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Iron Man (2008)

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Iron Man (2008)

Director:

Jon Favreau

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Terrance Howard

Plot:

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Review:

It’s been a few years since I’ve watched the movie that started it all. I’ve seen it more than a few times, but rewatching movies is not something I have much time for right now. However, with Endgame coming up SyFyfangrrls decided to rewatch everything and I decided to try as well. So here goes!

Iron Man has aged surprisingly well. It is kind of crazy to think that when this movie came out Bush was still in office and the housing market hadn’t quiet yet crashed so the Great Recession hadn’t happened. All of that really explains the opening scene. The world was a different place.

I’m not normally a fan of showing something super exciting and then flashing back for setup, but in this case it sets the mood well and there’s still a lot of even more exciting stuff to come.

The stripper flight attendants, Tony sleeping with the reporter, the Trans joke Tony makes to Rhodes are all things I feel like haven’t aged well, but the CG looks great.

Tony, Robert Downey Jr., needs someone to push him to be better. He’s very much an entitled male billionaire. He could have very well died in that cave if it wasn’t for Yinsen, Shaun Toub. After making his dramatic declaration he would have forgotten all about it if Obadiah, Jeff Bridges, hadn’t challenged him. He’s not a bad person, he’s just a dick.

I honestly wondered if I would even like the movie anymore since I’m not a big fan of Iron Man and pretty much hate him now, but I still do. I think enough time has passed that there is a tiny smidge of nostalgia, but mostly it’s just a damn good movie, and a great start to one of my favorite franchises.

4/5

Side Note:

The only inconsistency that I really found was that S.H.I.E.L.D. was often referred to with it’s full name and not just Shield and we learned in Captain Marvel that’s not accurate. Other than that everything else seems to hold up, which is kind of amazing.

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018)

Into the Spiderverse

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018)

Director:

Bob Persichetti

Peter Ramsey

Rodney Rothman

Starring:

Shameik Moore

Jake Johnson

Hailee Steinfeld

Mahershala Ali

Lily Tomlin

John Mulaney

Chris Pine

Nicholas Cage

Kimiko Glenn

Katheryn Hahn

Plot:

Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

Review:

I was told by the entire world to watch this movie, which I’m grateful for because I had not even heard of it until my Twitter blew up about it and suddenly people who couldn’t agree on anything were agreeing this movie was amazing.

Sadly, I had to wait until Red Box got it, but then I ended up buying it immediately because damnit, it is just that good.

Miles Morales, Shameik Moore, is a teenager just starting a new preppy school and life kind of sucks right now in an angsty teenage way. Then, when he’s getting his groove back, a spider bites him and his super powered existence begins.

Just when things are starting to look up, the original Spider-Man is going to teach him everything he needs to know, things again get shaken up, and he’s all on his own. His father has made it clear that he’s not a Spider-Man fan, but I truly believe if Miles had gone to him it would have been alright. He was clearly a supportive father that loved his son deeply, though, he probably wouldn’t have let him participate in the whole multiverse thing.

I bet if he’d told his dad his dad would have insisted he go and do the thingie that had to be done with the goober and he would have died instead of who died and we still would have had a Spider-Man origin story, but damn this one was SO much better than that.

Anyway, I love that Miles has a loving and supportive mother and father. I do wonder if his dad figured out who he was there at the end. Lily Tomlin as Aunt May is something I had no idea the world needed until now and I hope she is in future movies because she was great.

Have I mentioned the art? Holy fucking shit it was incredible. It was mind boggling good. I don’t think I’ve ever seen something that looked so amazing, definitely not a full length movie. It was just…hold on I need to go watch it again.

If you haven’t seen Into the Spiderverse for whatever reason, watch it. It deserved every award it received, it deserved all the hype, it was so.good.

5/5

Look What’s Showing up on the Disney Store!

During a random late night check of the Disney Store website I was surprised to find that they’ve updated and there are a couple new Toybox Figures!

Spider-Man Miles Morales

First, Spider-Man Miles Morales is finally showing up on the store. I haven’t seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse yet, but I’ve only heard amazing things so I’m glad they finally put the figure in the store. Once again, it looks like the standard Spider-Man figure already released with a different paint job, but if you’re a Spider-Man fan does it really matter?

Iron Man

Iron Man is the surprise Marvel reveal. He’s also listed as number 15.

Iron Man has a new paint scheme, he looks much nicer, but he’s got the same accessory. Unless you prefer the new paint I don’t see a reason to double dip. However, if you missed the first release, now’s your chance!

 

Stich and Minnie Mouse were both guessed based on the images in the flyers. For once, those images seemed to be true! Stich comes with a surf board and gun and has his token crazy grin. Just based on the images in the store he looks as good as you could expect.

Minnie Mouse includes her cat Figaro, her face also seems to be lacking in the character I like in these figures. She’s looking up away from her cat and just seems kind of eh. A bit disappointed with her.

Still, it was nice to see some surprise additions to the Toybox figures. Right now, at least with the Marvel line, it feels like they’re padding their numbers. We’ve got two new reskins, which while nice, kind of keeps up the lackluster offerings Marvel is giving the Toybox collection.

If anyone has seen these in stores I would definitely be interested in knowing if there’s a new flyer and if so, are there new images?!?

Disney Toybox Figures: New Teaser Images!

I meant to post about this yesterday, but oh well. SuperSorrell posted pictures on his Instagram of new blanked out teaser images for coming Disney Toybox Figures! PLUS images of a new figure, Miles Morales Spider-Man!

It’s pretty clear who the blanked out images are, click here to see the images. One is the Genie from Aladdin and one is Bo from Toy Story, however, it looks like Bo has a new outfit and look overall. Is this for the new movie?

Miles looks like Spider-Man with a different paint job. I haven’t seen either figure in person, so I could be wrong. SuperSorrell did an unboxing video if anyone is interested. I’m not a Spider-Man fan, though, I liked the newest movie, so this is not on my buy list.

It’s exciting to see new images because things have been quiet on the Disney Toybox front for me for a while. None of these figures are showing up on the Disney Store website, so if you really want Miles you’re going to have to make your way to a Disney Store for the time being.

There have been no images posted of any other possible figures, so no idea if Disney or Star Wars have anything new teased. SuperSorrell also mentions that it looks like a Venom figure that was teased has been removed. Was that the Miles Morales figure? Or did they really have a Venom one teases? Who knows?!

Disney Toybox SALE

Just noticed while doing my daily check that Disney is currently running a sale on all the Toybox figures, even the sets. All of the figures, even the big ones, are $10. The sets are various prices.

Definitely worth a look if anyone was waiting to purchase.

Disney Store Toybox Figures