Last weekend we went on a quick 2 1/2 day vacation, drove to Gettysburg, PA.
I kinda dig the military history thing so it was cool to check out the battlefield.
We ate at this kick ass restaurant that was some preachers home in the 1770's and
stayed in a Bed & Breakfast that was right on the battlefield that was cool.
Otherwise it was super touristy, which we found a little off-putting,
I mean the place is basically a big graveyard.  "Hey kids!, Dead bodies
festered in the sun right here, the people living here couldnt open their windows
for weeks because of the smell, hey lets get a Sno-cone and an Abraham Lincoln
spoon".  Anyway we got bored pretty quick.  So we took the opportunity one night
to go to the movies.  My wife saw the "Sex in the City" movie, and she was
gracious enough to spare me that terrible fate, so I went and saw Iron Man.
Here is my review....
I fucking loved it.  I like Robert Downey Jr pretty much in everything he is in,
and I think he kicked ass in this role.  Most of the time he is talking to himself,
or one of his robot arm helpers or his computer/house and he made even that
dialogue funny and engaging.  Tony Stark was f-in cool, and his life ruled.
He has an awesome private jet, that they made to look cool and futuristic.
On board along with full bar, he has the sexy stews with the required stripper pole.
The effects I thought were seamless, I had no problem beliveing that I was looking
at a guy in a kick ass suit.  Jeff Bridges was in it as the bad guy, he did a good job
also.   Bridge's suit was super kick ass.  I did not read many Ironman comics back
in the day, but from what I remember they got it right for the most part, if
not exactly the origin, I think they did a good job explaining it.
Only weak part was Gwenith Paltrow, who looks like a pre-pubescent boy,
she sucked, My cat Ruby could have done a better job.
I definately reccomend the film.  I liked it almost as much as I liked Batman Begins,
which I thought was pretty much perfect.  It makes me feel hopeful again about
comic based movies, I am looking forward to the Hulk, I bet they got that right also.


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