Stark raving mad

If you’re wondering about the inverted pyramid on his chest…chill. It’s all in the storyline.

This time the carpe-diem racing billionaire pulls over & tries to battle palladium poisoning on his own, keeping it from Miss Potts.
 

What’s badass about the sequel?Stark created a new ELEMENT. I figured he got sick of swigging jugsful of chlorophyll & that, coupled with his physics & engineering mastery, motivated the discovery.

Ok. Seriously. Watching an old footage & outtakes of Howard Stark, Anthony ‘Tony’ Stark solved the blood toxicity puzzle caused by  the arc reactor (palladium poisoning). He then built this Large Hadron Collider-like contraption to create the element. (Which, thankfully, the writers left unnamed. What did you guys think of Unobtanium? Tragic & edging on ridiculous, right?)

Scientists say this is definitely plausible, to create a new element. Read the awesome article here.

I’m not going to pretend that I know how the story goes; I’m not a Marvel fan. Nor am I too happy about heroes who 1] wear capes, or leotards, & more importantly, briefs on top of tight leggings; 2] are losers or social pariahs but with superhero alter-egos (that’s getting old); or 3] who are in love with the villain’s love interest.

That’s why I worship Stark (esp. the Stark that Downey created). He’s the main man– rich, famous, witty & possesses the sexiest trait in a man: smart.
 

Downey never fails us, Paltrow does a good job nagging Stark (at one point she does, and Tony remarks: I will apologize when I’m not fending off a Hammeroid attack), Rockwell’s the best choice for Justin Hammer, if he tried, he could’ve stolen a ray of spotlight from Downey. Favreau’s small scenes supplied most of the comedy in the film (apart from Stark’s notoriously sarcastic & witty retorts) but I guess he was the only one with numerous body contact with Scarlett. Pays to be the director, eh?

Fight Scenes: Awesome
Black Widow’s Moves: what-the–?
Gadgets: Above cool.
Chase Sequences: teeth-clenching
Dialogue: okay.
Tony Stark’s lines:  narcissism bible, work in progress.
Pacing: Great.
 
Bad news to those who left the theatres early, there was a 1 or 2-minute scene of the SHIELD guy in New Mexico, a big pit in the ground, & Thor’s watchamacallit hammer.