I really shouldn't have liked it. I mean, it's a comic book movie and I pretty much always find them lame, Iron Man was never my favorite superhero, Tony Stark's a total asshole in every comic I've seen him in, and it features a guy in a suit with a mask that covers his face (HATE! SO MUCH!).
Luckily, I love Robert Downey Jr, Stark's an asshole in a good way, the whole film is pretty funny (without being slapstick), the love interest/assistant is awesome (despite the fact that Abi hates Gwenyth Paltrow), and the CGI action sequences are kept to a bare minimum (and the ones they have are awesome).
Favorite Bits:
- Robert Downey Jr frequently running around in a muscle-baring tank top.
- The robots in Stark's house. "You douse me again when I'm not actually on fire and I'm gonna donate you to the local college."
- Tony Stark's sheer awesome brilliance. "Tony Stark made one in a cave... from junk!" "Well, I'm not Tony Stark!"
- Pepper running from the big-bad-guy robot monstrosity and not looking back for a second.
- "Just call us S.H.I.E.L.D"
Also, I totally call my puppy "Pepper, Pepper, Pepper Pot" but I also call her "Pepper, Pepper, Pepper Pants." It's an alliteration thing.
I also enjoyed it. Of course, when I saw Gwyneth, I let out a "Fuck, she's in it?" groan, but her part is minimal enough that it didn't bother me too much. Her shoes bothered me. Who goes in to arrest a giant robot in six inch stilletos?
ReplyDeleteHey! That's the picture I was talking about!
ReplyDeleteTo Laura: I know!!
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