Mmmm.... Power Armor: A highly digressive (and spoiler-free) review.

[carbonelle]

Because it's so amazingly easy to order books via inter-system loan from a multi-million dollar collection carried across 50+ libraries, it's also easy for our library customers to over-order. How often, at the circulation desk, have staff seen the puzzled look as the book is turned over; the back blurb read; the facing promotional material scanned

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[kalquessa]

Wasn't Iron Man fun? I enjoyed muchly. As you say, so nice to get a movie that doesn't stop at any point to drag out the moral and beat you with it. And yeah: power armor for the win.

***nods***

[kalquessa]

I'll probably buy a copy when it comes out on DVD.

By-the-by, I just checked again today, and sure 'nuff, my e-mail notification of your comment came complete with a little box in which to type this reply.

So I went and typed the above sentence, clicked the "post reply" button and the machine whirred and blurred and looked just as it always did when I post an answer--but when I went to the website to check: nada.

I wonder what's up with that?

Re: ***nods***

[carbonelle]

Just in case it's not transparently obvious, that was me.

[juliet_winters]

I never cared for the Tony Stark character as depicted in the comics, either, but with Robert Downey, Jr. it really worked. It takes a tortured soul to play a tortured soul. Sweet interplay between him and Miss Potts and his social blunders.
"Sometimes I even take out his trash."

I kept mentally putting hair back on the villain's head and having flashbacks to The Fisher King. And the Fabulous Baker Boys--did you see the bit where he fiddles with the piano?

I won't be checking in for the latest incredible hulk movie. I hate that much CGI...really hate it. Aside from characters like Abe Sapien (Hellboy II we will be seeing) and Golem, it just so does not work.

Surely there are some unemployed body builders out there who could look all animalistic and stuff to be the Hulk.

[carbonelle]

Agreed on the Paltrow: Potts-and-Stark are terrific together; they have almost a '30s His girl Friday-ish sensibility.

(Speaking of good Paltrow movies, there's an excellent little movie, "Sliding Doors" with her and the actor who plays the feckless brother in "The Mummy." They really need to give him leading man roles!

I never saw The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Hulk: I'll wait and see. If they spend more time with Banner than his alter-ego and only use Hulk for set-piece fights (ala Iron Man) it could work. I've always had a soft spot for that character--though if they really wanted to do the Monster/Man thing, I'd've picked Swamp Thing instead...

Wrong franchise, though :-)

[mmegaera]

Funny, I saw Iron Man at a matinee yesterday, too. And, boy howdy, was it ever good to have Robert Downey, Jr., back in fine fettle. May he stay in that condition for the rest of a good long life, and give us lots more fun stuff to watch.

Heck, I don't even care much for Gwyneth Paltrow, and I liked her in this.

And I want thrusters for the soles of my shoes, pretty please!

Hear! Hear!

[carbonelle]

Yes, to all that!