WELCOME BACK, HON, BUT PLEASE LOSE THE BOOZE KTHX

[beeinmybonnet]

Three posts in one day – I’m so sorry! D: I’ll shut up for several days now, I promise.

TOOOONY ♥

DARLING, YOU’RE BACK. That said, what the hell happened since Iron Man 1? Way to change genre there, movie!

Okay, but, first off, I’ll start a very incoherent and flaily list of things I liked, in no particular order:

• TOOONY


• TONY’S ARC REACTOR – baby, you’re back, how I’ve missed you ♥


• RDJ Tony’s chest – oh, oh, ooooh, you’ve been working out, haven’t you? Gorgeous


• J.A.R.V.I.S. ♯


• The new not!Arc reactor design they ripped off from the Extremis Arc


• Justin Hammer – he was so camp in the very best way; I wanted to smother him while at the same time I couldn’t stop smiling


• THE ABSURDITIES – car alarms going off, Tony and Rhodey bickering mid-fight, the strawberries, etc.


• Tony’s so broken and high-strung and he’s such a cute self-destructive little puppy ♥


• NICK MF FURY. Why hello, Mama Bear. Keep up the awesome!


• STEVE’S SHEILD. USED AS AN UNGLAMOROUS BOOKEND.


• Tony only sharing his I’m-kind-of-slowly-dying secret with his A.I.


• THE MUSIC. AC/DC, QUEEN, THE FUCKING CLASH. THE. CLASH. I wanna marry this soundtrack. Seriously.

That is just on the top off my head – I’m probably going to come up with more later on, when I’ve had time to process this. As for more “Meh” things:

• Whiplash – Whiplash but no Sentinent Armour? Waaah. D:<


• Why not more absurdities? While I love watching Tony squirm, this film was a lot darker than IM1.


• … Something more, but I forgot. Oh, right, I was a bit “Bwhut?”about the Tony/Pepper thing in the end. That’s… not going to work out. Sorry.

Overall: Good film. Not as good as Sherlock Holmes, not as good as Iron Man, but not bad. And it has TONY STARK in it, so I don’t really care. Yes, I’m a shameless fangirl.

Now I want to read Tony&Rhodey gen, Tony/J.A.R.V.I.S., and Pepper/Natalie as friends-with-benefits fics. GIMME.

I probably shouldn’t write LJ entries rapidly without proofreading first, but I AM EXCITED.

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[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEE!

I particularly liked the song-and-dance number at the start. And then everything that came after, really.

STEVE’S SHEILD. USED AS AN UNGLAMOROUS BOOKEND. "Do you know what this is?" Me: I totally fucking know what it is - better question - why does Tony have it? Don't tell me you weren't thinking what I was thinking.

Incidentally the scene where he created an element was pretty fucking awesome (who knew pipe wrenches were hot?). Also the bit where he was doing his own renovation/electrical work. Because it's nice that he's not beyond getting his hands dirty.

And the soundtrack. BASICALLY THE BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK EVER, IMMHO.

I nearly had a goddamn heart-attack when the little device came up "blood toxicity 19%". Mostly because a normal human being would already be dead by then but that's fine, a little medical science fail is okay. And the painted-on veins looked fairly realistic.

NICK. FURY. Fucking awesome.

Particularly liked Tony sitting in the donut. Maybe because I've been looking at it for a month but dammit I loved it anyway and I should not fixate on details.

Tony being fall-over drunk one minute and kicking well-matched arse the next = win.

Also he was considerably better-dressed this time around (by which I mean that he was adorable running around in ratty t-shirts. Easily pleased, me.)

I hate to say it in a way but I am actually strangely okay with Tony/Pepper. I mean, I know it won't last, but I kinda ridiculously want it to. And for some reason the fact that he remembered that there was something about Pepper and strawberries was ridiculously adorable.

"You might have a big gun, but you are not the big gun."
I cannot help but mentally replace "gun" with "penis". But then I had trouble not replacing "hammer" with "penis" as well, except more in a "dickhead" kind of way.

Don't laugh at me but I was totally 'shipping Tony/Agent Coulson for a second there. When they were saying goodbye. In my head, Tony kissed him goodbye because he was going to miss him.

What I want to know is if you got the bonus cut-scene at the end of your screening. Do tell.

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

... THERE WAS A FUCKING BONUS CUT-SCENE THERE, WASN'T IT? AND I DIDN'T SEE IT. FUUUUCK MEEE. ::anguished cry of pain and regret::

THE DANCE NUMBER. Man, how could I forget that. I love Tony's public persona, so cheeky and sassy. And the not-so-subtle ho-yay throw-away lines. "Yes, dear?" in the court room, etc. Tony's really fond of mock-flirting with men, aren't he?
(Also, I was totally expecting someone to come up and kiss Pepper on the cheek when they were in Monaco, since Tony basically warned her that people are weird. And I was so sad that it didn't happen, because there would have been an 80% chance that Tony'd be kissed on the cheek too.)

I think what shocked me most was Tony's utter disregard of it. TONY, THAT IS YOUR FUTURE BOYFRIEND CAPTAIN FUCKING AMERICA'S SHEILD, YOU DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT IT IS. And here I'd been hoping Tony was a total Steve!fanboy. :/ Then again, he was dying at the time, so...

I really liked that they showed how shot to pieces and terrible Tony is when he's drunk. It follows the Demon in the Bottle Arc nicely. (Only this time we didn't have Steve yelling at him and being all "MY FATHER WAS A DRUNKARD TOO, YOU FUCKWIT, NOW STOP THIS NONSENSE. OH, DAMN, THE BUILDING'S ON FIRE? GUESS I HAVE TO SAVE YOUR ASS THEN, "GONE WITH THE WIND" STYLE.")

The poisoned!veins were hot. I'm not going to lie. ::hides::

I loved the Marvel science, from the 86% toxicity level in his blood to him finding a new element, because it's so in tune with the comics. :D

I suppose I'm kinda iffy about Tony/Pepper because A) I want movie!Tony to be a miserable, lonly bastard, because I am a sadist, and B) because I've always seen them as Freud's wet dream very much mother figure/surrogate child with a healthy dose of UST thrown in. So yeah.

The penis jokes. They are so many. :D

NOW TELL ME ABOUT THAT CUT-SCENE.

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

TELLING YOU ABOUT THE CUT-SCENE, NOW. SCROLL PAST IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW:

It was set with Agent Coulson turning up in New Mexico, then you saw this big huge crater and then in the next shot - Thor's hammer sticking out of it. Ominous, no? Yay Avengers \o/

END SPOILERS.

I was thinking that, y'know, he is a Steve fanboy and was just playing it cool in front of the official guy. Tony Stark is nothing if not cool, right? You have corrupted me so much. That is not my ship especially considering the Captain America casting. AND YET.

Marvel!science is naturally awesome. Of course, it goes a long way to explaining why Tony can drink his weight in booze and suffer negligible ill-effects (besides turning into an ass, and then fighting his best friend. Point is he didn't die and was mostly physically fine). He is immune to alcohol poisoning. The veins were hot, though. Not gonna lie either.

I loved him totally owning the evidence being presented against him in the hearing. It was like "fuck yeah, Tony Stark. CAN'T TOUCH THIS!" And then the bit at the end with the senator having to present the awards to him and Rhodey. AWESOME.

I desperately want to believe that Tony can be happy because I identify with him over-much but have not gotten around to creating an A.I. buddy to hang with because I like him. I don't even particularly like Pepper (besides that she is formidable enough for me to not hate her), I am just incredibly invested in his happiness.

Thank God for Google Chrome's built-in spellcheck...

[yan-tan-tether.livejournal.com]

All I know about Captain America comes from reading Steve/Tony fic, but I still squeed when I saw his shield!

Pretty much all my other thoughts about the movie can be summed up as HHNNNNGGGHHH RDJ.

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

I was this close to squeeing out loud in the cinema when Cap's shield appeared. Steve! ♥

RDJ showed off more of his chest in this movie than in the previous one. I approve of this development! :D