Iron Man!

[heidi]

Shiny! Shiny film, completely adorable and sharp.

I'm one of those longtime Robert Downey Jr fans - I actually *own* Chances Are - and to see this as such a success is a thrill and he was perfectly sublime in it. And I've enjoyed Jon Favreau since Rudy Swingers Rudy Swingers although I didn't love Elf, and I just love how he's played in the superhero genre. And Gwyneth was fantastic and Terrence was adorable and Jeff was subverting The Dude with every word, and was brilliant.

I loved it, I loved staying through the credits - I knew what was happening but Aaron and the other comic book boys in the audience only knew To Stay, Dammit! and there were gasps and at least one Woooooo!


We got a sneak preview of Speed Racer, which I'd been looking forward to, but am less so now. I would've seen Iron Man no matter what, but I'm thinking of sending Aaron with the kids to Speed Racer - it just feels too fantastic without any purpose, to me, and while I sometimes love that, I'm just not sure about this. What's the buzz on it? Is it like Matrix 1 or Matrix 2/3?

Also, so much love for the Indiana Jones trailer, which I hadn't seen on a big screen yet. Huh, I think Iron Man is the first movie I've seen in a theater since National Treasure 2. But this is going to be a lovely summer - Batman is only a few weeks away!

ETA: New icon! (But if someone can help me do it with the text a bit crisper, I'd be thrilled...)