Movie time

Went to see Iron Man 2 this afternoon with Gina and it was pretty much awesome.

High points-

• Sam Rockwell (Zaphod Beeblebrox) was awesome as rival weapons designer Hammer. Just the right mixture of lameness and hilarity.
• The A-Team preview! Rock on!
• The fact that it’s a fun and funny movie. I love being entertained by movies.
• Did I mention there a preview for The A-Team?!
• Awesome Happy Hogan scenes FTW!
• Howard Stark’s home movies were a very fun and cool way to pass on information.
• New!Rhodey was not horrible.

Not-as-high points -

• Tony & Pepper’s relationship was very confusing and I kept getting distracted by trying to figure out what had happened since the end of the last movie.
• Not a fan of Mickey Rourke or his acting ability in this movie. He was hard to understand, his ponytail looked silly and I kept just seeing him and not the character.
• How do you not include the song Iron Man in this movie? Come on, soundtrack people, fit in the famous chords somewhere.

Near the end, Agent Coulson sort of drops out of the movie very oddly which was sad, since I was happy to see him again. According to Wiki there was a post-credits scene that has him finding Mjolnir in the New Mexico desert…but considering it also says that Pepper is killed by a pack of rabid dogs (nope) I’m not sure how much to trust it.

For a complete change, I watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs this weekend. I loved the book as a kid and this movie….was nothing like the book. I mean there was the whole food falling from the sky and bread boats and all…but the movie did an amazing job of writing a complete story surrounding these elements.

There was an arc for our hero, background character growth, romance, monkeys, food tornados and more jokes than you can shake a stick at. I swear I laughed during the whole film. Plus, it was beautiful! Flint’s lab was full of lovely retro designs and colors and the food came across as cutesy instead of gross. I totally recommend this movie to everyone!