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Iron Man 2
- I love that they start with the press conference from the end of the first movie. It gives everything a nice continuity.
- I must admit, I am a fan of Vanko, the Russian guy. I think the idea of him is very clever - the parallel of him with Tony Stark, the two genius sons of former design partners - one now a disgrace and living in the middle of nowhere, with nothing; the other a multi-billionaire playboy philanthropist, with all the advantages and benefits of his father’s fortune and company. In practice, I think he’s wonderful. All strong, silent and batshit hellbent on revenge… Nice.
- BEST ENTRANCE EVER. ALL ENTRANCES SHOULD INVOLVE THE IRON MAN SUIT, FIREWORKS AND DANCING GIRLS IN IRON MAN THEME BIKINIS.
- The thing that tips the Iron Man movies over the edge into perfection is definitely the dialogue. It’s almost flawless. So many excellent, quotable lines.
- HOWARD STARK. PLAYED BY ROGER FROM MAD MEN. COULD THIS BE ANY BETTER?
- I really wish the Stark Expo was a real thing.
- HAPPY! There was not enough of him in the first movie.
- STAN LEE ALERT.
- I love how Tony talks circles around the senators. So much fun.
- SAM ROCKWELL AS JUSTIN HAMMER!!!!!!!! OH THAT DOES NOT GET ANY MORE AWESOME. Sam Rockwell should play charismatic but useless people in every single film. Ever. This should be a law.
- RHODEY TWO! I must say, I love how they introduce him from behind, so the fact that the actor has changed isn’t quite so jarring. You’re expecting him to be Rhodey by the way Tony greets him, so the fact he isn’t the same one doesn’t seem to matter quite so much.
- I love the imitation Iron Men. They’re all so rubbish! Also, I want Tony’s little computer!
- JARVIS, darling, you are still so fantastically snarky!
- The Palladium poisoning is a really awesome flaw. It’s nicely ironic, but also fits perfectly into the whole self-reliant, self-destructive thing he has going on.
- Tony/Pepper banter! I love it so, so much!!!!! Then he gives her the company! *big grin* I love how completely shocked she is, like she can’t work out if he’s joking or drunk or completely nuts or what.
- NATASHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Natasha possibly even more than I love Pepper. I cannot wait to see more of her in The Avengers, being all Black Widowy and stuff. LOVE.
- PEPPER, YOU CAN TOTALLY SPEAK LATIN. Sorry, honey, but you can.
- NATASHA JUST FLIPPED HAPPY! *squeals*
- “I want one.” “No.”
- Hehe, Tony as a racecar driver. :D I love the idea that he lies awake at night wondering what he’s going to do next to make Pepper have a nervous breakdown.
- UH OH SPAGHETTIOS!
- I really love Vanko’s take on the Iron Man look with that harness and the electric whip things!
- I’m surprised that the second pile-up happens. The cars have radios in, and I’m pretty certain that something like a man on the track, especially a man wielding electricity whips, wouldn’t have meant that the race was stopped, and the drivers would have been instructed to pull up.
- I love how completely freaked out Pepper is. “GET IN THE CAR!” Even for Tony Stark’s former PA, this has got to be a particularly strange and terrifying day.
- Why is the suitcase armour red and silver instead of red and gold? That bothers me.
- You see, Tony, if you’d killed him now, you would have saved yourself a lot of pain later on. This is why superheroes need to stop sparing the people who have vendettas against them. Also, Tony, I don’t care how impressed you are, you can’t also give your new archenemy TIPS ON HOW TO BEAT YOU. This is a rookie mistake.
- “If you make God bleed, people will stop believing in him.” I really like that. :)
- TONY COOKED FOR PEPPER. THAT IS COMPLETELY ADORABLE. See, dude, this is where you should have told her that you were dying. Perfect moment. Don’t bother with the whole “let’s cancel the party and go on holiday”, just come out and tell her the truth. “Oh, btw, funny story. My arc reactor is killing me!” Job done!
- I love the bit when they realise that they have the same prisoner number. Hehe, evil schemes are fun!
- Hammer is just completely ridiculous. I love how completely different he is from Tony. Tony needs something, he builds it. Hammer needs something, he pays someone to kidnap it. Hammer wants to live forever. Tony doesn’t give a fuck, so long as he’s doing what he wants.
- Poor Tony. *hugs* He really needs to stop being such a masochist and actually let someone in. Rhodey agrees with me.
- Hehe, silly Hammer. He thinks things like passcodes are going to be enough to deter someone with Tony Stark levels of genius.
- GOD, I LOVE NATASHA. “Is that dirty enough for you, sir?” SHE IS SHEER PERFECTION.
- Tony, being drunk and in charge of the Iron Man suit is like, the worst idea in the history of the world. You are damn lucky that Rhodey got out the other suit and beat your ass to the ground. It could have gone way, way worse.
- If you watch closely, when Tony and Rhodey crash through the ceiling, in front of Pepper and Natasha, Natasha pulls a total MMA move. It’s awesome. Perfect little assassin. :D
- I really can’t decide if Rhodey giving the War Machine suit to the military was a good thing or not. Half of me thinks it was a serious betrayal of Tony’s trust and friendship, but the other half of me thinks that Tony was behaving like a complete arse for (apparently) no reason. It was probably a smart move to make sure that Tony could be stopped if he went too far.
- FURY! I’D FORGOTTEN ABOUT FURY BEING IN THIS! COULSON WILL BE HERE SOON!
- NATASHA IN HER BLACK WIDOW GET UP. LOVE. SO MUCH LOVE.
- NATASHA IS FIXING HIS PALLADIUM POISONING. SHE IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD EVER.
- Ugh, the Hammer scenes just get in the way of Natasha being awesome. :( On the other hand, Vanko’s drones are infinitely more cool than Hammer’s weird suit things. This movie is all about dichotomies. According to Tony and Rhodey, there’s nothing better than a pilot’s insight and instinct. According to Vanko “people are problem”.
- FURY KNEW HOWARD STARK. I knew this, but it’s still awesome.
- I love the way Tony talks about his dad. Another dichotomy there - the Howard Tony remembers, who couldn’t stand him, was cold and distant, who shipped him off to boarding school as soon as possible. Then there’s the Howard who Fury knew, and Tony will see, on the video, who thought Tony was the future. More on that in a minute.
- COULSON!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!! “I will tase you and watch ‘Supernanny’ while you drool into the carpet.” THERE MUST BE FIC WHERE COULSON PUTS SOMEONE IN A TIMEOUT. PLEASE, FIND THIS FOR ME.
- Hammer’s pathetic little weapons demonstration. NOTHING YOU OFFER IS EVEN VAGUELY USEFUL. There’s a bit where he’s describing the “Ex-Wife” where he makes a mistake (can’t remember which bit - but he basically says the same thing twice) - at the time, those in the know said it was a goof, then someone came up with the theory that that’s how it was written down on the plans - blah blah (blah blah) - and Hammer is repeating exactly what he read. I choose to take this as the explanation. Hammer is an idiot because he genuinely has no idea what he’s talking about. He can repeat, but he can’t create. So much love.
- THE TAPES!!! I love these little out-takes. Also, John Slattery, who is completely perfect. My favourite bits are the bits with little Tony, and then the bit at the end, where he’s actually addressing Tony. I love that bit so, so much.
“Tony, you are too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you. I built this for you, and someday you’ll realise that it represents a whole lot more than just people’s inventions. It represents my life’s work. This is the key to the future. I’m limited by the technology of my time, but one day, you’ll figure this out, and when you do, you’ll change the world. What is, and always will be, my greatest creation, is you.
*cries*
- Hehe, Tony buying strawberries for Pepper! Poor thing. “I knew there was a correlation…” Also, Tony, when you act like a dick and don’t let anyone in, no one wants to talk to you. See?
- FYI, the Latin that Natasha says is: “Fallaces sunt rerum species” which is part of a quote from Seneca, and loosely translates to “Appearances can be deceiving”. :D
- I LOVE HIS HOLOGRAM COMPUTER THING. I said this before, but it’s still true. THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME.
- “Dead for almost twenty years, still taking me to school.” TONY, I LOVE YOU.
- “Back in Hardware Mode.” TONY WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HITTING HOLES IN THE WALLS AND CEILINGS. *faints*
- COULSON!!!!!!!!! COULSON IS GOING TO NEW MEXICO TO SEE THOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SQUEALS*
- Only Tony Stark could be that blasé about creating a new element. :D
- Hammer is such a tool - no pun intended.
- SEE TONY, THIS IS WHY WE DON’T GIVE TIPS TO OUR ARCHENEMIES. THEY TEND TO COME BACK AND BITE US IN THE ARSE.
- I really love how Pepper and Natasha are in sort of matching dresses - both black, cap-sleeved, v-necked and knee-length. Battle dresses. :D
- HAMMER, STOP BEING AN IDIOT AND GO AWAY. However, those drones do look awesome. Terrifying, but awesome.
- Oh, Rhodey. Seriously?
- YAY IRON MAN!
- See, Rhodey, this is why drones are bad. Also, why you should kill your archenemies yourself wherever possible.
- HAMMER, YOU DO NOT TALK TO PEPPER LIKE THAT. Yay Natasha!!!!!
- HAPPY AND NATASHA FTW!!!!!!!!
- IRON MAN SAVES SMALL BOY IN IRON MAN MASK!!!!
- Happy - eyes on the road!
- I SERIOUSLY LOVE HOW HAPPY’S ALL “YAY, I BEAT ONE GUY”, WHILE NATASHA TAKES OUT ALL OF THE REST OF THEM. SHE IS THE BEST.
- IRON MAN AGILITY FOR THE WIN.
- “What do you mean you’re not dying? You’re dying??” See, Tony, this is why you were supposed to tell Pepper earlier!
- I love that he calls them Hammeroids. They are pains in the ass, so it’s perfect!
- This is the best fight scene, at least in my opinion. Good amount of action, but it’s also a nice bit of Tony Character Growth too! Everyone needs friends!
- THAT ONE’S NOT A DRONE. Hello Vanko!
- “Hammertech?” “Yeah.” *giggles*
- Tony and Rhodey working together, yay!!!!!!!
- RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- PEPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- OH, TONY, YOU ARE THE COOLEST!!!!!!!!
- I’m genuinely surprised that Pepper didn’t have a nervous breakdown earlier. Quitting as CEO is probably the best outcome.
- KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (So much love. So, so much love for those two.)
- “Iron Man yes, Tony Stark no.” :(
Post-credits - COULSON IN NEW MEXICO. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
My other joint fave is up next! It’s time for some Norse God Love!!!
- I love that they start with the press conference from the end of the first movie. It gives everything a nice continuity.
- I must admit, I am a fan of Vanko, the Russian guy. I think the idea of him is very clever - the parallel of him with Tony Stark, the two genius sons of former design partners - one now a disgrace and living in the middle of nowhere, with nothing; the other a multi-billionaire playboy philanthropist, with all the advantages and benefits of his father’s fortune and company. In practice, I think he’s wonderful. All strong, silent and batshit hellbent on revenge… Nice.
- BEST ENTRANCE EVER. ALL ENTRANCES SHOULD INVOLVE THE IRON MAN SUIT, FIREWORKS AND DANCING GIRLS IN IRON MAN THEME BIKINIS.
- The thing that tips the Iron Man movies over the edge into perfection is definitely the dialogue. It’s almost flawless. So many excellent, quotable lines.
- HOWARD STARK. PLAYED BY ROGER FROM MAD MEN. COULD THIS BE ANY BETTER?
- I really wish the Stark Expo was a real thing.
- HAPPY! There was not enough of him in the first movie.
- STAN LEE ALERT.
- I love how Tony talks circles around the senators. So much fun.
- SAM ROCKWELL AS JUSTIN HAMMER!!!!!!!! OH THAT DOES NOT GET ANY MORE AWESOME. Sam Rockwell should play charismatic but useless people in every single film. Ever. This should be a law.
- RHODEY TWO! I must say, I love how they introduce him from behind, so the fact that the actor has changed isn’t quite so jarring. You’re expecting him to be Rhodey by the way Tony greets him, so the fact he isn’t the same one doesn’t seem to matter quite so much.
- I love the imitation Iron Men. They’re all so rubbish! Also, I want Tony’s little computer!
- JARVIS, darling, you are still so fantastically snarky!
- The Palladium poisoning is a really awesome flaw. It’s nicely ironic, but also fits perfectly into the whole self-reliant, self-destructive thing he has going on.
- Tony/Pepper banter! I love it so, so much!!!!! Then he gives her the company! *big grin* I love how completely shocked she is, like she can’t work out if he’s joking or drunk or completely nuts or what.
- NATASHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Natasha possibly even more than I love Pepper. I cannot wait to see more of her in The Avengers, being all Black Widowy and stuff. LOVE.
- PEPPER, YOU CAN TOTALLY SPEAK LATIN. Sorry, honey, but you can.
- NATASHA JUST FLIPPED HAPPY! *squeals*
- “I want one.” “No.”
- Hehe, Tony as a racecar driver. :D I love the idea that he lies awake at night wondering what he’s going to do next to make Pepper have a nervous breakdown.
- UH OH SPAGHETTIOS!
- I really love Vanko’s take on the Iron Man look with that harness and the electric whip things!
- I’m surprised that the second pile-up happens. The cars have radios in, and I’m pretty certain that something like a man on the track, especially a man wielding electricity whips, wouldn’t have meant that the race was stopped, and the drivers would have been instructed to pull up.
- I love how completely freaked out Pepper is. “GET IN THE CAR!” Even for Tony Stark’s former PA, this has got to be a particularly strange and terrifying day.
- Why is the suitcase armour red and silver instead of red and gold? That bothers me.
- You see, Tony, if you’d killed him now, you would have saved yourself a lot of pain later on. This is why superheroes need to stop sparing the people who have vendettas against them. Also, Tony, I don’t care how impressed you are, you can’t also give your new archenemy TIPS ON HOW TO BEAT YOU. This is a rookie mistake.
- “If you make God bleed, people will stop believing in him.” I really like that. :)
- TONY COOKED FOR PEPPER. THAT IS COMPLETELY ADORABLE. See, dude, this is where you should have told her that you were dying. Perfect moment. Don’t bother with the whole “let’s cancel the party and go on holiday”, just come out and tell her the truth. “Oh, btw, funny story. My arc reactor is killing me!” Job done!
- I love the bit when they realise that they have the same prisoner number. Hehe, evil schemes are fun!
- Hammer is just completely ridiculous. I love how completely different he is from Tony. Tony needs something, he builds it. Hammer needs something, he pays someone to kidnap it. Hammer wants to live forever. Tony doesn’t give a fuck, so long as he’s doing what he wants.
- Poor Tony. *hugs* He really needs to stop being such a masochist and actually let someone in. Rhodey agrees with me.
- Hehe, silly Hammer. He thinks things like passcodes are going to be enough to deter someone with Tony Stark levels of genius.
- GOD, I LOVE NATASHA. “Is that dirty enough for you, sir?” SHE IS SHEER PERFECTION.
- Tony, being drunk and in charge of the Iron Man suit is like, the worst idea in the history of the world. You are damn lucky that Rhodey got out the other suit and beat your ass to the ground. It could have gone way, way worse.
- If you watch closely, when Tony and Rhodey crash through the ceiling, in front of Pepper and Natasha, Natasha pulls a total MMA move. It’s awesome. Perfect little assassin. :D
- I really can’t decide if Rhodey giving the War Machine suit to the military was a good thing or not. Half of me thinks it was a serious betrayal of Tony’s trust and friendship, but the other half of me thinks that Tony was behaving like a complete arse for (apparently) no reason. It was probably a smart move to make sure that Tony could be stopped if he went too far.
- FURY! I’D FORGOTTEN ABOUT FURY BEING IN THIS! COULSON WILL BE HERE SOON!
- NATASHA IN HER BLACK WIDOW GET UP. LOVE. SO MUCH LOVE.
- NATASHA IS FIXING HIS PALLADIUM POISONING. SHE IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD EVER.
- Ugh, the Hammer scenes just get in the way of Natasha being awesome. :( On the other hand, Vanko’s drones are infinitely more cool than Hammer’s weird suit things. This movie is all about dichotomies. According to Tony and Rhodey, there’s nothing better than a pilot’s insight and instinct. According to Vanko “people are problem”.
- FURY KNEW HOWARD STARK. I knew this, but it’s still awesome.
- I love the way Tony talks about his dad. Another dichotomy there - the Howard Tony remembers, who couldn’t stand him, was cold and distant, who shipped him off to boarding school as soon as possible. Then there’s the Howard who Fury knew, and Tony will see, on the video, who thought Tony was the future. More on that in a minute.
- COULSON!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!! “I will tase you and watch ‘Supernanny’ while you drool into the carpet.” THERE MUST BE FIC WHERE COULSON PUTS SOMEONE IN A TIMEOUT. PLEASE, FIND THIS FOR ME.
- Hammer’s pathetic little weapons demonstration. NOTHING YOU OFFER IS EVEN VAGUELY USEFUL. There’s a bit where he’s describing the “Ex-Wife” where he makes a mistake (can’t remember which bit - but he basically says the same thing twice) - at the time, those in the know said it was a goof, then someone came up with the theory that that’s how it was written down on the plans - blah blah (blah blah) - and Hammer is repeating exactly what he read. I choose to take this as the explanation. Hammer is an idiot because he genuinely has no idea what he’s talking about. He can repeat, but he can’t create. So much love.
- THE TAPES!!! I love these little out-takes. Also, John Slattery, who is completely perfect. My favourite bits are the bits with little Tony, and then the bit at the end, where he’s actually addressing Tony. I love that bit so, so much.
“Tony, you are too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you. I built this for you, and someday you’ll realise that it represents a whole lot more than just people’s inventions. It represents my life’s work. This is the key to the future. I’m limited by the technology of my time, but one day, you’ll figure this out, and when you do, you’ll change the world. What is, and always will be, my greatest creation, is you.
*cries*
- Hehe, Tony buying strawberries for Pepper! Poor thing. “I knew there was a correlation…” Also, Tony, when you act like a dick and don’t let anyone in, no one wants to talk to you. See?
- FYI, the Latin that Natasha says is: “Fallaces sunt rerum species” which is part of a quote from Seneca, and loosely translates to “Appearances can be deceiving”. :D
- I LOVE HIS HOLOGRAM COMPUTER THING. I said this before, but it’s still true. THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME.
- “Dead for almost twenty years, still taking me to school.” TONY, I LOVE YOU.
- “Back in Hardware Mode.” TONY WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HITTING HOLES IN THE WALLS AND CEILINGS. *faints*
- COULSON!!!!!!!!! COULSON IS GOING TO NEW MEXICO TO SEE THOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SQUEALS*
- Only Tony Stark could be that blasé about creating a new element. :D
- Hammer is such a tool - no pun intended.
- SEE TONY, THIS IS WHY WE DON’T GIVE TIPS TO OUR ARCHENEMIES. THEY TEND TO COME BACK AND BITE US IN THE ARSE.
- I really love how Pepper and Natasha are in sort of matching dresses - both black, cap-sleeved, v-necked and knee-length. Battle dresses. :D
- HAMMER, STOP BEING AN IDIOT AND GO AWAY. However, those drones do look awesome. Terrifying, but awesome.
- Oh, Rhodey. Seriously?
- YAY IRON MAN!
- See, Rhodey, this is why drones are bad. Also, why you should kill your archenemies yourself wherever possible.
- HAMMER, YOU DO NOT TALK TO PEPPER LIKE THAT. Yay Natasha!!!!!
- HAPPY AND NATASHA FTW!!!!!!!!
- IRON MAN SAVES SMALL BOY IN IRON MAN MASK!!!!
- Happy - eyes on the road!
- I SERIOUSLY LOVE HOW HAPPY’S ALL “YAY, I BEAT ONE GUY”, WHILE NATASHA TAKES OUT ALL OF THE REST OF THEM. SHE IS THE BEST.
- IRON MAN AGILITY FOR THE WIN.
- “What do you mean you’re not dying? You’re dying??” See, Tony, this is why you were supposed to tell Pepper earlier!
- I love that he calls them Hammeroids. They are pains in the ass, so it’s perfect!
- This is the best fight scene, at least in my opinion. Good amount of action, but it’s also a nice bit of Tony Character Growth too! Everyone needs friends!
- THAT ONE’S NOT A DRONE. Hello Vanko!
- “Hammertech?” “Yeah.” *giggles*
- Tony and Rhodey working together, yay!!!!!!!
- RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- PEPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- OH, TONY, YOU ARE THE COOLEST!!!!!!!!
- I’m genuinely surprised that Pepper didn’t have a nervous breakdown earlier. Quitting as CEO is probably the best outcome.
- KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (So much love. So, so much love for those two.)
- “Iron Man yes, Tony Stark no.” :(
Post-credits - COULSON IN NEW MEXICO. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
My other joint fave is up next! It’s time for some Norse God Love!!!