Iron Man 2

Finally, after almost a year of anticipation, Iron Man 2 was brought to the silver screen across the nation. I, like many others, went to the midnight screening at the theatre near my home. Our show, however, wasn't "technically" a "midnight" showing. Our showing began at 11:59pm on Thursday night meaning that we actually saw the first 60 seconds of the opening credits on the night BEFORE the movie came out!!!! Now I feel important. (You have to be picking up my sarcasm here)

Honestly, the movie was fantastic. It was, in my mind, even better than the first. Lots of action. Lots of explosions. (Guys like explosions) It even had some really great humor. What really got me cracked up, though, were the guys that came in wearing their very own arc reactors on their chests. The arc reactor is the glowing thing that Tony Stark wears on his chest to keep shrapnel from entering his heart, and it also powers the Iron Man suit. I've been to Star Wars Premiers where people have their Jedi apparel on. I saw the Watchmen premiere and had the opportunity to see blue people walking around....clothed thankfully. For some reason, though, I thought the arc reactor thing was really dorky.

Grown men in their 20's and 30's walking around with a glowing "thing" on their chests was almost uncomfortable. I kinda felt sorry for them. If you were one of these people, please understand that I respect all people, but that's just weird. If you want to emulate Iron Man, or even Tony Stark, wouldn't you want more than just the glowing chest? What about the iron armor, or Tony's 3-piece suit, or even his leather jacket? Just wearing the arc reactor wanna be is weak. If you want to really show that you're a fanatic, you need more than just one aspect of the costume. That would be like saying you're batman and only wearing a utility belt, or saying you're wolverine and only wearing one of his gloves. Nerdy I know, but there's a point.

Too many Christians walk around saying they are Christ followers, but not wearing the full outfit. We like to act righteous, but we aren't very truthful. We speak of peace, but we have no faith. We could have all those things, but if there's no knowledge of God's Word, what do we have to base it all on? Needless to say, I "try" not to be the guy walking around with only my "arc reactor" of faith to show. I'm not always successful.

I think the reason I was so uncomfortable around those guys was because it home a little too close.

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