I Suck At Iron Man 2

Saturday was a definite milestone. On Saturday, both Karen and I left our baby daughter (Briana) in the capable hands of someone other than us. Of course, that someone happened to be my mother who jumped and relished the opportunity to spend an extended period with Briana. (My mother would hold Briana in her arms until she's 21 years old if she could. Okay, maybe that is a slight exaggeration.)

With my mother watching Briana, Karen and I headed out to the theaters with our friends (Marc and Kelley). Planned for the day: watching Iron Man 2. Now, I suck at Iron Man 2.

(The video below is a trailer for Iron Man 2.)


Iron Man 2 was a great movie... and Scarlett Johansson (a.k.a. Mrs. Ryan Reynolds) did not ruin the movie as the Black Widow. Of course, take what you will from my review because I am a geek who enjoyed reading comic books growing up (Iron Man being one of those comic books). I did, however, enjoy the first Iron Man movie more probably because my expectations were not as high for the first movie. Nonetheless, the sequel was still entertaining.

Plus, it was always great hanging out with Marc and Kelley. We just have a great time together. On Tuesday, it was reminiscing about our childhood as Kelley had her old yearbooks (from elementary school, to middle school, to high school). Interestingly enough, I have known Kelley the longest within our circle of friends because I attended elementary school with her. Imagine if we had began our drinking buddy relationship back then... our livers would definitely be done... plus at the age of 10, I'm sure the Department of Social Services would have been all over it.

It was a fun time looking back at old pictures. We got to see pictures of my BFF (Kerry). And as another interesting fact, Karen and my friend (Cass) appear in Kelley's high school yearbook. (Unlike the rest of us, Kelley attended the rival high school. So it was funny to see pictures of Karen and Cass in her yearbook.)

Anyway, that was on Tuesday. On Saturday, we basically had a comical discussion about my friend (Garv). Apparently, Karen thinks Don Cheadle (who appeared in Iron Man 2) could play Garv in the blaxploitation version of the movie about Garv. Yep, it was an interesting topic of discussion because Garv... not black. All in all, Iron Man 2 was a great time.

When Karen and I got back home, my mom was still all smiles. I think we made her day by asking her to take care of Briana. And the funny thing... Briana soon started to fuss when Karen and I got back. She was great during the day for my mom. It's like kids know when their parents leave them for a little bit. And as an act of retaliation, they start to fuss or something.

So needless to say, it was business as usual for Karen and I again. While waiting for Briana to wake up to feed again, we did actually end up watching another movie thanks to the Verizon FIOS movie package. That movie: W.

(The video below is a trailer for W.)


The movie is an Oliver Stone movie starring Josh Brolin as George W. Bush from Bush's crazy fraternity days to his presidency of the United States. As much as I hate to admit it, the movie was not that bad. I have never been a big fan of President Bush and the movie did nothing to change that opinion. But I did find the whole relationship he had with his father (the other President Bush) an interesting take... whether it was true or not. (And for anyone curious, the movie made it out that the whole Willie Horton angle during Bush Sr's election was the brainchild of George W.'s.)

Needless to say, the movie was okay. By far, Iron Man 2 was much more entertaining.