In another half hour I'll have been up for twenty-four

[superspeeds]

Somehow that sounds like song lyrics.

Anyway, the point of this post is that I went to see Iron Man 2 despite my hellish day and it was pretty swell. I have no major complaints about the story, but a few nitpicky ones. RDJ played assholish alcoholic Tony as awesomely as ever. Rhodey was good, and I was worried cause I fear change. And Scarlett Johansson was oddly thin looking, but overall not bad.

So CnC, any of you been to see it and have thoughts to share with the class?

To innocent bystanders, beware that if you get me talking there will probably be spoilers. Sorry. Just sort of happens.

Comments

[liverletdie]

Guess who

totally saw this movie?

:)


and loved it...

[superspeeds]

I very much enjoyed it as well.

But damn, Tony. Get a better passcode for your lab/workroom/lair. There was seriously not a single person that came down there who didn't know it.

[liverletdie]

RIGHT? I mean, even the SHIELD agents could get in there with a few punches of a button.

Tony you know better than that!

[taughttolisten.livejournal.com]

i think tony stark is a pretty cool guy, eh pimp slaps physics and doesn't afraid of plausibility

[spacetimeguard.livejournal.com]

I liked Nick Fury the best. <3

[superspeeds]

Samuel L. Fury and his eyepatch live on.

[badhorsefan.livejournal.com]

I looooved the little teaser scene at the end of the credits. <3

And the movie was good, too.

[superspeeds]

Okay so...

I knew what the teaser was gonna be going in and I was very much disappointed in it. The Captain America joke in it made me lol though.

[notapoof.livejournal.com]

I sat all through the film staring at Hammer wondering where I'd seen him before. Every time he spoke I was like RAGE WHERE YOU FROM?

Just near the end with his glasses off I was like

OMG WILD BILL FROM THE GREEN MILE

and I lived happily ever after

[superspeeds]

I'm just happy they used Hammer Industries as the competitor for Stark. :)

[crackofthunder.livejournal.com]

Sam Rockwell is glorious and he's been in lots and lots of movies and he's always great. He was Beeblebrox in Hitchhiker's Guide, and he was just in an amazing piece of indie sci-fi called "Moon" last year.

Everyone should love him.

[taughttolisten.livejournal.com]

oh god i so want to bring in Angry Russian Physicist




except he's movie-only. ._.

(Also, lololololol at Jon Favreau casting himself as Happy. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE)

[liverletdie]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDD

TRUST ME YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE CANON WHIPLASH.

REALLY.

[superspeeds]

... I got all excited when they said "Ivan" because I wanted it to be Natasha's Ivan.

It was not.

[stillawitch.livejournal.com]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

[taughttolisten.livejournal.com]

also also

my one nitpick is this

seriously would it have killed them to lower those percentage numbers a little and have thirty seconds of exposition? because I'm fairly sure 89% blood toxicity means you are already dead and decomposing.

[birdplane]

... That is completely valid.

When I had lead poisoning my blood toxicity was only at something like 15%, or so my doctor said, and I felt pretty darn bad.

As in, not being able to walk bad.

Tony Stark is secretly Superman. Drunk Superman.

[sam-the-redhead.livejournal.com]

I SAW IT LAST NIGHT/THIS MORNING.

and I loved it. Not as amazing as the first Iron Man, but definitely a worthy sequel.

The only thing that...well, I wouldn't say it bugged me (because it really didn't), but it did catch me off-guard was the whole end thing with Pepper.

[superspeeds]

I didn't get that. Also, like, yeah, Natasha was probably just screwing with him through the entire thing, but I was seriously disappointed that something didn't happen there. That seemed far more likely than the thing with Pepper.

[bwhahahabeck.livejournal.com]

AGREED ON THE ENDING

[crackofthunder.livejournal.com]

I've seen it twice now and enjoyed it, although it doesn't have quite the same WHEEEE sort of fun as the first Iron Man did. But it's still a blast, and better the second time.

I LOVE SUITCASE ARMOR. I've always liked the whole Red/Silver look anyhow. I'm glad they made it work. And I'd watch RDJ read the menu at a sushi joint.

[superspeeds]

... You went to an early showing and a late showing, didn't you. I thought of doing that... But then I remembered that sleep is cool.

I loved that too. And how it like grew out of the suitcase and assembled itself. So cool.

RDJ's reading of a sushi menu would involve adorably snarky asides. I'd watch that too.

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

LOL I LIKE HOW HE USED CAP'S SHIELD TO PROP UP THAT COLLIDER

also appreciating the more action scenes

[bwhahahabeck.livejournal.com]

HAPPY HAD MORE SCENES AND THAT MADE ME HAPPY

[grenadeball.livejournal.com]

MY ONLY COMPLAINT IS THAT THEY REALLY SHOULD'VE NARROWED THE FOCUS SOME

SHOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE TIME TO ROURKELASH

DO NOT WANT THEM TO DROP INTO SPIDER-MAN 3 TERRITORY OF TOO MANY VILLAINS HERE