Review: The Great Gatsby

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I was really looking forward to seeing The Great Gatsby.

Anticipation is what drives audiences to the cinema and is a big part of the success of a movie, because it’s all about numbers in its opening weekend. Well as of May 23 Gatsby’s domestic total has been $100 million over a 14-day release with a worldwide total of $142 million. The opening weekend across in the US was $50 million compared to Star Trek: Into the Darkness which grossed just over $70 million in the following weekend with a worldwide total so far of £189 million.

Is Leo DiCaprio losing his touch, was Gatsby just not what everyone expected or are there more Trekkies out there than Fitzgerald/Baz Luhrmann fans?

Plenty of people who saw Gatsby in the opening week professed their dislike for the movie over Twitter, I didn’t know what to expect but I was hoping for Romeo+Juliet greatness but it just wasn’t that. I think what made me dislike The Great Gatsby was the story, and I could have guessed that when I didn’t like the book after I finished reading it shortly before I went to see the movie.

The book by F Scott Fitzgerald was supposed to be a ‘snapshot of life’ but what I realised I hated more were the characters, each of them had their own flaws which just really grated on the big screen. And to top off my mood even more after wanting to see it in 2D due to a sold out showing we had to pay double to see the 3D showing, just proves why the 2D was sold out because people don’t want to be paying ticket prices plus £3 for glasses and the privilege of seeing a 3D screening.

The glasses always make me tired which is probably why I grew so restless watching Gatsby. I thoroughly disliked Carey Mulligan as Daisy, she’s an annoyingly indecisive woman who just wants to twirl her arms around and show off all the jewellery that weighing her down throughout the movie.

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Leo DiCaprio was effective as Jay Gatsby, his tanned face make up did distract me a bit but he looked handsome and oh so pretty. Tobey McGuire as Nick Carraway was um interesting, I dunno I feel like the movie forgoed the gay character traits to make it a nice straightforward story but in the novel Carraway is clearly gay and I think it would have added much more depth to his character if the script writers had added it in. We could see he was enamoured with Gatsby but the Daisy/Gatsby angle was much more at the forefront.

I think the original soundtrack produced by Jay-Z was the best thing about the movie, and this has to be the first time that I’ve bought an OST before actually seeing the movie. The 3D version didn’t add anything for me personally I think the costumes were glamourous and the party scenes were the gorgeous to look at but otherwise I left feeling like it was over indulgent and lacking.

The Cannes Film Festival premiere of The Great Gatsby was a massive wash out, but Carey Mulligan did manage to forgo her monochrome palette for a blush pink Dior gown with her hair down, and look beautiful with a splash of colour on her lips.

Carey Mulligan in Dior at The Great Gatsby premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2013

Carey Mulligan in Dior at The Great Gatsby premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2013

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The cast of The Great Gatsby alongside Baz Luhrmann at the Cannes Film Festival 2013

Cannes Film Festival 2013: Nicole Kidman

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Nicole Kidman was a grand jury member at the Cannes Film Festival this year, yet she’s barely been seen on the red carpet!

2012 grand jury member Diane Kruger wore a plethora of amazing gowns and couture and we were spoilt for choice, this year I was expecting some fabulous looks from Kidman because Cannes is the place to go all out and really do glamour which I thought would make a nice change from the column dresses she always favours.

And to be fair the times she has been seen on the red carpet they have been stunning, it’s just a shame there wasn’t more!

At the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, Nicole Kidman wore one of my favourite Dior Couture gowns from the Spring 2013 collection. The floral applique dress suited Nicole down to the ground, and the light coral pumps with pulled back hair perfected the look.

Nicole Kidman in Dior Couture at the Opening Ceremony of Cannes Film Festival 2013

Nicole Kidman in Dior Couture at the Opening Ceremony of Cannes Film Festival 2013

Nicole’s next look was her close friend and favoured designer L’Wren Scott, the gown featured a blue and red leaf pattern with a train that suited the statuesque actress perfectly. Worn with matching black cuffs and a bouffant ‘do Nicole oozed glamour.

Nicole Kidman Inside Llewellyn Davis Premiere L'Wren Scott

Nicole Kidman wearing L’Wren Scott at the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis at the Cannes Film Festival 2013

The rumour was this Valentino Couture gown that Nicole chose to wear to the premiere of Nebraska was the gown that Anne Hathaway discarded for the Oscars. Remember when Valentino sent out a press release saying Anne would be wearing the designer and then she turned up to the red carpet in that god awful Prada gown? Well it’s believed this is what she was supposed to wear! And Nicole looks stunning, her faux bob hair with those drop earrings really pair well with that high neck. Beautiful.

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Nicole Kidman in Valentino Couture at the Nebraska premiere in Cannes Film Festival 2013

Cannes Film Festival 2013: Sharon Stone

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In lieu of Diane Kruger this year, my favourite star on the Cannes Film Festival has been Sharon Stone.

And yes every gown she has worn has been Roberto Cavalli who normally I find tacky and over the top, but Sharon Stone at the age of 55 looks drop dead gorgeous. I’ve never seen so much Cavalli on the red carpet!

Sharon Stone at the amfAR Gala 2013 in Cannes wearing Roberto Cavalli

Sharon Stone at the amfAR Gala 2013 in Cannes wearing a white Roberto Cavalli with a gold snake accent

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Sharon Stone in a stunning electric blue Roberto Cavalli gown at the Behind the Candelabra Cannes premiere

Sharon Stone in Roberto Cavalli in Cannes at the De Grisogono Party

Sharon Stone in red Roberto Cavalli in Cannes at the De Grisogono Party

Sharon Stone in Roberto Cavalli at the Roberto Cavalli Dinner

Sharon Stone in a three piece white Roberto Cavalli tuxedo at the Roberto Cavalli Dinner

FALL TV: The Crazy Ones (CBS)

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the season finale (May 20, 2003) and it appears to be Sarah Michelle Gellar’s biggest accomplishment as we know so far her return to television in CW’s Ringer was not success.

Speaking to Huffington Post at CBS Upfronts last week she was gobsmacked to learn it had been ten whole years:

“Wait, wait. Hold on. Really?” she replied when The Huffington Post told her the 10th anniversary of the “Buffy” finale was upon us. “Wow. God, you just blew my mind.

“I’m incredibly proud of that show — proud of everybody on it, of what we did … You can’t be prouder of that show. It still holds up in reruns and I’m blessed every day … I’ve been pretty lucky.”

Yes Gellar you have been lucky, ten years later Buffy still holds up and is the basis of supernatural lore on other shows, I can’t tell you how many times shows like The Vampire Diaries et al quote the show or rip parts right out of it.

I managed to watch about half of Ringer before I got bored, initially it was a good idea but unfortunately it just didn’t attract the audiences it needed and was cancelled. So long SMG I thought but wait, she’s back and this time she’s forgoing drama and turning to comedy.

SJM and Robin Williams The Crazy Ones

The Crazy Ones comes to CBS in the fall, and SMG will be starring alongside Robin Williams. That’s right ROBIN WILLIAMS. He’s coming to television and when I heard his name announced I was unsure, I don’t necessarily enjoy his movies (apart from Mrs Doubtfire) so I was apprehensive of this show.

SMG and Williams star as father and daughter team of advertising executives, and in the trailer for the pilot we see them about to be fired by McDonalds but they have one last chance to get a big named celebrity to be the voice of the next advert in one day.

The trailer is pretty funny, but as we know trailers are made with the very best bits of the show so will it hold up in a full series, we shall find out. The pilot looks promising with guest star Kelly Clarkson as a weirdly sex obsessed version of herself, SJM climbing on a table and singing, and for those of you Gossip Girl fans out there you will recognise Amanda Setton (Blair’s minion Penelope) as Lauren.

NEW adaptation: Love, Rosie

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Cecilia Ahern is a fantastic author, her novels are beautiful stories that truly come to life when you read them and what better way to see the story than in a movie.

PS. I Love You, was Cecilia’s first novel to be adapted into a movie and we all fell in love with Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank as the ill-fated couple. Next up on the list is the 2004 novel Where Rainbows End, or as it was published in the US ‘Love, Rosie’ which explains the movie title.

Love, Rosie has started filming in Toronto, and then will be moving to Dublin for the remainder of the shoot which is always nice to hear when movies stick to the locations in a book. It stars Lily Collins (Mirror, Mirror) and Sam Claflin (Hunger Games: Catchign Fire, Snow White and the Huntsman) as Rosie and Alex, two best friends who grow up together but distance pushes them apart as Alex moves away.

The unique thing about Where Rainbows End is the book is exclusively told in letters and correspondence between Rosie and Alex right from the beginning of school up until when they’re 50. It’s an addictive book, and you will read it in lightening fast time trying to find out if  the two make it through to the very end.

Sam Claflin and Lily Collins discussing the script with Cecilia Ahern (image from Collider.com)

Sam Claflin and Lily Collins discussing the script with Cecilia Ahern (image from Collider.com)

The movie is about Rosie and Sam and whether they will get back in synch with each other after missing so many opportunities as we know life often gets in the way of love but, true love just like true friendship, never dies. It has major potential to be one of those really good chick flicks, and who can’t deny a true romance from beginning until the very end.

The film is due to be released next year, and also stars Jaime Winstone, Christian Cooke, Suki Waterhouse and Tamsin Egerton. If you can’t wait until 2014 I implore you to lose yourself in the book, it will make you believe in love again.

MET Gala 2013 ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’

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When the theme of this year’s Costume Institute Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET Gala) was announced as ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ I was excited. This would be an actual event with costumes, surely?

Oh of course not, this is the fashion world dah-ling, couture has to be the order of the day and if Anna Wintour is the head of the chair organising this shindig then you must obey!

This would definitely be a chance for the Brits to shine on the red carpet, punk originated from London surely we are the ones who truly know how to do punk. So it is pretty disappointing to see, then, certain Brit celebrities throwing on a studded leather jacket and calling it an ode to punk Sienna Miller…

There were rumours abound in the lead up to the MET Gala that female celebrities were worried about not looking ‘pretty’ and didn’t want to be too edgy for fear of ending up on that unforgiving worst dressed list. This is probably the only event where you could go for that outlandish look and get away with it all in the name of punk.

Anna Wintour on the other hand attended a different MET Gala, her invite included the sub text ‘punk also means floral’. What person could possibly interpret floral Chanel Couture with even a possible edge of punk? She even shoehorned the pregnant Kim Kardashian into that god awful floral Givenchy floral curtain. Kim K is trying so hard to please everyone around her she really appears as though she hasn’t got a mind of her own, I feel sorry for her because Kanye just seems like he’s regretting his choice of baby mamma…

Anna Wintour in Chanel Couture at the MET Gala 2013

Anna Wintour in Chanel Couture at the MET Gala 2013

Those who I favoured on the red carpet at the MET Gala are the ones who embraced the theme of the punk:

Anne Hathaway, after the huge disappointment of the Oscars, she by far was my favourite look of the night. Wearing sheer black Valentino, she made the look super edgy by dying her hair peroxide blonde and slicking it back with a messy quiff. As soon as I saw the full look this was what I wanted, what I was expecting on the red carpet. Absolutely 10/10, the naughty boob flashing, the cut out shape and just clear sexiness of the whole look was Sharon Stone uh-may-zing. You go girl.

Anne Hathaway in Valentino at the MET Gala 2013.

Anne Hathaway in Valentino at the MET Gala 2013.

Another person who embodied the drama was Nicole Richie, she’s yet to truly let me down on a red carpet and her somewhat simple embellished white custom Topshop gown was accessorised with vampy lipstick and a shock of white hair. I think the punk horror look totally works.

Nicole Richie in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

Nicole Richie in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

At first glance Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing a voluminous patterned Giles gown, but scan to the top and she is adorned with a custom made Philip Treacy mohawk inspired head piece. It is simply jaw-dropping. And only something that SJP could work so perfectly, she later revealed her thigh high laced boots which just added to punk glam factor. Well done SJP, you have been reborn!

Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles and a Philip Treacy head piece at the MET Gala 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles and a Philip Treacy head piece at the MET Gala 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker in her Philip Treacy headpiece at the MET Gala 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker in her Philip Treacy headpiece at the MET Gala 2013

Elizabeth Banks was the guest of Brian Atwood so her super short Versace gold tuxedo jacket perfectly showcased her amazing fringed heels. This is the definition of glam punk, gold gold and sexy.

Elizabeth Banks in Versace and Brian Atwood at the MET Gala 2013

Elizabeth Banks in Versace and Brian Atwood at the MET Gala 2013

Nina Dobrev never fails to amaze me on the red carpet, there are some looks that I like more that others, but she always comes out on the best dressed list everytime. This Monique Lhuillier creation gives Nina the punk attitude, and she was one of the few that wore trousers, I like the fact that it came with the detachable tulle skirt because it was still high glamour but allowed her to party on without it at the MET after party still looking fierce.

Nina Dobrev in Monique Lhuillier at the MET Gala 2013

Nina Dobrev in Monique Lhuillier at the MET Gala 2013

Oh Beyonce, for the second year running the star chose a Givenchy Couture gown and yet another showstopper. I can see this dress been like marmite for some, I love the train of fire it is matches her personality perfectly, the bustier is super tight but the snakeskin material just makes it even more dramatic. She also chose to wear gloves similar to Kim K’s design but by showing her décolletage it allowed for a break in the heavy pattern, and her wavy tresses and smoky make up were the perfect addition.

Beyonce in Givenchy Couture at the MET Gala 2013

Beyonce in Givenchy Couture at the MET Gala 2013

I’m adding Emma onto this list simply because it is not a short printed mini dress. Yes there are still cutouts but she looks so different here, I would have liked to have seen some more attitude in her make up and shoes but this Prabal Gurung gown is a great graduation from red carpet princess.

Emma Watson in Prabal Gurung at the MET Gala 2013

Emma Watson in Prabal Gurung at the MET Gala 2013

Of all the people on the guest list we knew Florence Welch would bring in for the Brits, she has always worked a gothic edge to her red carpet dressing and it worked well here. Her Givenchy Couture fringed and velvet gown is dramatic, not necessarily punk but definitely chaotic, and her fiery red hair makes the whole look stand out.

Florence Welch in Givenchy Couture at the MET Gala 2013

Florence Welch in Givenchy Couture at the MET Gala 2013

Diane Kruger went that extra step and added a pink dip to the end of her blonde ponytail, it elevates her look along with her dark smoky make up. The Chanel Couture gown with overlay is certainly better than her purple feathered Prada gown from last year and she proved that the Chanel collection wasn’t all flowers like Anna Wintour’s dress did. Top effort, and as always had the perfect accessory with her in Joshua Jackson.

Diane Kruger in Chanel Couture at the MET Gala

Diane Kruger in Chanel Couture at the MET Gala

Ever since Miley Cyrus chopped off her hair, she’s been channelling the grungy punk look. She’s a young girl not afraid of pushing the fashion boundary and so she shouldn’t be, I hate all those naysayers out there that hated on her for cutting her hair off just like they did with Karlie Kloss why do people have such an issue with short hair not being attractive or sexy?! Her Marc Jacobs dress skimmed Miley’s very toned body it was still glamourous with the added punk jewellery and her spiked up hair. The hair might not have been to everybody’s taste and she could have benefitted from it being slicked back but who cares she took a risk at a punk themed event!

Miley Cyrus in Marc Jacobs at the MET Gala 2013

Miley Cyrus in Marc Jacobs at the MET Gala 2013

I really like Jaime King’s custom Topshop suit, when I first saw her I thought she looked ten years younger maybe it’s something to do with those hair extensions and her model good looks. Jaime has such fun with fashion she never sticks to the same thing so I enjoyed seeing her in this satin trouser suit with a lace bodice top underneath. Topshop do great red carpet looks, if the rest of their guests including my favourite Ashley Madekwe in what she called punk mermaid, and even donned a black bob wig to make it all edgy.

Jaime King in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

Jaime King in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

Ashley Madekwe in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

Ashley Madekwe in custom Topshop at the MET Gala 2013

At first when I saw Carey Mulligan in her Balenciaga dress, I thought it wasn’t enough but then as you see all the other stars and their interpretations on what punk is Carey fits in perfectly. Her knee length gown with a safety pin attached at the lapel worked with the understated cut outs on the side. I do think though that as someone who has a massive movie coming out that she shouldn’t have let Anne Hathaway upstage her.

Carey Mulligan in Balenciaga at the MET Gala 2013.

Carey Mulligan in Balenciaga at the MET Gala 2013.

I really can’t make my mind up on Cameron Diaz’s Stella McCartney gown. I’m like a magpie to this colour, I love it. At first when I saw a picture I thought she looked a bit like a nun, but then after seeing the back and studying it a bit more I do think it is a very original creation which Stella does so well when making custom creations for her friends especially with the addition of that spiked gold belt. So I like it but I kind of don’t.

Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney at the MET Gala 2013

Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney at the MET Gala 2013

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The back view of the dress which is more like a cape than fully covered.

And then there was Madonna (aka Hilary Devey). Only she would translate punk to mean HOT MESS. She rocked up late to the MET Gala red carpet in Givenchy, but not just any Givenchy a checked studded jacket with horrible gloves, horrible ripped fishnet tights, with horrible suspenders, a horrible wig, and horrible shoes.

Madonna in Givenchy at the MET Gala 2013

Madonna in Givenchy at the MET Gala 2013

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Madonna posted this on her Instagram page, cleaning before the MET Gala…

And as far as I’m aware, nobody wore Alexander McQueen I though some of their creations would have definitely appeared on this red carpet without a doubt even if  they did dedicate the 2011 gala to him.

Best of the rest:

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Taylor Swift in J. Mendel at the MET Gala 2013. Good effort from TayTay she stuck to her tried and tested but vamped it up with make up and accessories.

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Gisele Bundchen in Anthony Vaccarello at the MET Gala 2013. That pose annoys me, but only a model could wear her own interpretation of the infamous Versace safety pin dress which Lady Gaga ruined.

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Christina Ricci in Vivienne Westwood at the MET Gala 2013. I love Christina she knows how to work it, not as outlandish has her dress from last year but still she wore the designer who created punk.

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Amber Heard in Emilio Pucci at the MET Gala 2013. Far too sexy for this theme, but she still looks amazing and the colour is gorgeous.

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Blake Lively in Gucci Premiere at the MET Gala 2013. A welcome return to the red carpet from Blake, I’ve missed her so much. She looked gorgeous as always.

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Cara Delevingne in Burberry at the MET Gala 2013. I loved the studs and deep v neck, I worry about her though…

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Joan Smalls in Tom Ford at the MET Gala 2013. One word: HOT.

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Rooney Mara in Givenchy Couture at the MET Gala 2013. Unfortunately Rooney’s gown isn’t that original as Penelope Cruz already wore a version of this last year, which I find annoying for such a big event. She can do better.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Gucci at the MET Gala 2013. She's a supermodel, she looks amazing.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Gucci at the MET Gala 2013. She’s a supermodel, she looks amazing.

Sienna Miller Burberry

Sienna Miller in Burberry at the MET Gala 2013. Sienna looks good, but she’s a BRIT and could do way better than throwing on a bloody studded biker jacket, honestly. Poor effort.

Review: Iron Man 3

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Iron Man 3 was a fantastic movie.

If I’m going to be picky it really should have been called Avengers Assemble: The Aftermath Part 1, but that’s a bit of a mouthful and nobody wants a repeat of the Rise of The Planet of The Apes do they?

I suppose the fact it’s set around Christmas is odd to get your head around simply because we are approaching summer and May is the beginning of the “summer blockbuster” season. It’s only the occasional Christmas tree, twinkling lights and feasts that make it obvious but then the Americans always seem to be celebrating some holiday so it didn’t necessarily bother me.

What did bother me is the Eiffel 65 song in the intro. Surely there was a better song out there for around NYE 1999?! Or maybe there was a reason behind the Blue (De ba dee), I’d love for someone to enlighten me on that one.

I digress. The opening scene set on New Year’s Eve 1999, felt like a plot just shoehorned in. But still a good storyline, which is probably why this movie could easily work as well as a standalone rather than the third part of a trilogy or as I mentioned earlier part one of the Avengers Aftermath. And definitely allows us to ignore Mark II and all that electric whipping, grey hair extensions and bad Russian accents.

The script is greatly attributed to Shane Black, which after some quick research I found he wrote one of the best movie scripts ever, The Last Action Hero as well as the Lethal Weapon trilogy. He co-wrote the screenplay with Drew Pearce.

The iron-y with the movie is that it is about weaknesses. Tony Stark is Iron Man, as it was so often drummed into our heads. But he really isn’t Iron Man without the suit of armour, his shield, his wall that he puts up between him and the rest of the world. His weakness soon become clear after the anxiety attacks he suffers following the aftermath of the fight with aliens in Avengers, he saved New York but at a cost.

Who is Iron Man? (Image from Collider)

Who is Iron Man? (Image from Collider)

I think I expected more Iron Man and less Tony but in retrospect it’s what makes the movie work, we get a lot of face time with Tony and therefore Robert Downey Jr. He is simply so charismatic  it makes the superhero become less one dimensional and more intriguing he is a human with human emotions, but with a brain of a genius that he uses to great extremes. I don’t know RDJ but I kind of felt there was more of him in this character than ever before, with more narcissism and arrogance but then maybe that is just the mark of a good actor.

Another fabulous actor that brought loads of laughs was Ben Kingsley’s character The Mandarin, I feel like some people may not have seen it yet so I don’t want to be spoilery but boy was his character twist hilarious. And now I’ve said it those who haven’t seen it will be looking out for a spoiler anyway!

My mother was informing me a while ago how well Guy Pearce had done, he managed to do one of those rare things in Hollywood where you kind of disappear but then reinvent yourself and become a fantastic character actor, the really great evil guy who wears a creepy suit with bare feet and makes it work. His turn as the aptly named Aldrich Killian, was scary to say the least, I mean you kind of knew from Tony’s opening narration that he would be a bad guy but just how bad isn’t revealed until later.

And not forgetting the precocious if not adorably funny Ty Simpkins as Harley Keener, who lightened up Tony’s mood and enabled him to move past his issues and fix his Iron Man suit. He was definitely needed to provide the light relief during the period Tony is trying to figure out is foes and fight his way back to becoming Iron Man.

I think my only issue was with the fire-breathing and weird ass Terminator-like Extremis ‘victims’, but that was probably because they were pretty much unbeatable and I think I kind of wanted Stark/Iron Man to get a bit ahead after they destroyed his home. But then the movie took a quick turn for the better, which seemed a bit like HUH but they were all destroyed at the bottom of the ocean HOW could that happen.

That’s were I think the movie went slightly off-kilter because the ending was rushed. There was a moment where I was like boom, go Pepper, in the face of what she goes through she could work alongside Tony rather than him having to constantly feel like he has to protect her and choose between her or his suits. But then oh no, the writers can’t be bothered with that and a quick fix is put in place and that is that.

And then the other part of the epilogue where (OK SPOILER) Tony gets the piece of Iron removed from his chest and is in effect no longer Iron Man! SAY WHAT? I genuinely believed from the first movie that the reason Tony Stark built a mini version of the Ark Reactor was because the iron pieces could not be removed, only for him to decide in the epilogue ah bugger it I’ll get them taken out now. I just don’t know why they did that?! Anybody else give me an explanation, because I don’t know the comic book lore a great deal.

I still really enjoyed the movie, it was a great piece of action and I’m especially looking forward to Thor 2 and Captain America 2 because of it. And everyone else in the world must have enjoyed it too because it became the second biggest debut in the US  just behind Avengers Assemble, grossing an estimated $174.1 million.

Oh and lastly when did Jon Favreau get so fat?