Robert Downey Jr has the brass balls to be Iron Man

As one of the most underrated actors of his generation Robert Downey Jr was never perceived as an action hero before the first Iron Man movie. Who knows what will happen to him now that he’s launched yet another super hero franchise and in the same breath forged a new angle for his career. Marvel keeps churning them out and the Stan Lee / Hugh Hefner cameo was a classic touch for those comic book insiders like myself. Stan Lee as the creator of the most famous Marvel comic characters like Spiderman.

As Tom Leykis would put it, Robert Downey Jr has brass balls indeed. Even though towards to the end of the movie he develops a conscious like most superhero’s are supposed to have one. The playboy stereotype is played up, almost to much, as his character seduces a female journalist early on in the film. You’re soon introduced to his trusty personal assistant, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. What is clear is that Tony Stark aka Iron Man’s true identity, is a genius inventor, followed through on capitalising on his abilities and uses it mostly to purchase sport cars and bed hot babes.

His car of choice is such a blatant product placement for the new Audi R8. Being an past owner of an Audi A3 I didn’t mind very much. What makes him such a ladies man besides his money? Well it has to be his status, his public image, because he seems to have it all. After the BMW product placement in the James Bond films this is no surprise.

The rest of the film is really a nice modern day set-up for a back-stabbing rivalry between supposed mentor, and protégé. One of my favourite actors of all-time, Jeff Bridges, plays the unusual role of bad guy in this one. However, Terrence Howard, plays a real pussy i.e. not a very masculine military man. Without going into the details I’ll summarise the film like this: it’s a wet dream for most men or more specifically the boys stuck in adult bodies because of the robotics, the gadgets, the fast cars, and maybe the one hot chick early on in the film, who makes a silly comeback in the middle and toward the end.

This whole movie made me remember something Tom Leykis said once, which is that no boy grows up dreaming of driving a Toyota (or a VW). Most men grow up dreaming of a Porsche, a Ferrari or better yet a Lamborghini. This is my personal favourite because of the sexy doors that flip upward. What really sucks for me now is knowing Volkswagen owns the brand. Anyway back to the Leykis analogy with cars. No guy grows up dreaming of marrying an average girl, an average woman. Guys have wet dreams about women like Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Hayden Panettiere, or Elisha Cuthbert. You have to ask yourself how can you develop the attitude of Tony Stark without having to be a genius inventor or a billionaire. That should be the key takeaway from the Iron Man movie because it’s way to much effort to go through all of that shit just to “get the babe” in the end. Anyway here’s the trailer for the new Iron Man movie

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