Doin' My Ironing
Saturday night, the boy and I grabbed three other males and headed out to see Iron Man.
The ladies, having sided with Captain America in the whole Marvel Civil War thing, refused to go on principle. "You've got Steve Rogers' blood on your hands!" Daughter #1 yelled at us as we walked out the door. What a drama queen!
Anyway, the movie completely rocked. Robert Downey Jr. does his usual charming rogue routine, and, as Carly Simon might say, nobody does it better. In fact, he's really what sets this movie apart from the regular superhero movie. Instead of the regular guy parts being boring filler between the CGI battles, the regular (well, regular genius inventor playboy billionaire who is three years my senior and thrice as ripped as I) guy parts were actually funny, compelling and exciting. The CGI battles were cool too, but we've really seen that stuff a hundred times--a guy in a suit flying around doesn't really thrill me anymore. Well, okay, the part where he hits the Afghan terrorists was actually pretty thrilling, but, overall, it's not like I ooh and ahh over this stuff anymore. What I do ooh and ahh over is a good script and good acting. I mean, as long as it's in a movie where stuff also blows up. I mean, I heard The Squid and the Whale was pretty good, but who wants to see that?
Anyway, unless you are still grieving for Steve Rogers, I highly recommend this movie. It's really nice to see a blockbuster action movie that doesn't assume the audience is comprised of morons. If you know anything about Marvel Comics, you should definitely stay through the end credits. If not, you could probably just leave when the credits start.
Spoiler/Quibble time. Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie. 1.)I mean, I knew the second I saw Jeff Bridges that he was bad. Nobody who's completely bald with a full beard gets to be good in any movie ever. 2.)Many key plot developments in this movie appear to hinge on Tony Stark having no home security system. How many freaking people can just walk into this place with the top-secret technology and millions of dollars' worth of cars in the basement anyway?
