Full day of NCAA-ness

Darby had a fun day at the Women's College World Series tonight, after participating in a softball clinic this morning. We are usually in a hurry and don't have time to participate in all the free kid stuff they have outside the stadium, but we had time today so she did almost everything, including the face painting.

I AM Iron Man

No, I'M not Iron Man. That's a quote from the movie.

If you're a movie-goer and there's one flick you're going to see this month, you're definitely going to have a hard time picking given some of the titles getting a jump on Summer, BUT I can tell you your choice will not be unwise should you go with Iron Man. Sure, it's a superhero movie and so no masterpiece of American culture. But it's a kick butt superhero movie if ever there was one, so you'll not be disappointed. Yes, it's up there with Spiderman 2, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, etc.

Probably the nicest thing about this movie is the fact that they spent SO much time on character development. Well, with the Tony Stark character anyway. At least the first hour of the two-hour plus movie was strictly character development. Of the remaining hour, probably half that was "becoming Iron Man", which builds on the initial character development, followed by the last half hour which is pretty much the big battle scene between hero and villain.

There was plenty of good humor, and I was very pleased with Robert Downey, Jr's interpretation of Tony Stark, which I was nervous about to be quite honest. He pulled it off nicely and I hope he keeps himself together to do so again for the obvious sequels and spin-offs that will occur in the coming years.

Spin-off you say? Well, if you weren't fortunate enough to get a potty break before the movie was over (the projector broke with ten minutes left during my screening... sure it was sucky, but I got to relieve myself and enjoy the final minutes of the film with a clear head... ahem, and bladder), and you rushed out of the theater upon the first hint of a credit, then you missed out. There's a VERY enticing closing scene AFTER all the credits roll. If you missed it, you either need to pay up to go see Iron Man again (which wouldn't be a bad thing, by the way), OR you should sneak into a theater showing Iron Man when people start leaving (at the credits) just to catch the closing scene. It's not like you hadn't technically already paid to see that scene previously.

Anyway, thumbs up from me. Go see it in the theater. Go buy the DVD for your library when it becomes available. Eagerly await the sequels. You know you want to.

(I'd add go buy the soundtrack but it's mostly classic heavy metal songs [duh] you SHOULD already have in your music collection anyway)