Iron-freakin’-Man!
Posted by Lance Ballance on May 12, 2008
I normally don’t geek out about…well…anything. Especially Superhero movies. I must admit, I was NOT a fan of any of the Spiderman Movies. Tobey Maguire is the kid who rode SeaBiscuit…and nothing more to me.
I never geek out about much of anything..Until now.
Spent Mother’s Day the way it deserved to be spent, watching Iron Man.
Oh…yeah…
THAT was cool. We even took the kids to see it (aged 11 and 6), and suprisingly, they really dug it too. And as for my wife, well, she saw the big muscle man in the suit and was not impressed. After all, she already has me…whatever. But, she really enjoyed it as well. You may ask why i took the kids to something as potentially violent as “Iron Man”. Simple, because they asked. I’m such a pushover…If they ask for WMD’s…my gosh, they are just cute enough that I may say yes…Go, have fun you little scamps! Take out Al Qaida for the old man! Careful with that Jericho Missile! Don’t stay out too late!
I’m not saying a word about the plot. You have to see it for yourself. In light of all of his personal issues of the past, Robert Downey Jr. is awesome in this. A flawed person…playing a flawed person. And yes, Jon Favreau directed it and has a small part as Tony Stark’s limo driver. Speaking of “SeaBiscuit”, Jeff Bridges scared the hell out of me as Tony’s partner/nemesis.
I know it makes no sense to blog about something and yet say virtually nothing about it, but I can’t help it. Also, if you want a BADASS cameo appearance…stay ’til the end of the credits. Nuff said.
