Lucy Snyder (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} las) wrote,@ 2008-05-03 11:49:00 |
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Iron Man
Partly in celebration of Things Yet To Be Announced, I andhaceldama, bzarcher, dklegman, opalexian, flaggerx and his friend Nancy went out for Mexican food and a couple of pitchers of margaritas, then went to see Iron Man, and then went out for milkshakes.
Iron Man was a lot of fun. I've never really read the comic, but those in our group who had felt it was a good modernization/adaptation of the original storyline and that the character was in desperate need of resetting anyhow due to some unfortunate later comics.
Ultimately, you get all the cool battling robot effects I was hoping to see in Transformers, but instead of being surrounded by dumb the action sequences are surrounded by good acting, interesting characters and a decent story. There are a couple of questionable comic book logic plot points that they couldn't simply get rid of and that I think they tried to make as believable as possible.
I could fully buy the in-the-cave electromagnet implant for Stark, since the guy he was with was apparently an engineer and not a heart surgeon. And that he needed to create the mini-reactor to power his suit etc. But after he got back to the U.S.? Stark's surely got enough cash to hire a good doctor and get the shrapnel taken out. I'm willing to bet most major metro hospitals have someone on staff who could do that. And in the scene where he needs Pepper to reach into his chest-can and fish out a troublesome wire -- dude, how did he get that thing into his chest in the first place if his fingers are too big and he doesn't have anyone else he feels he can call for help? Cuz that shiny, perfect housing surely wasn't the same hardware they put in his chest in the cave, and ... oh, foo.
*drinks another margarita and enjoys the splosions*
Holy shit, I just realized Tony Stark actually does have a mutant superpower: his immune system! He sleeps with hundreds of women, and NO CLAP! NO HERPES! Open-chest surgery in a filthy cave and NO GANGRENE! Dude.
Anyhow, it's a fast-moving, thoroughly entertaining movie. And you also get a little tidbit after the credits that's worth waiting for.
Partly in celebration of Things Yet To Be Announced, I and
haceldama, bzarcher, dklegman, opalexian, flaggerx and his friend Nancy went out for Mexican food and a couple of pitchers of margaritas, then went to see Iron Man, and then went out for milkshakes.Iron Man was a lot of fun. I've never really read the comic, but those in our group who had felt it was a good modernization/adaptation of the original storyline and that the character was in desperate need of resetting anyhow due to some unfortunate later comics.
Ultimately, you get all the cool battling robot effects I was hoping to see in Transformers, but instead of being surrounded by dumb the action sequences are surrounded by good acting, interesting characters and a decent story. There are a couple of questionable comic book logic plot points that they couldn't simply get rid of and that I think they tried to make as believable as possible.
I could fully buy the in-the-cave electromagnet implant for Stark, since the guy he was with was apparently an engineer and not a heart surgeon. And that he needed to create the mini-reactor to power his suit etc. But after he got back to the U.S.? Stark's surely got enough cash to hire a good doctor and get the shrapnel taken out. I'm willing to bet most major metro hospitals have someone on staff who could do that. And in the scene where he needs Pepper to reach into his chest-can and fish out a troublesome wire -- dude, how did he get that thing into his chest in the first place if his fingers are too big and he doesn't have anyone else he feels he can call for help? Cuz that shiny, perfect housing surely wasn't the same hardware they put in his chest in the cave, and ... oh, foo.
*drinks another margarita and enjoys the splosions*
Holy shit, I just realized Tony Stark actually does have a mutant superpower: his immune system! He sleeps with hundreds of women, and NO CLAP! NO HERPES! Open-chest surgery in a filthy cave and NO GANGRENE! Dude.
Anyhow, it's a fast-moving, thoroughly entertaining movie. And you also get a little tidbit after the credits that's worth waiting for.
