Iron Man 3

So I had the chance to catch Marvels latest super hero movie Iron Man 3 today. I thought the first movie was one of the best super hero movies of all time, and I found the second to be kind of a bore, so I wanted to be optimistic going into this one, but at the same time wasn't holding my breath. On the off chance you've never heard of or seen an Iron Man movie, they feature Robert Downey Jr. playing the very charismatic genius Tony Stark who after a near fatal accident builds an armor wearing suit loaded with high tech weaponry and AI, and decides to fight the bad guys and occasionally save the universe from intergalactic threat.

In this third film we see Tony coping with events from the Avengers which has left him a little shaken mentally, and facing a new villain know as The Mandarin. Unable to sleep Tony spends most of his time creating new Iron Man suits, and keeping to himself, causing problems in his personal life with his current love interest Pepper Potts played by Gwyneth Paltrow. This is as much of the plot as I'm going to give away at this point as to not spoil anything, but I will say that if you have seen the trailers over the last few months they are very misleading about exactly what is going on. Even though I did find the truth to be a little goofy it was also refreshing to have not been spoiled by trailers giving away the whole story which is common place these days.

Now was Iron Man 3 worth the price of admission? Well it still doesn't beat the first one in my opinion, but it was a much more fun ride than the second, and had many moments where I and the rest of the film audience were laughing out loud. Downey has always been the heart of these movies and nothing has changed, I don't think I could ever picture anyone else doing anything better with the role, and considering that this is more of a Tony Stark film than an Iron Man film, that's a good thing. What I mean by that is there is very little suit time and this is more of an adventure starring the very witty Tony Stark trying to come to terms with things and stop the bad guys, with a little help from his tech and friends thrown in for good measure.

I think the only problem really is Marvel out did themselves with The Avengers, I mean how can you go from stopping an alien invasion led by a god from another planet to just some petty guy out to cause chaos. I did enjoy the movie and would recommend it as a movie to go see, but the villains just aren't that menacing compared to the epic battles fought in The Avengers. I believe that this should be the last Iron Man only film,  but the character should definitely be a part of any future Avenger movies.


The trailer is amazing, but I'm pretty sure a few of those scenes were not in the the film, unless I blinked when they happened.

Episode Title: B vs. The Needy

Episode Date: 02/07/13

B's Encounter With The Homeless Guy At McDonalds

Hey all, I have a funny story(in a weird sort of B'ish way). The other day after being harassed by the old lady to pick her up some McNuggets after work to bring to her job I finally gave in and went their after work. While standing in line I was approached by a young man in a hood who told me he hadn't eaten in two days and asked if I could buy him something. I being my usual cheap self asked him what exactly he was looking for to eat, he responded by asking I purchase a Big Mac meal for him. I looked up at the menu and saw that this would cost me about $8 after tax and told the guy it was too much, but I would buy him a Mcdouble for $1 and a small fries for another $1, and that he could get a cup of water for free. With out much choice he said okay and I placed the order. After receiving the order I gave him his bag and he walked away without even a thank you. I did see him approach another customer and he seemed to be giving him the same story, the guy nodded so I assume he would buy him some food as well.

Later that same week I was driving down a major avenue and noticed a guy dressed up like the Statue of Liberty dancing around with a sign to come do our taxes with whoever he was advertising for. It had to be about twenty degrees out and this poor guy is dancing around like a fool with a sign no one is really reading at forty miles per hour. The point of these two stories is that no matter how much you may think your life or occupation may suck, look at these two guys and be very grateful.

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Ender's Game

On a much brighter note I decided to resign up with Audible.com, and used my credit of the month to get the audio book Ender's Game. I'm too lazy to actually read a good book, but in audio form I can listen to and from work every day as well as with my headphones at home. So far I'm about half way through this twelve hour audio book and I am really loving it.

The story takes place in a future, and focuses on a young boy named Andrew Wiggen, aka Ender Wiggen. He is the third child in the family, which is actually illegal in this time but due to his siblings talents and genetic superiority the parents were given permission to have a third. Ender is recruited into a school for gifted kids where they prepare them to be commanders and soldiers in a war against and alien race known as the buggers. As of the point in the story that I am up to there have been no encounters with this race. This book so far seems to focus on the training of young Ender who is only six years old at the beginning of the book, and the psychological stress he is put through by the leaders of a combat school in order to make him the best weapon possible.

I have been enjoying this book so much that I decided to look into what is next in the series, and was delighted to stumble upon the fact that they are making a movie based on the book, and it is scheduled to come out later this year. I am super excited and hope it is done well. I highly recommend this book to anyone in the sci-fi genre, and even if your lazy like me, get the audio version.

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Man With The Iron Fists

I came very close to buying this movie last week, but at a $15 price tag and mixed reviews on Amazon I decided to wait. The next day I went over my friends house and he asked if I wanted to watch a movie, I said okay what is it? He said "The Man With The Iron Fists", I laughed and said I came close to buying this the night before so sure pop it in.

Two hours later I was very glad I did not waste $15 on this very cheesy Kung Fu film. Don't get me wrong the action sequences were kind of cool, but everything else was just a joke. From a generic story line to badly cut editing this movie seemed kind of amateurish at best. Even some of the CG in the movie seemed like unfinished garbage, especially during the end credits where they show a bird flying and then it looks like a computer game as it crashes to the ground. Granted my friend got a copy that may not be exactly official, but I don't think it matters much.

If your looking for a good laugh and are really a die hard Kung Fu movie buff I say rent this one or wait for it to be on TV, everyone else don't bother.