCH A BETTER IDEA. I love that line about newborns walking on water and wandering home, with Tony stumbling through the desert and his whole return. And, damn, how pretty everything looks to folky guitar music with robots flying all over the place.

3) EVERYTHING ELSE. For real, it's late, but I will probably watch this again a few times tomorrow and be back to rave some more. I love how much you've used those magazine photos, and the strategic coming back to the shot of Obidiah and Stark Sr., and, gah, it gives me chills, that picture next to Iron Monger doing his big nasty thing, and Tony, Tony, Tony and his sweet, young face, never realizing until the very end, frozen without a heart in his own home, helpless, that he was never in control at all, for all his playboy bravado.

Yay, this was so awesome.

[sairobi.livejournal.com]

Here via dafnap! And glad I am! :D

I wasn't familiar with the song, so I don't feel like I may have caught all the delicate context, but still -- WOW. Something about Iron and Wine plus the imagery you chose really serves to hammer in just how quintessentially American the Stark's story is, both in his (spectacular) achievements and (even more spectacular) failings.

The way you used (and reused) the newspaper was just brilliant, not to mention poignant. Also, question: is the subtle halo to the footage because it's from a cam DVD? Because I REALLY LIKE IT for this video. It meshes beautifully with the folksy music.

Such great work. <3

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

This was great-- I am not sure that I get the ending, exactly, but all the rest of it was just gorgeous. It's amazing how you managed to get IM to look so right with this style of music. :D

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

Here via dafnap, as I said, and your vid was very insightful. Lovely work, and I loved the song choice. It'll be downright stunning using DVD footage, even if it would be annoying to recut..

[besyd.livejournal.com]

Awesome vid. Even with the problems you described. Awesome. (Which means the final, DVD cut will rock beyond.)

[plasticity.livejournal.com]

I GO AWAY FOR ONE WEEKEND AND I MISS ALL THE GOOD STUFF. I can't even watch the vid yet due to, um, worky things, but I already KNOW it's kickass. Iron and Wine!!

on the up side to missing the party, I feel like you guys, like, got at least up to #83 on the List of Things That Need Ficcing. Way to go!

[logovo.livejournal.com]

Beautiful vid, excellent all around and song choice. Thanks!

[mercurydraconix.livejournal.com]

okay, yes, I am confident every single person within Iron Man fandom has come to say that this? is AWESOME.

But I just wanted to let you know that I hadn't noticed the creepiness factor of the lyrics "freedom hangs like heaven over everyone" until I heard them in conjunction with looking up towards the Jericho missile, but now I can't forget.

so, thank you for this vid.

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

that was an AWESOME vid, I love the song choice and how you made it flow

[bellebonnesage.livejournal.com]

I haven't finished reading all this stuff, but OMG you people are smart! And funny! and I like the way you think! So please tell me it's ok that I'm reading your comment conversation...

[johnsheppardluv.livejournal.com]

*dies a million times over* This was a SUPREMELY awesome vid, mate! poetic & visceral. great job! :) ~Sharma

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Since I've watched this vid like a bazillion times now, I figured I should tell you how much I loved it. Fantastic song choice, and you really used it to set a perfect off-kilter, slightly dangerous mood, which I thought worked really well to tease out the underlying themes of betrayal and redemption in the movie.