OMGGG Iron Man was IMMENSE! Rarely do I get this excited and obsessie over a film (I think my last manic film-craze was over Pirates Of The Caribbean!). I've already been out searching for posters, toys and other useless items of merchandise, but there doesn't seem to be any stuff with Tony Stark on it. Ohh there's plenty of stuff with the iron suit on it, but nothing with Stark himself on. My search continues!

I'll try to be spoiler-free here, but to be safe:


*******POSSIBLE SPOLIERS BELOW!**********

I love the way that it seems to deviate from the other superhero films. Usually they go: Pathetic Kind-Hearted Nerd has a rubbish life. Pathetic Kind-Hearted Nerd gets hit, bitten, exploded, erroded, electrocuted or bitchslapped by something supernatural/odd. Pathetic Kind-Hearted Nerd suddenly turns into Witty-Clever-Strong-Out-of-Character-Super-Dude!. Out-Of-Character-Super-Dude protects everyone in the whole world and gets a loooong wet snog under a full moon accompanied by some orchestral music. The End. Possibly sequel.

But with Tony, he practically starts off as the bad guy- he just doesn't know it. He's arrogant and cocky... he acts like he's already a superhero even before he's begun to think of the Suit. And when he does become Iron Man, he still acts like Tony Stark! There are no crazy jerky Power Ranger style movements, no cheesy "Haa, Gotcha!"s, no horrible out-of-characterness.... because Tony already acted like a rock star to begin with.

Plus that glowey chest-piece is FULL of awesome .


****SPOILERS END (if there were any in there!)******

I'm going to see it again tomorrow. I am WAY too excited O_O.

Anyone else seen it?

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