"Goldstein, I Need a Phat Beat"

Following that statement DJ AM then indulges Tony (who is drunk and in his Iron Man suit) with a mashup of “Another One Bites the Dust” with “It Takes Two”. The dedication of the film is to him and Favreau agonized whether to keep his scenes in the film. The Vancouver Sun review of the film said “Everyone asked said he should have one more chance to entertain a crowd – his biggest ever.” The film had a top 5 opening weekend of any film ever and I hope that Adam rests in peace while living on in infamy on film.

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On Saturday, Z & I went to see the film in the theater. We don’t go to the theater a lot because we are homebodies and digital technology is just as rewarding in the home (not to mention cheaper – as we are always on a budget) as it is in the theater minus some good emerging 3D technologies. We are totally digging the Iron Man of Favreau’s creation so we had to get out and see it opening weekend to show our support. I was impressed with a lot of things, the strong women aspect, the silent but scary Ivan Vanko, the underlying libertarian sentiment, and of course robots! One of my favorite actors voices Tony’s computer system Jarvis, Paul Bettany, and I love the little robot that is always *trying* to help but just can’t get it right.

The portrayal of the women in Tony’s life is great. We have the powerful and pert Pepper who basically runs the show for Tony whilst he gallivants around making a fool of himself in the midst of finding himself. But introduced in this movie was the Black Widow played by Scarlett Johannson. She had slimmed down for the kick ass role and played the double-agent/triple-threat sexy Shield liason phenomenally. He is surrounded by women who are strong and able to handle everything he throws at them, which is a lot, and who protect him from himself when necessary. It made me think of the saying “Behind every great man, there is a greater woman” in a truer sense than I had seen it portrayed in a while. These women were not weak or told to “stay here” and went to get themselves in trouble, they handle the situations with their personal strengths and at one point Favreau’s character is told to “stay here” by the Black Widow which he doesn’t and winds up almost screwing up the whole situation. It was a cute gender role reversal in what one would normally consider a male oriented film.

Loved the costumes and could totally see myself rockin some Black Widow style in these:

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Alright, alright, back to the movie...

The middle of the film is a bit of soul searching while Tony figures out how to fix his arc reactor and I got to thinking, is there anyone out there who makes a teeny arc reactor necklace? Either one that glows or has LEDs. I totally want one!

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I leave you with the trailer so you can get a glimpse of the beginning of the film at the end of my review, had to save the best for last even if the film didn’t. Tony is subpoenaed to appear in a Senate hearing and makes a speech that would make a beauty queen blush. It is full of quotes that made the libertarian in me giddy but you will have to see the movie for the whole thing... Enjoy!