3 reasons to see Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr.
1. To watch Robert Downey being himself. Well, himself flying around in a metal war machine suit powered by a mini-nuclear reactor, but himself nonetheless. Downey’s got that rare ability to not only pull off playing a snarky intellectual party boy wise ass that ladies love and guys would love to be…but also a snarky intellectual party boy wise ass that you care for, isn’t afraid to reveal his flaws and isn’t just constantly reminding the world not to take itself too seriously…but also reminding himself.
2. To hear the best line ever uttered by Downey or anyone else ordering a drink at a bar (though I wouldn’t be surprised if it were an ad lib of his own that ended up in the final cut, as so much of the movie gleefully sounds like):
“Can I get a scotch? I’m starving.”
3. Iron Man has a private jet with an in-cabin stripper pole and 3 exotic dancers for airline attendants.
Here’s the best of the trailers to get you hyped up:
meggers : May 07 2008
#4: this is the first film my sister worked on at her current job. plus, downey is the best. ever.
harbour : May 07 2008
just saw it. for the first twenty minutes of the movie it was like i was watching you party. weird. did downy follow you around for like a month and you just didn’t let any of us know? seriously. i looked over at ruby in the theatre and she just said “kei!” then ben laughed at us.
oh, by the way, i stole your new york friends. bitch!
kei : May 07 2008
More than once, many more times more than once have I since seeing the movie uttered: “Shit. If Downey can get a flying stripper pole, I should be able to swing it.”