Aren't You Ashamed Of Yourself, Mr. Stark?

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Well, I wasn’t as impressed with Iron Man as everyone else, but one thing amused the hell out of me: I submit that the guilt-tripping heartstring-tugging news report about the tragic consequences of Stark’s weapon sales on the innocent women and children of the unhappy Middle Eastern village is the single funniest TV-is-pertinent-to-you-specifically moment ever.  The newslady was actually berating our hero, and laying on the tragedy and hardship with a trowel. And it just kept going. I giggled so hard through that whole monologue that alietffinally had to smack me to shut me up.

 

That was about it. Oh, and the first test of the rocket boots.  That was funny. And dammit, once again physics is apparently optional in a comic book movie—and since I wasn't as into the movie, I couldn't forgive it as well as usual. (I did, however, enjoy being there to commentate on it with my friends. We all belong in the Special Hell.)

 

Also, can anyone explain to me what was up with the stop-motion shot when Iron Man first steps into daylight? I’m sure there was some sort of deep geek significance behind it, but I can’t figure out what it was—I just got sort of mystified at seeing a sudden and rather blatant Ye Olde Effecte. What up with that?