The Tin Man Finds His Heart

Movie: Iron Man.

Absolutely fab!
The Iron Man gleams in red & gold, slick and striking. And all the air action is seamless and impressive :)
It has heart, has weight, has drama, has chuckle.
Robert Downey Jr. is sexy and I love his goatee :)
I enjoyed Tony Stark’s charismatic, edgy and cheeky character as he swaggers and staggers his way towards heroism. He is likeable and fashionable. The standard capitalist, playboy swine, oppressor of the working class, collaborator of the imperialist; wrapped up in his own little lavish bubble, heedless of the destruction his creations are wrecking around the world who later begins to spout a conscience to stop making weapons, to stop wanton killing and wants world peace. What a 360 degrees change.
It is very surprising that Iron Man is very different from the other superhero movie because the focus is on the character and not on the alter ego. Robert defined Iron Man. So in the Iron Man movie, the audiences see the star as Tony Stark. I can’t think of any other superhero movies that are like that. You know when they cast Tobey Maguire, Spiderman was the star, not Peter Parker. And the same thing with Batman; Christian Bale is famous for being Batman but not Bruce Wayne. People remember Brandon Routh for Superman, did they remember him as Clark Kent?

Another unexpected surprise is Jeff Bridges – shaven-headed, bearded and larger than life.

Miss Pepper Potts (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) – she was plain but there was something very attractive about her. There is chemistry between Stark and Potts; a subtle but palpable kind of sexual tension just under the surface, whose allure lies precisely in the fact that it should not be pursued. Yet they wanted to :) Heck, I want them to. But in every step they move forward, they put on the brakes like they shouldn’t to. But they ought to.

*…………..my head is so complicated.
And everything is not all good.
It’s not a good place to be.