Iron Man

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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.

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