A couple Sundays ago I finally went to see Iron Man with a friend. He's always been one of my favorite Marvel heroes; I guess his lack of 'powers' and he intelligence and mechanical ability appeal to me. Plus, powered armor rocks. I thought they did the character justice in the movie, while at the same time effectively updating it to modern times (terrorists instead of communists and things like that). It was a good movie, not too long, with a lot of action, and a nice mix of comedy thrown in. Not much more you can ask for in a summer blockbuster.

Or is there?

Last Friday some friends and I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I had heard mixed reviews about it and tried not to get my hopes up too much for it. That said, I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. It wasn't perfect by any means, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, more so than I did Iron Man. Parts of it were a little far-fetched, especially the ending (they could have just disappeared, they didn't need that) but it was an interesting story. I think I rank it above Temple of Doom on my list of favorite Indy movies (for first and second it's hard to pick between Raiders and Crusade). I think it's been my favorite movie so far this year, out of the few that I've seen.

Finally, on Saturday I saw The Eagles at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was an awesome show, almost four hours long. They did all their biggest hits, from Hotel California to Take It Easy to Heartache Tonight and my personal favorite, Life In the Fast Lane. They did some songs from their new album, Long Road Out of Eden, as well as other songs from their solo careers. I thought that after all these years the performance might be a bit lackluster, but they could still hit all the high notes (even in Witchy Woman) and Joe Walsh was going crazy on guitar more than a couple times. It was a thoroughly awesome show and if you can catch any of their other tour dates (they'll be in Madison Square Garden this weekend) and like their music, don't miss out!

So that's some of the stuff I've been up to recently. It's been a while since I did a non-Weekly Update entry, so I figured this would be a decent topic to write about. Hope you enjoyed, go see some movies and some bands!