I actually wasn’t holding out a lot of hope for Iron Man. Up until now, the only Marvel titles that have been successful have been Spider-Man and X-Men, and even those two lost their bearings by the third installments. Daredevil and Fantastic Four were barely passable, and I still remember the painfully bad attempts at Captain America and Doctor Strange . Even Ang Lee couldn’t keep Hulk from being a snoozer.
So, it is with great joy that I feel like I could watch Iron Man over-and-over. Robert Downey, Jr., is perfect as the boozing industrialist, Tony Stark. I’m not going to waste much space talking about it, because there are a bazillion reviews already saying how much fun it is.
Here’s how the conversation went in our family:
MOM: So, what does it kick?
PEPPERKAT: ASSS!
MOM: How much of it?
PEPPERKAT: OH, SO MUCH!
Yes, so VERY much!
I can’t wait to see it! That and the new Indiana Jones movie. It’s just too much excitement for one summer. Wait — no it’s not. 🙂
are you gonna go see Speed Racer, or wait til’ video?
Just got home from seeing it…WOW! Your right it is a movie that will be fun to watch again and again. Did you happen to stay for the clip at the end….?
Hey, man, don’t you be dissing my 1978 Doctor Strange bro. Given the era and what else there was on TV to appeal to a scifi/fantasy/comics kinda guy, Doctor Strange was, for all its near-abandonment of continuity, sheer geeky-fanboy genius.
“In the name of Ryall, Scourge of Demons, I command you, begone!”
And as a bonus, I actually got to see one of the “floating spirit real islands” sitting in the backlot on the Universal Studios Tour a few years later.