I am Ironman... Na-nananana-na-na-nah!

[ickaimp]

Didn't feel like going home this afternoon, so headed to El Con to watch Ironman cause they have matinee tickets until 6. \o/

And since my f-list hasn't said much more on it other than 'OMG!!!! Go See it NOW!', a little bit more detail.

It's a good movie. Not just a good superhero movie, it's a good movie. The plot and pacing are solid, you've got eye-candy for the guys and the ladies, a dash of romance, there's niiiiiiiiiiiice explosions, the Special Effects are outstanding and there's a good thread of humour that connects everything together. My personal favourite is the robot called 'Dummy'. He's the one in charge of the fire extinguisher.

When I say that the special effects on the movie are 'outstanding', it means I'm not spending the movie going 'that's a model, that's cgi, that's a puppet', which is pretty rare. It flows smoothly from one to the next and looks really believable. Like 'today's technology' believable.

I also had fun playing 'spot the LA landmarks'. ^^;;

Massive props to the lady who played Pepper Pots for doing the action sequences in major high heels. The ending line is also BEAUTIFUL.

The one slight downside, and it is very slight, is that while a war is the major backdrop for the story, they very carefully avoid getting into motivations for what exactly is going on. The war just -is-.

I would have also liked to have seen more backstory on some of the characters. Tony and Pepper each tell the other that they're all they've got. What about Pepper's family and why is she so loyal? Same with Rhodes, but I understand that'll prolly be covered in the sequel, where he gets the silver armour, 'War Machine'.

On the fandom side, I'm expecting at LEAST one Obadiah Stane/Tony Stark non-con slash fic, especially after the whole 'I'm stealing the light out of your chest' scene, which was kinda creepy, IMHO. Betting on Tony/Pepper (at least until people read the comics and discover she marries someone else), Tony/Yinsen and possibly Tony/Rhodes.

And then I went walking in El Con, but didn't stay long because one of my tattoos wouldn't stop itching until I left, got burgers, headed over to Megs' house and watched her play Mario Cart and laugh at Baby Frikkin Peach, who giggles manically until she's eaten by a large bomb thingie. Is very cute.

Comments

[vikki.livejournal.com]

Hey, dude, I totally didn't pick up on it until I did some research, but they totally set up for The Mandarin in this movie! The Ten Rings, what's-his-face the terrorist losing half his face to Tony's Mrk I, the fact that he isn't killed by Obadiah, his references to Ghenghis Khan and ruling all of Asia? LAWL. Now I want to write Mandarin fic before anyone finds out that he'll totally be the villian of Iron Man 2! XD;;

Okay, on the note of 'the war': I think the moviemakers did a fantastic job of walking the line. This movie could have seriously sunk as a social commentary, but instead they walked this tightrope of opinion. The more obvious lines throughout the movie, and the accusations thrown at Tony, all indicate that Tony becomes a peacenik, someone who is against all war and all weaponry. The more subtle dialogue suggests that he is against weaponry in the 'wrong hands', which can be interpreted (thanks to his reluctance to turn over Ark Reactors to the military) as either the US or the terrorists, depending on your own political affiliations.

As an example: my friend who is a social democrat saw the movie with me and said 'hey, isn't it awesome how the movie shows that the whole private industry arms system is horrible and corrupt?'

My mom, who is conservative, went 'Look how the soldiers are portrayed as competent! And how Tony is so patriotic and doesn't want his weapons in the hands of terrorists!'

totally different interpretations. I love it. And they watched the same movie in the SAME THEATER (different days, though). So I give the movie props for being so ambiguous on the War on Terror even though that is totally set up as the backdrop for the whole movie.

re: Obi/Tony noncon fic: I'm afraid I'm going to be the one to write it. I totally did not take a sexual look at the movie until I read some commentary but now I CANNOT UNSEE IT. And it's hurting me, but now when I think back on every hug Obadiah gave, every time he leaned over the shorter Tony, I go EW BADTOUCH. And I want that fic so badly I can taste it. >__>;;

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

I cheered at the Genghis Khan references, A: Because in the SCA I'm going for a Mongolian/Persian wardrobe and possibly persona and B: The History Channel keeps trying to insist that Alexander the Great conquered more than Genghis Khan, which is incorrect. They're doing it wrong

Wish that in the movie, they had discussed the medical and food things that Stark Industries had been working on that he had mentioned. When he did the speech to say that they were going to shift the focus away from Weapons, it kinda confused me, cause it sounded like it wasn't the only thing they did. Primary, yes, but not only.
Also, if the Arc Generator was good enough to power a factory (and Tony's heart), why was it considered a School Project failure? This made no sense.

*laughs* That's pretty funny, the difference of opinions. You're right, it was left pretty open. I had half-expected the final scene to be in the Middle East, him going back to destroy his weapons that had fallen into the wrong hands. Not just one shipment, but all that he could track down. But, freeways work too.

-am amused, in my head, it's 'TonyStark', like Teal'c says 'DanielJackson'. #^^#

(I didn't mean to see it either, had my hands over my eyes during the whole 'I've ripped the light from your heart' to heart talk, because I swore that he wasn't gong to leave without fucking Tony in at least one orifice. Was surprised when he did just get up and walk away. Hard-on for Technology, anyone? >P
Yeah, very bad touch. @_@ Makes me wonder how long that had been going on.... ew ew ew ew ew)