Iron Man

[ria_oaks]

Saw Iron Man today. Fucking loved it. I can't believe I'd barely even heard of this movie until like 2 weeks ago, then it was released and was getting such good reviews and I sat up and took notice. I'm the first to admit that I'm not a comic books fan, beyond the Buffy comics, Japanese manga, and when I was a kid the Sonic comics. ^^ But damn, I do enjoy a good comic book movie, and this is easily one of the best I've seen from the recent crop of comic book/superhero movies in the past 5-7 years. It's been awhile since I saw a movie that had me practically bouncing in my seat with pure glee and making randomly excited noises and grinning crazily whenever I think about it. XD But seriously. It was damned shiny. I loved how character based it was - all explosions aside (and I can't deny that I greatly enjoyed said explosions...), at the core it was about Tony Stark and his growth as a character. I... feel like I should have intelligent and detailed thoughts on it, but at the moment I'm mostly all flaily. I loved the snark. I loved the fact that Tony grew the fuck up and took responsibility for his actions while retaining said snark. I loved Pepper, I loved the fact that she was smart and competent and awesome, and I loved the fact that their relationship was kept at a subtle UST level rather than a Grand Epic Superhero Romance level. I loved the fact that RDJ totally owned the role and became the character. And on a not-so-deep level, hotDAMN but I loved the bulging muscles and alternately the tank tops and the expensive suits. And is it strange that I found the... whatsitcalled, the thing on his chest keeping his heart going... kinda hot? ^^; I dunno, it just added to his look, heh.

So yeah, deep thoughts... not happening right now. But I thought all the elements of it worked together really well - the character drama, the action, the comedy and snark, the themes and such, and just in general the editing and cinematography and effects and music and all that jazz. I'll prob see it again on DVD, so my parents can see it - I'm def having the urge to see it again. Already. o.o

But for now, new icon. Because I realized that I've had my Scrubs one since fall, and it's now May for chrissakes, plus I'm pretty sick of it, and because I want a pretty pretty Tony Stark icon. So. New icon. :) Credit goes to sincerely_jane. Now I just need a wallpaper. XD Found a really nice header which I might use as a wallpaper, but being a header it's rather small. Hmm.

Comments

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it too. Well, except for the propoganda bit at the start, but I read the Wikipedia article and it's apparently just coincidental, as the origin arc in the movie remained true to the comic. It was originally (1963) the Vietnam war; it was then later (1990s) retconned to be the Gulf War, and finally Afghanistan. I wonder if this story is used to boost US morale and garner support for their wars.

(Actually reading this article, it's amazing how much they deviate after a certain point.)

Oh well, now that I know it wasn't tacked on, it doesn't bother me much anymore.

But yeah, it's definitely one of the best Marvel/DC comic adaptations to date. I'd probably rank it right up there with Batman.

Good characters make good movies.

Absolute WORD

[quettalinde.livejournal.com]

Saw it a week ago and still bounce and grin like an idiot when I think about it. Have suspicion I will probably cave and go see it again in theatres before the summer is over. Definitely asking for it for birthday/Christmas, and don't care that my sister will be getting it as well.

Dude, twas amazing. The characters, the total owning of the characters, esp. RDJ, the … everything you said, really. I have my own post about it here, in which I manage to actually be coherent and intelligent while coming off the post-movie high.

Also, I think I finally see why my sister considers RDJ to be a sex god. We need him in more tank tops. (And will not pass judgment on sexiness of arc reactors embedded in chests. Suspect have a few odd SFy kinks of my own like that.)