IRON MAN

When I first saw a trailer for this, something about it turned me off. I don't know if it was the cheesiness of the suit, the wanna-be heavy metal, pseudo-cool music or the idea of an arms dealer as a hero that turned me off, but I was not having it. Oh, and Robert Downey, Jr. as a superhero? As Cher from my generation's Fast Times would say, "As if!".

But, for two weekends in a row it reigned at the box office. So, when my friend and I decided to see a movie, randomly, on a Tuesday night (I never go out on weekdays), we both decided to try this whole Iron Man thing out. And, we decided to see it at the Cinerama Dome, which, for those of you who don't live in LA, is a retro like theatre that has state-of-the-art technology and the screen is HUGE. It's beautiful. Anyway, I reluctantly went to see it because I really wasn't sure I even wanted to see it yet, but whatever. My friend was sorta the same way, he never wanted to see it, but heard it was good.

I knew the night was going to be good because the trailers at the front of the movie were Indiana Jones, Hulk and The Dark Knight, all of which were brand spankin' new. All they needed was a Wanted trailer and I would have had an orgasm.

Anyway, the movie started and can I say, IT ROCKED! Yes, I think I can say it. I don't know if it's because I was so apathetic about seeing it or what, but I was laughing throughout the entire movie, in a good way, not at how bad it was like I've done with other movies. The special FX were killer, and completely flawless and believable.

One SEXY BEAST! Am I right or am I right? Right?

Can I talk for a second about Mr. RDJ? Homey was H-O-T. I'm not really into the whole Rat Pack anymore, they just don't do it for me like they used to, because, let's face it, they're old. But good sweet baby Jesus was RDJ hot. And not in that Ashton Kutcher "I want to jump your bones because I'm 14" hot. No, it's in that "Holy mother of Jesus when the hell did you get so f*ckable" way. Is that wrong?

So, the moral of this story is, go see Iron Man. Go see it, I implore you. One thing you should know before you go see it though, stay through the credits. I didn't know that and will have to go back and see it just for that reason, although, paying $14 (!!!) again would be well worth it. Yeah, it was that good.