Iron Man and Video Responses

I saw Iron Man with my sister today and thought it was pretty cool, definitely the best movie out at the moment. However, I would have no idea how Iron Man purists would take it. I think I like comic book movies because they condense the very complicated plots of comic books into coherent stand alone stories. Of course, some are better than others but for the most part comic books make good movies and Iron Man only proves this maxim. There's plenty of thrills and explosions but there's also a good solid plot and character development. I could have gone for a bit more romance but I get that it's definitely a "guy" movie. I think Robert Downey Jr. did a great acting job and played an initially obnoxious character in a way that you like him anyway. I think a good part of this is he just says things that most people's internal censors stop them from saying so it's a great vicarious exprience to see someone else express feelings you've always wanted to in a completely unaffected manner.

And then there's just the blowing things up. I've probably never liked explosions so much. If it had just been blowing things up, that would have been boring, but I think they interspersed it with enough humor and heart that I even enjoyed the explosions.

I've also made my first video response to another (much higher profile and far better edited) YouTuber. Here is his video and my response:





My response is about superpowers but I thought afterwards that having writer superpowers to actually be able to finish a good novel without making it 800 pages would also be choice.