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Comic book fight! And I don't mean of the POW! CRACK! variety. I mean that Marvel Comics' own Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., totally slammed the locker door in the face of Dark Knight helmer Christopher Nolan, and pretty much everyone else on that film and at DC Comics. I'm totally ducking out of Biology to stand in the hallway and watch, because the gauntlet has been thrown, y'all. Apparently, RDJ didn't get The Dark Knight. In an interview with Moviehole for his role in Tropic Thunder, the big screen's Tony Stark railed against the critically acclaimed Dark Knight, saying he didn't get what was so brilliant about the film and eventually working up enough of a lather to drop the F-bomb on the entire DC Comics empire.
Said Downey Jr.: "My whole thing is that I saw The Dark Knight. I feel like I'm dumb, because I feel like I don't get how many things that are so smart [sic]. It's like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing, and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I loved The Prestige but didn't understand The Dark Knight. Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character, and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it. This is so highbrow and so fucking smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? Fuck DC comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from." I know, right?!
Here's the thing. I have a college degree. I have a college degree in film. And while I got and know what happened in the movie (I sat through the whole thing, I didn't get up once to pee), I'm one of those people who didn't think it was the earth-shattering cinematic experience that so many others seem to have. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie -- it was very good -- but I walked out of the theater wondering why everyone had their panties in such a twist about it. So I'm kind of with RDJ on this one. Top it off with the fact that I liked Iron Man's outfit way better (and didn't once get pulled out of the moment by his character's voice, Christian Bale), and I'm totally throwing my weight behind Downey Jr. in this fight. Not that I hate DC Comics or anything, but if RDJ is going to challenge them to meet in the parking lot after school, I'm totally parking my car so none of the teachers can see what's going on.
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