IRON MAN
F |
inally, a very solid Real Man’s movie.
Iron Man is about the son of a dead weapons designer - a playboy, alcoholic with little concern for life or his fellow man. Through a series of events, he gains a new appreciation for life, develops an impressive Iron Man suit, and evens the score with some bad guys.
After watching movie after movie with some of the most feminine, wimpy, metro-sexual sissies I’ve ever seen, we finally get a character who exhibits Real Man qualities. First of all, the guy’s witty. He has a sense of humor. He’s the smartest guy in the room, literally. He’s in good, physical shape. He beds beautiful women. He drinks the best scotch. And finally, he kicks some ass with conviction.
It’s got sex appeal, massive explosions, gun play, jet aircraft, evil villains, awesome weapons, hand to hand combat, and cool gadgetry and technology. The dialogue clicks. It’s also got some Real Man music like Black Sabbath’s Iron Man and AC/DC’s Back in Black.
Oh yeah, he also kills some terrorist bastards. I can’t believe they left this in the movie. Can you imagine? A movie out of Hollywood where they actually have the main character killing terrorists. Hmm. Go figure.
Your local metro-sexual movie reviewer will hate this movie. Iron Man doesn’t exhibit a hint of the femininity they love in their male characters. He doesn’t cry or whine. He’s never in danger of giving anyone a blow job, like the guy in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, for example. And he actually enjoys bedding beautiful women, drinking scotch, and killing bad guys.
Also, hang around until the very end. Yes, the very end. You’ll get a clue about where Iron Man is headed in the future. Let’s hope this movie makes some bank, and the studios finally gets the message: we want men that act like men, damn it.
This one’s worth four out of five beers.©2008 www.realmanmag.com
