fragileheart’s journal

My immediate reaction: I wished I was Tony Stark. The idea of being able to create machines that could think for themselves to help yet be smart enough not to need them is just brilliant. Robert Downey Jr. did an amazing job at portraying Tony Stark… I have to admit there were times I wanted to hate him (not sure whether it was Tony or Robert I wanted to hate) but as the movie kept on going it was evident there was no need to hate him. I had heard a lot of people say that they didn’t want to see this movie because they weren’t a fan of Robert Downey Jr., and while I coudn’t remember what else he had been in I decided to go in with an open mind. I’m glad I did. I was also jealous of his house in this movie… I won’t say much right now because there are probably a lot of people who haven’t seen it yet but trust me, when you see this house (and keeping in mind how geeky I am), you will see why I loved it so much. I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the size of the house!

I felt like it dragged on a little in the third of the movie, but as my friends said they were just giving us back story… but I think they could’ve done it without boring me. I didn’t know that Jon Favreau was was involved, I thought he was in it though because of this cover of Geek Magazine that I saw briefly while surfing around one day. I’ve always liked him and I wondered why they didn’t pick him to be Iron Man after the character he played on Friends. Did he not fit the bill of a rich, crazy, techy genius? Not that I’m complaining. I woud like to complain about Gwyneth Paltrow’s involvement in the movie because I generally don’t like her. Mostly because of her relationship with Brad Pitt when I was at my most jealous stage in my crush on him. But she was quite good as Pepper Potts, and she looks so much better with red (or strawberry blonde) hair (please correct me if I’m wrong on the colour).

Being a huge Marvel fan, I loved this movie and I can’t wait to see the next one. I felt like there was just enough ‘reality’ (it’s in quotes because what’s reality anyway) to keep me interested, but plenty of fantasy that fits in with being a comic book movie. Although for the part that dragged on I am taking of half a star giving this baby a grand total of 4.5 stars. If you haven’t seen it yet, do go… it’s worth watching it in the Theatres (even if I did go on half-price Tuesday).

From Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures comes Iron Man, an action-packed take on the tale of wealthy philanthropist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), who develops an invulnerable robotic suit to fight the throes of evil. In addition to being filthy rich, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark is also a genius inventor. When Stark is kidnapped and forced to build a diabolical weapon, he instead uses his intelligence and ingenuity to construct an indestructible suit of armor and escape his captors. Once free, Stark discovers a deadly conspiracy that could destabilize the entire globe, and dons his powerful new suit on a mission to stop the villains and save the world. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars as his secretary, Virginia “Pepper” Potts, while Terrence Howard fills the role of Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes, one of Stark’s colleagues, whose military background leads him to help in the formation of the suit. Jon Favreau directs, with Marvel movie veterans Avi Arad and Kevin Feige producing.

Credits: Iron Man poster posted by Cellblock.org, Geek Cover posted by: Sci-fi Observer, Synopsis by Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

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