Iron Man, Iron Man, does whatever an iron can

[dreamer_easy]

Iron Man brought the lulz. Also squee. You young whippersnappers probably didn't spot a jazzed-up version of the old cartoon theme in the casino, not recognise the awesome guitarage over the end credits.

Took me a while to recognise Jeff Bridges. Never did recognise Gwyneth Paltrow. I just can't tell actresses apart. Didn't pick Paul Bettany, either. Sigh.

Best end credit:
AHMED... Ahmed Ahmed

Comments

[jebni.livejournal.com]

While I enjoyed the movie and loved loved loved RDJ, I thought it was kinda like having your cake and eating it -- I didn't feel that the plot machinations undid the viscerality of the crazy Muslim/Arab Terrorist stereotypes (which, of course, included your classic "good native"). And ironically, I think the reference points were too close to reality to have much clout as a critical allegory. Within the confines of a respectable narrative, it could only do so much -- e.g. the arming of warlords needs to eventually be explained as Obidiah being an evil rogue -- an exception, rather than something that's been systematically pursued by various governments and arms corporations.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

All good points. It does shift the blame from guvmint to naughty companies. And it does bear more than a passing resemblance to numerous episodes of the "The A-Team" - construction sequence defeats fanatical dusky militia. (Your point about the "good native" clarifies why Yensin was changed from Chinese(?), although I think that had already been done in the comics and the film just borrowed it.)

One thing I did appreciate was that the Ten Rings guys were thugs doing business, not religious madmen who Hate Our Freedom.