Marblehead Gives Iron Man Two Thumbs Up

The Mar­ble­head crew and a few friends went to see Iron Man last night in cel­e­bra­tion of our big blog launch. The con­sen­sus this morn­ing is a unan­i­mous thumbs up.

My favorite action/scifi type show of all time is Minor­ity Report. In prepa­ra­tion for the art direc­tion, Steven Spiel­berg insisted that the Minor­ity Report pro­duc­tion crew gather a think tank of spe­cial­ists in future civ­i­liza­tion advances such as com­puter inter­face, biol­ogy, weapons, and cars. I can say, with absolute cer­tainty that there was no such think tank for Iron Man. It was every bit as over the top and unbe­liev­able as you’d expect… and I couldn’t have been happier.

Some­times you want to pro­voke deep emo­tion, some­times you want to explore a side of the human expe­ri­ence you’ve never seen before, and some­times you’re just look­ing to strap your­self into the front row of the biggest ride at the park. The prob­lem is, if you have an IQ over 90, most of those blow-​up-​the-​world type shows ruin the fun with little annoy­ing things that cause the scotch sip­ping side of you brain to roll its eyes at the potato chip gob­bling side.

Iron Man is cool for both halves of your brain. It’s what hap­pens when smart folks decide they want to make a fun movie. Jon Favreau, I tip my hat to you sir. Also, big shout out to the great Robert Downey Jr, my favorite pimp Ter­rence Howard, the lovely miss Gwyneth, and I can’t forget Jeff Bridges, who really ties the room together.

Oh, and in case you haven’t heard, there’s a little ten second easter egg after the cred­its worth sick­ing around for.