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This movie is going to be great.... ugh, the workday needs to be done!

YES!!!!! TONIGHT!!!!!!
It will make your nipples hard and thump them, then it will rock your face off.
THAT'S what I was looking for!!!!

Thank GOD... I was hoping for this review. I'm taking the goddamed afternoon off and watching this bitch. Thanks for a kick-ass review, Dustin!

Okay, I ain't readin all of this until tomorrow after the early morning (cheap and uncrowded) showing, but I like what I'm seeing, Mr. Rowles. I hope I fully agree with you.

Nice promptness, too.

I'm not into action films and your review makes me want to actually haul my ass to the theatre instead of waiting for the DVD.

Thanks.

I saw it last night. Dustin's review is dead-on. I can't really think of any other way to describe it, especially after the pure poetry of It will make your nipples hard and thump them, then it will rock your face off.

There's an extra scene after the credits which ties into the upcoming Avengers movie.

Stark decides, instead, to build himself a nice suit for the Fuck-Your-World Party he's about to attend.

God-DAMN. That is the best description for an asswhooping ever.

I am sooooo happy I got paid the other say! Now I have to decide whether or not to skip out on a test to make the matinee.

Yeah, I saw the movie.....who wants to touch me?

I said WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME?!?!

Thank you.

Now I have to decide whether or not to skip out on a test to make the matinee.

It's worth killing people for...wait, we do that anyway...it's worth dropping your baby down a well with three rabid badgers for company...shoot, that was last weekend...trust me, it's worth skipping a test...

Just don't bring that baby...it might be upset about the badger thing...

Dustin, you've done a much, MUCH better job of getting me to want to see this than the actual trailers did.

Also, congratulations for getting to watch a film that wasn't a shitty romantic comedy for once.

The credits felt like they took forever to get through just for that scene. It was only a minute or two, but it featured none other than Mr. Bad Motherfucker himself talking to Tony Stark about the Avengers.

And speaking of babies, Shadows, I was in a theater of all comic book geeks and the few regular people that tagged along with them - except for one couple that brought two little kids (who couldn't have been older than 4) and a GODDAMN BABY.

SQUEE
So excited. Am going to drag the Hubs to see this tonight.
What? We're supposed to be buying wedding rings tonight? Meh... after this review, wedding rings can wait.

Holla! Rainy Saturday matinee coming up!

*worked

Sigh

"There hasn't been a bad guy this deliciously evil with as little screen time to work with since Gary Oldman took two in the testes on White Boy Day."

It's simple lines like this one that keep Pajiba as my #1 point of reference for what flicks to catch. Once again, you did not disappoint. Of course, I'll catch this on a Tuesday night and avoid the parents who use the theater as babysitting tool and the people who treat the theater as their own living room.

"He could squash emo Spidey beneath his iron foot."

Made my day.

Saw the midnight showing, and Dear God does this movie deliver!
Downey has always been a great actor to watch even when he was imploding (Chaplin anybody?), but since he's gotten his shit together he has been a monster... The Singing Detective, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Zodiac, Iron Man, Good Night and Good Luck, Tropic Thunder...hell even his bit in Charlie Bartlettwas terrific.

I saw Iron Man last night, and agree wholeheartedly with DR. Despite a muddled second half, every other aspect of the movie was pitch-perfect and fanboy-spunk awesome. The characters are developed, and the action is just... solid. Grinding and heavy. I gave up trying to work out what was practical and what was CG after a while, which is something I tend to do a lot because I'm an anus.

I was slightly concerned, however, that I booked tickets in advance, but was one of only ten people in the 7.45 screening (and four of them were hollering teenage cockwranglers). Preview nights, even on weekdays, are usually packed out round here. Needless to say, I'm going to be beyond gutted if Iron Man doesn't make zillions.

I thought the review might be a little over the top so I went to RottenTomatoes.com to see what the consensus was and as of this second it's running 95%. I don't thing I've ever seen a commercial film rank that highly. Occasionally the indie film about say transgendered Navajo sheepherders doing peyote guilt trip the critics en masse into giving positive reviews but I do believe I'll be seeing this over the weekend.

"Going to a matinee on Sunday to avoid fanboys, mouthbreathers et al."

I hear that, happycat. I'm actually taking it the extra step and waiting until a late show on a weeknight. I fucking hate crowds. And children.

Really just people in general.

Saw it last night. Stay after the credits!!!

I saw the midnight show last night. I was really surprised that the theater wasn't sold out. Plenty of fanboys, but no one I needed to kill. Lots of appropriate cheering, ooooing and aaahhhing, which is fine by me.

I thought the middle was a little slow, but overall, I really, really dug it. I've got no love for Ms. Paltrow, but she was fine. RDJ, though, is simply awesome.

very understandable twig... I think the fact that I didn't fully understand Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when I read it, yet I consider Blade Runner one of my all time favorite movies plays a part in that.

there have been plenty of movies I didn't fully understand but I still love (Donnie Darko, The Fountain, etc.)... but I didn't read the book with them (if they even have one), so I was biased in those cases.

asides from that, how annoying were those fucking Charles Schwab commercials that use rotoscoping and started coming out around the release of A Scanner Darkly?

It served no fucking purpose for a brokerage company to do it. just one of those things that pissed me off for no real reason.

"asides from that, how annoying were those fucking Charles Schwab commercials that use rotoscoping and started coming out around the release of A Scanner Darkly?

It served no fucking purpose for a brokerage company to do it. just one of those things that pissed me off for no real reason."

And those commercials are STILL GOING ON. Oh, really, Mr. Customer? You're broker didn't give you a handjob to go along with his advice or whatever the hell you're whining about? Come to Charles Schwab, we'll do it for free! (grrr I hate those commercials)

"how annoying were those fucking Charles Schwab commercials that use rotoscoping and started coming out around the release of A Scanner Darkly? It served no fucking purpose for a brokerage company to do it. just one of those things that pissed me off for no real reason."

Colin, HOLEE GUACAMOLEE! I said almost exactly the same thing when those commercials came out. I was pissed. Can't quite figure out why, but my GOD I was pissed. What the fuck purpose did it serve? How much money was flushed down the crapper for essentially no reason? You bet your buttons I headed straight down to my local Charles Schwab and gave them a piece of my mind, I did. They were too "busy" calling the police to pay attention to me. I WILL WEAR PANTS WHERE AND WHEN I SEE IT FITTING DAMMIT!

Poop - now that everyone's going on about the teen crowds, crazed geeks, mouthbreathers, and the like, I might have to push tonight aside for a early Sunday show. Going tonight would be like opening an artery and hopping into shark-infested waters. I'm with TK in general people hate...

I love Sam Jackson, but tell me again how he winds up being Nick Fury? Doesn't quite seem right...

In addition to the great review, may I say that the title of the review was super duper awesome.

Thank you.

Saw this last night, too! Nothing really to ad to the review. I'll just say again that Robert Downey Jr. is great and the action scenes are amazing. No quick cuts from Mr. Favreau. He actually lets you see what happening! And Terence Howard brought way more to his role than was written to it.

Dying to see it but Iron Man and Batman have the fugliest tranny women as love interests.
Paltrow so desperate to revive her career from her Oscar curse and Maggie the Pornstar now a sellout for the mainstream films.

Colin - I had the opposite response, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? actually made me tear up (note:not a good book to be reading at an ecology conference about everything going to hell) and I couldn't stand Blade Runner. Maybe I watched the wrong cut or something but I definitely wandered off halfway through and never came back.

Okay, since I saw it mentioned that Dustin wasn't giving up any spoilers I read it the rest of the way through.

Boy, Dustin, I don't think I've seen you this pleased since "Grindhouse", and then America had to go ruin that for everybody.

"Fuck-Your-World Party". Yes, that's a keeper.

For some reason the Bald Dude makes me think "Witchboard", even though Malfeator totally had Kenny Rogers hair going on, he's got that same creepy. If only I could get excited about the Hulk. I don't want to not be excited, but I'd rather watch the Golden Compass bears fighting than Ed and Tim thus far (and that shit was good).

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WHY does cinco de mayo have to be my birthday? Did you read that?! WHY?!! Usually I have the most amazing birthday this side of David Charvet's cock. The joyous and rapturous pain that will be my continuous consumption of alcohol beginning in EXACTLY 97 minutes is not enough to sate my need to see this movie. My friends say we can see it on Sunday. I will be too busy wondering where various colors/textures in my vomit encrusted toilet originated...for i will not be able to eat anything worth throwing up. Ever notice how that happens? There's always that random cherry or green bean in your sick that shouldn't be there because "when was the last time I had cherries or green beans?" But Goddammit! I need to see this this weekend and want all my wits about me. My mom and dad are officially the worst fucking parents EVER. Thanks a lot Daaaaaaaaaad. Why couldn't you have just thrown one in mom's ass for your birthday weekend in July 1979? Yes dad...I did the math. Congratulations on getting laid for your 34th birthday. Ya Jerk! Now i can't see Iron Man.

PissBoy, why would you put such images in your head on your birthday weekend? Now you'll have to get MORE drunk to wash away the thought of daddy getting all butt happy with your mom.

I liked her in Sliding Doors a million years ago.

She will never top the short blonde look in that movie for me. Dammit, woman, you were so cute in 1998 (and that was a useless, awful year so I needed cheering up), and you had John Hannah with you, and then...long hair and Chris Martin?

Okay, okay, I like the pumps you've been wearing lately. Very nice. But you keep wearing ugly shoes too. What it is your deal???

Downey will rule Hollywood from Iron Man and Tropic Thunder. Christian Bale is so vanilla playing the same intense roles. He needs to take a chill pill. Real actors are versatile.

*Now

/Damnit

also pity the incredible hulk trailer was a synopsis of damn near all the plot

Kurt Katie Holmes outclasses Maggie too in every way.

Can some of what you're smoking?

I want to get it sent for analysis, so I know what it is I need to avoid like the plague

Now I'm even more excited. I hope this doesn't become a crappy trilogy (tough it could be interesting to see the fascist Iron Man from recent comics in a film)

twig, Scanner Darkly, bored me to tears. I love all the actors in it, but the script and direction were just meh...and those Schwab commercials totally blow.

ooooh, my nipples are hard already.

ahem.

Wow. So after turning in Boozehound late last night, I waited with anticipation to see DR's review of Iron Man, then ditched work after a strangely shitty week to go see it ...

... and ...

Fucking Capital-A Awesome! I walked out of the theater 20 minutes ago, and I am geeking out so hard right now. I haven't been this amped by an action film since, well, Aliens. I'm sorry to tell you DR, that was better than Batman Begins.

You heard me. I love CB, love The Dark Knight, but Robert Downey Jr. rocked that suit, took the audience on his back for Mach 2, and owned every minute of the film. It has the humor that Batman Begins did not have, it has a hero who doesn't need to be restrained -- I respect what Bale had to do to make the Batman character work, but that doesn't make it any more fun. Iron Man was thrilling, funny, densely plotted, well-acted, and thoughtfully put together. The CGI doesn't look phony, the suits look fantastic, and did I mention that RDJ was, erm, ridicutastinificent? They solved the mask problem by showing his face inside the suit quite a bit, and with that expressive mug, it really works -- you don't lose RDJ during the set pieces at all. Also, Gwynnie did not annoy the shit out of me, which means she was doing something different and better.

BONUS: There's an extra scene at the end, after all the credits roll, an important scene featuring someone you all know and love.

EXTRA BONUS: My theater had previews for various big summer films, including Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight, and The Hulk.

Okay. Dial expectations back down to 11. Now do yourself a favor and go see this, for serious.

Did you mean priapismic instead of priapistic?

I was proud to geek out in the theater, and not just because it was Iron Man. No, I geeked out because I finally saw Leslie Bibb (Popular) in something else.

That and the badass bonus scene at the end that points towards an even better sequel.

But tell me: were there no proud red-headed actresses that could have spared Gwyneth Paltrow being ginger-fied (painted on freckles and all)? She was very good and I'm glad she got to have some fun, but no one else?

In conclusion: let Iron Man be the new Spiderman, guaranteed countless sequels with Robert Downey Jr. goodness. Please?

I love it. I love that Dustin has this huge thumping man-crush on Downey Jr. And, I don't give a flip about comic book movies most of the time. But I will see this. Partly because the husband wants to see it and partly because I have a crush on Robert Downey Jr. also. I just love that Dustin and I have the same taste in men.

so ummm did you like the movie?

"Downey is more impressive than Christian Bale's Dark Knight. He's more magnetic..."

He's Iron Man so he is more magnetic.

HARHAHARHAHRHAHRHAHAHAHAHAHA

It can't be this good, it just can't! Dammit... must NOT get hopes up... Agh. Well, hell. Now I'm pumped. First movie review EVER that made me want to masturbate.

Dammit, I can't read the review! I need to see the movie first. Am I the only weird one who refuses to read reviews of movies I really want to see until after I see them? Then, once I do, I like to go back and read to see if I had a similar take or not.

Its better than Star Wars......

We just got back. It was good. A rare case where I didn't mind paying full price for two.

I didn't think it was better than Batman Begins, or even RDJr's best recent movie (which would have to be Kiss Kiss Bang Bang...the "this will all end in tears" line cracks my shit up just thinking about it.)

Gwyneth didn't impress me, and she's not an automatic black mark in my book. She was just generic, very much equivalent to Katie Holmes' role.

Some movies I will pay to see again in a theater. This one I'd watch again on cable, but I wouldn't go again unless the options were pretty dismal.

EXTRA BONUS: My theater had previews for various big summer films, including Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight, and The Hulk.

Mine didn't have the Hulk, damn you! We had Indy and the Dark Knight, but we also had Don't Mess with the Zohan and that Michael Meyers one. Friggin A!

RJD is smokin hot, love the wifebeater and goat. The only problem with this movie is the military buddy character. Totally weak. We saw this at a 630 showing on friday and it was packed. About 50 or so uber dorks stayed behind to see SLJ. I swear I could hear the collective jizzing of pants.

For some reason the thought of Paltrow in this film bugs me. I dunno, I was worried that she would be like Katie Holmes in Batman Begins: useless. Even though the reports above say she isn't, for years she never really impressed me as an actress and it was the thought of her being in this film that kept me from seeing it on Thursday when it opened here.

But damn! Guess I have no excuses now eh? Tomorrow night it is!

This movie rocked some serious ass, if for no reason other than seeing RDJr back at his awesome awesome game.

Regarding SLJ, gah. He is in every. fucking. movie.

"heretofore to be known as the Greatest Actor of this Generation"

Dustin, the word heretofore means "up to this time." The word you're looking for is henceforth.

And I agree: This movie is wicked fun!

true love for this movie, it was absolutely phenomenal. i saw it in beijing and the entire crowd went nuts... good stuff =]

I went to see the movie last night, I want to have 10,000 of Robert Downey Jr's babies! Great movie, terrific acting from RD Jr and Jeff Bridges (Gwyneth was even pretty good, I thought), and it was entirely enjoyable. I was destracted only by the trailer for the Dark Knight which is just going to blow all other comic based movies out of the water-- I think.

Sinatra His cameo alone is mind blowing.

Holmes departure from The Dark Knight will be justified. To see the movie you will know what I mean.

Are you from the future, or a film studio?

I believe Sinatra's talking about Tom Cruise. What's therefore being implied about Katie Holmes and Rachel Dawes I don't know.

Another benefit I gained from staying through the credits -- I learned that Paul Bettany was Jarvis! Voice cameo, I guess, since I had no idea he was associated with the movie until that moment.

Okay, I went and saw it with my brother-in-law and my nephews. It was awesome...

BUT THEY DID NOT SHOW THE AFTER-CREDITS SCENE. Fucking turdmunchers just shut it off. I wante dto strangle someone, then I realized it is probably on the net by now.

Still, I am going to need a few gallon containers of gas and a head start. Oh no reason, really...

I saw it this afternoon with my seven-year-old daughter in a theatre that was populated by approximately the same demographic as that of the film's crew. It occurred to me as I impatiently sat through the scrolling credits that all the preposterous world needs to bring about a reasonable facsimile of harmony is . . .a kickass project. I was encouraged when I bought my tickets because the lone young guy ahead of us in line bought his Iron Man ticket, as did the 3 Singletons (one of whom, I GUARANTEE you, was a major fanboy, replete with the requisite pasty complexion and knock-kneed gait) behind us. I thought Hosanna, can this mean Mammy and Pappy Yokum won't be here with the entire Snot-Nose brood, including Baby Huey? I did spot a few Under-Twos but was stunned and gratified when, on the rare occasion one of them gave vent to a non-scripted utterance, the parents actually SHUSHED them. Are these, then, the last days?
So, yeah. The theatre WAS quiet. Too quiet, in fact. I was waiting for--needing, really--some spontaneous participation from the audience -- holy crap, how could these people NOT be yelling and stomping their feet? During one of the earlier uber-glorious (reincarnated I.M.) scenes I involuntarily burst into applause and the theatre erupted along with me. After that icebreaker folks seemed more willing to jump/shout. Good thing, too, or the HERETOFORE mentioned 7-year-old would have disowned me. It was the kind of movie-going experience that makes you love your fellow man and want to shower everyone "else" with the radiance of your rarified persona, having seen the film and all. I actually stopped several of my neighbors from leaving the theatre, telling them there was a bonus scene after the credits. Which lasted. A really long time. I am so glad I did NOT see Vermillion's comment before I saw the movie - the thought that I might have persuaded all these strangers into staying to see a non-existent extra scene would have been too much pressure to bear.
Dorkenheimer, Dustin might could have meant "herewith," too. Dontcha think?
As for as the actual movie: I cannot say one word that Dustin didn't say first, and better. Only this: for the first time in my life I wished I was a guy so I could flip a woody.

i was told minutes before leaving to see this film that i should stay after the credits.

i went to the film, i watched the film from the only seats left, front row centre, everythingt slightly too big and hard to see, and honestly, it very, very nearly killed me,it was incredible, Downey is just....unbelievable, just funny, charming, vulnerable when he needs to be(unlike with every other superhero film ever when he was in trouble at that bit at the end where The Dude[btw, how fucking big is Bridges head? i dont mean egotistically, i mean physically how large is the mans skull?!] literally steals his heart, i was genuinelly scared for Stark despite knowing exactly how he could save himself)

Terrence Howard is just as great as he needs to be, he's an actor as endearing, charismatic and watchable as Downey and he easily could have turned the film into a battle of talents and presence(presences? presenci?) but didnt, he let Downey run with it.

Also the scene where they find Stark in the desert after his escape and Rhodes sincerely tells him 'next time you ride with me' and Stark just collapses against him, is really sweet.

and the thing on the plane before that, slayed me

oh and 'next time bebeh' heee!

Gwyneth...wasnt as hatable as she is every other motherfucking second of her whole fuckig existance, which was nice,un like Kate fucking save me please Holmes who was a ...well,slight, distraction throughout BB, Gwyneth was decent enough to be present but ignorable.

Dude!Did anyone else realise Jarvis was Paul Bettany?!!? I knew it was SOMEONE i know but Bettany? wouldnt have guessed that at all, so that was fun.

And okay...im not gonna give away the Post Credits Scene...but let me say this..the hardcore MIGHT guess it at something said to Pepper Potts in the final scene.

I guessed A thing, but had no idea how right i was.

Let me put it simply....if the film its self was Fangasm central? The PCS? The POTENTIAL there...as well as.....again, i wont spoil it but those who know the PERSON....fuck....me.

put it this way, while i was out afterwards touring bars with friends, i was having a text conversation with my twelve year old brother back home about the potenial implications for sequels and tie ins, as well as the financial problems that coulc be overcome by the absolute guarantee that the sequels will fucking rock you to death.

This;

t will make your nipples hard and thump them, then it will rock your face off.

is so accurate its scary.

one thing i loved, was how MALE a film it was. not in a bad way, but this was all about hardcore american men, fucking, weapons, money, beautiful women, but it managed to be SMART about it.

Like i say, i mean that as a compliment.

I'm a girl and i think i grew a dick then had it get hard during this film.

Just ..........totally mindblown.

Matinee, bitches! I did not loathe Gwyneth ( and I fucking LOVED her shoes), Downey Jr. is still funny, and, can I say, that the sexiest bits were when he was building the suits? Yeah. I mean really. That is mental geek sex, right there. I wanna go back, sit smack dab back in the middle of the 300 guys and their girlfriends/wives, and see it again.

I fully intend to catch this flick with my movie-buddy Army Man (he's home! From Baghdad! Yay!). And then make out with him after.

In Jay's head:

Ah, good, got the Batman this time.

The anvil has me thinking "Mark VII! ungh! Mark VII! ungh! Mark VII, dammit!" from "The Day The Earth Froze" and a few minutes later I instantly thought of Clark Griswold singing "IIIII love a parade"

Hey, look! Tom Morello cameo!

Fuck, is Jeff Bridges huge or is everyone here just my size? (probably more the latter)

Who's got the dying phone battery? Who the fuck is it??? Turn it off!!! If you're waiting on a call that's so important, then leave!....okay, you did have the ringer off but did you just answer a call?!?!?!?!? I decide to be indulgent and come back for another showing and I have to sit way up high and next you people?! Is that last seat on the right of the first row free?

(and down I went. An usher asked if there was a problem, and that was awfully nice of them)

Oh hell, this is pretty damn distorted. But these guys next to me are at least making noise by reacting to the movie and not chirping (and I hear that all the time at work and have to keep myself from smacking every person til I find the right one. But of course I don't. I might just politely ask "oh, was that your battery?" hint....hint....yeah, that really works).

The stinger scene comes on and I hear a girl squeal somewhere behind me. I'd heard her talking some shop a couple minutes ago during the credits. How nice.

The tone is right. Tobey Maguire made us believe in Peter Parker and this is the same way towards Downey's Tony Stark although I cant say he's my All American role model for my kids. It wont beat Spiderman 1 though. But it beats Batman Begins especially in the action sequences and its never boring. Its also a casting win except Paltrow continues to annoy. She was promising but she wilts. With people mentioning Batman's Maggie Gyllenhaal. I have to say YUCK on that too. A downgrade for Batman beauty wise and regal presence. Katie was the ideal Rachel Dawes but unfortunately her character and lovey dovey element was really poorly ignored. Maggie is so overrated because of Secretary and Sherrybaby etc===just because you are willing to show your droppy body parts,get spanked and fingering yourself makes you an acting great. That's demeaning and trashy. I bet she is proud to show her daughter all her porn masterpieces.

i was really excited to see this, based mainly on this review and the comments (and it is a good review). i can say that the 4 to 13 year olds in the audience and the frat boys were right with you all on this.
it was good, and i enjoyed it, and yes, RDJ is amazing, but this movie does not come close to batman begins, and i spent a good deal of the movie wondering when it was going to get as awesome as everything on this page makes it seem.
maybe i was soured a little by the reactions of those around me in the theater (especially the groups mentioned above), who were way too excited anytime an Afghani was killed, including (SPOILER) when the bad guy has a large group plowed down point-blank. i know it is a movie, but it was a little disturbing...
mainly, i just wanted to voice that i and those i was with didn't find it that incredible. i just kept thinking, "yes, this would be awesome if i thought that 'blowing shit up is the awesomest thing ever'"

P.S.

For all those naysayers, Gyllenhaal is the best thing to happen to the Batman franchise. Katie Holmes was TERRIBLE in Batman Begins, I thought she might short circuit due to her robotic performance.

And to the idiots above, I'd rather watch anything Gyllenhaal is in (including a live performance of her reading the telephone book) to any president's daughter/psycho killer/bank heist crap Holmes as put out in the past. Gyllenhaal takes risks and Holmes takes a paycheque.

OK. I've got to wait until next week to see this. Yes. Mr Subi will be back from OS. I justify this to myself by thinking we can avoid the rush. We go to the cinema only for 'big screen events' [rest being downloads, sorry] and Iron Man along with Dark Knight will be one of them. I am selfish. I want to avoid babies crying, people talking, eaters eating, etc. I've been into Iron Man since I was five years old. This movie means a lot to me. Pajiba contributors - I am taking your word about this film and I want to thank Jon Favreau in advance [quite aside from RDJ who I knew was going to be awesome anyway] for not crushing my expectations. The trailers gave me hope - indeed I nearly shed tears as it exceeded my expectations. But still I wondered fretfully ... And it seems Iron Man is everything I wanted it to be. O happy day! I am levitating with excitement. This is gonna make my year!

I really enjoyed this movie, but it had one genre convention that I absolutely hate. What's with the slutty female journalist? Why is it every time you have a woman reporter asking tough questions in the next scene you see her fucking her source?
As a journalist, I can't speak for all of us, but I can speak for my friends in our newsroom. We don't want to fuck the public. We're big nerds who got into our ridiculously low paying jobs in order to become professional writers and facilitate open government. I swear. With the exception of my husband, I don't want to sleep with anybody who could be reading this. I'm sorry. I'm sure you're nice.
But the reason we're talking to you, our sources, the reason we're giving out our cards is to get information.
I didn't show up to that council meeting to bang the mayor.
It's a lot like when I was a barista. Many people don't realize being nice is part of our job.
So, anyway, sorry, that was a bit of a tangent. Go Ironman.

Bravo on this IM review. IM box office =100.7 million. WoooHoooooo.
The movie was not perfect but overall its guilty pleasure. I echo the sentiment not really digging Paltrow. Terence Howard was so so.
Im a DC girl as in more of a diehard for Superman and Batman but Im happy Spiderman and now Iron Man challenges the other superhero films. But part of me wants to humble down the Batman fans because their arrogance is getting annoying and their elitists attitude rubs me off.

I hope Maggie gets jokerize in TDK. Maybe Batman is blind in this sequel to date her. I like the sweet All American Holmes onscreen. To be compared by actors,fashion designers and media like Grace Kelly,Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O is special. With all the Cruise media circus,she handles everything with effortless grace.
Nothing beats the original character and actress. Maggie is the porn actress of the Indie world. She is not risky and well rounded when she's always naked and having rough sex. She does Provocateur and Playboy trying so hard to scream sexy when SHE IS NOT.

Re Maggie Gyllenhal doing "porn."

I'm not following you people on this issue, and I'm not getting the Maggie hate. There was very little actual sex in Secretary -- she was probably in more graphic scenes in Happy Endings. The sex in Sherrybaby (which was a very moving and well-done film) was desperate and sad, and not at all gratuitous since it was specifically scripted to show how pathetically used to being used she was. And her titters have been on-screen about one-one-thousandth as much as people like Sienna Miller. At least she's picking quality projects to throw them out there.

Mags is unconventionally gorgeous, intelligent, and highly skilled at her profession. Yeah, she's said some stupid shit in interviews before and probably takes herself a little too seriously ... like every other person under 30, including me when I was there.

I'd say there's just some wacky trolling (the syntax is a little bot-ish but slightly too sophisticated) going on, but I still don't know the point of it, besides promoting Katie and Tom and trashing Maggie Gyllenhaal like a spurned ex. But to what end?

Hmmmmm.

Er. Magnificent. That's what I meant. Mm hmm.

Although Gwyneth Paltrow should never be depended upon to improvise, because it seems all she can do is say "like" a lot. There was a clear difference between her improv'd and scripted scenes.

I saw the movie and it was quite entertaining, but Nick Fury is not Shaft with an eye patch...

I gather that a straight girl's opinion isn't really relevant to this discussion, but Maggie Gyllenhall is *so* much cuter, sexier, and more talented than Katie Holmes. That recasting made me *more* interested in the sequel.

Brendan, I would have swooned and missed the rest of the film. :D

Actually, Skit, though I still miss the "Sliding Doors" short blonde, I think the red does suit her really well. She looks cute, you know? And I like that. Good complement with her eyes. I like the brown pin-striped suit a lot too.

Oh, I'd forgotten to mention in previous ramblings how amused I was by Tony's taste in workshop music. It'd be funny if there was a marketing tie-in too.

So good I want to cry. I think the godtopi smiled on us that night because not only was the movie face-rocking awesome, the theater I saw it in was packed to capacity, yet there was no douchebaggery or assholes yakking through the whole thing; just laughing and clapping and excitement at all the right parts. It was the first time in a long time that I actually really enjoyed experiencing a movie with a shit ton of other people, like theater-going used to be.

This is RDJ as he is always meant to be. Spec-fucking-tacular. I want to watch it every day this week.

My love for Robert Downey Jr. now knows absolutely no bounds. He was perfect. Dustin, your phrase about his ability to "blend together narcissism and self-deprecation" is spot-on.

OMG, it's almost like it's detrimental to your movie experience to apply feminist theory to everything you watch. Leave that crap on campus, it doesn't work in the real world.

As for this review, I agree with most of it, but I could do without the Cheney-hating for five minutes. Does Soros throw you a dollar bill every time you do that, or is it some sick compulsion?

Really listening to liberals talk about anything these days is like being on a bus full of people with Tourette's.

Great movie though.

I can't stand Robert Downey Jr.

[ducks and dodges the thousands of articles thrown in his direction]

This movie has gotten good reviews, and I'm sure it's awesome. But calling Downey the "best actor of his generation?" With apologies to DDL??? Downey has played the same role since his career began. He's Johnny One Note. This role sounds like it suits him, and that's well and good for him and the film. But comparing him to DDL or any of the other so-called best actors of their generation (Depp, Penn, et. al.) is a joke.

Really listening to liberals talk about anything these days is like being on a bus full of people with Tourette's

Iraq! gak! 100,000 - guh - civilians - killed! gak!

Cocksuckers!

National - guh - debt! fart! $10 trillion! fuck!

Knobgobblers! suck!

Deification - shit - of stupidity! Cunts!

Buttlick!

War - gahhk - IS THE ANSWER! shits! farts! What question, fuckface?!?!

Assholes!

Cultural vapidity, asslick asslick asslick!

President Fucknuts, asshole asshole asshole, Vice President Taint-face, taint taint taint, media lambs to slaughter, cocks cocks cocks!

That about capture it?

socalled = awesome

Indeed, happy, this is a pit of vulgarity. Withhold information if you want, but the dirty talk need not be modified.

And while I won't rail against you throwing your youth in my face like that (and I was born old anyway so I really can't take umbrage), I'll give one piece of advice to the young people:

If you're one of those people, like some I've known, that is constantly hungry and constantly eating and constantly thin, be on your guard. You might get blindsided, unlike those of us who've had to battle our metabolisms for years. And I promise I won't point my finger like Nelson. Me, my metabolism picked up a little but suddenly shaving wasn't as easy. Aging's weird, man.

Now go forth and be the amazing future we haven't worked out yet.

And Hugo Pool! Might I suggest that to anyone who can find a copy. It has its tug of war aspects in the watching of it: Alyssa Milano = hot. Dr McAsswipe = blurgh,
but RDJ's role is worth watching the whole thing for.

I hope it's okay to post this link to an Iron Man interview you might want to see.

http://movies.aol.com/unscripted/robert-downey-jr-terrence-howard-jon/iron-man/2115854

Happiness is a warm robot suit. Fucking hell yes. I want to be Robert Downey Jr.'s baby's mama.

"Good link, Loob, that was enjoyable. How much would I pay to sit around shooting the shit with RDJ, Jon Favreau and Terrence Howard? Large bills.
Posted by: socalledonlycousins at May 5, 2008 3:19 PM"

Yay! :D

I haven't seen it yet, I am trying to avoid as much Iron Man info and stuff as possible before I see it, because like Frank Costanza "I like to go in fresh." :D

Iron Man is fantastic. And Robert Downey Jr. is even more so. Loved it!!

http://diviya.blogspot.com

"I thought Paltrow was fine. She isn't a Mary Jane, she's supposed to be a little more demure to contrast Tony's T and A fixation. By the end of the movies, I was quite involved with their half-romance, which is more than I can say for most rom-coms these days. I consider that a success."

Summed it perfectly. A decent job, "involved" is a good word to describe it, it wasn't complete bullshit.

I really don't want to see this at night with cockgobblers galore; the last movie I saw in theaters (Juno) was ruined for me by mid-teen shitheads who didn't get the concept of "shut-the-fuck-up-there's-a-movie-on-right-now."

The EXACT same thing happened to me when I saw Juno, which incidentally also happens to be the last movie I saw in theaters (pre-Iron Man) as well. I saw Iron Man at night, however, but it was a Tuesday showing at 10:10, so the theater was virtually empty, except for my friends and I and three or four other small pockets of friends throughout the theater.

We stayed all through the credits because we knew about the special ending scene, and after that, an obvious fanboy (or just complete asshole douchewad) ran through the theater with his pants around his ankles, yelling, "I LOVED THIS MOVIE, IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!" So that's definitely the strangest expression of enjoyment I've ever witnessed at the movie theater.

Terrible movie. You people make me sick. You'll settle for anything.

Thanks, Lilianna, for voicing my objections. I absolutely loved this movie, RDJ in particular, but Paltrow was embarrassing in that "almost kissing" scene. She (or rather, the character) totally lost my respect.
Of course, the notion that Stark's assistant would go around in those heels, with those legs, hair, etc., and he wouldn't notice, is totally preposterous. They didn't even try to make that credible.

Me and Evie and Henry saw this today.
Shit, am I thankful RDJ didnt die on drugs.
He is the most fuckable hunkable sexyfunnyfab in this I have seen him in years.
Oh and the suit is pretty amazing too.
Go. See. It.

Me and Evie and Henry saw this today.
Shit, am I thankful RDJ didnt die on drugs.
He is the most fuckable hunkable sexyfunnyfab in this I have seen him in years.
Oh and the suit is pretty amazing too.
Go. See. It.

What is that thing Robert Downey, Jr. does? All in the span of one shot, he a) delivers a line that sounds witty but poignant, then he b) rewords it without the wittiness, and then all of a sudden c) his eyes get red and his voice breaks just that much and d) and then BOOM, he's back to normal! One shot! Cut!

After A, we laugh. After B, we shut up. At C, we feel ashamed for ever laughing and hold our breath, tense. At D, we relax and fall backwards, mouths agape, completely emotionally drained by those tense seconds few seconds.

Come on, Mark. Funvee. Humdrumvee. What more do you want?