As Americans, and plain normal people, it should come as no surprise to any of us when someone really cool comes along and grabs our attention. Throughout my life there have been many a cool thing or person to come along and rock it out. For me, it starts with the Teenage Mutant Turtles, continues on with Sylvster Stallone, and more recently there have been people like Clooney. However, today I realized who the newest cool guy is. This person has actually been around for quite a while, but it hasnt been until the past couple of years that he has stepped up to the cool lime light.
All of this came about today as I watched a movie that I feel like did not receive the credit and acclaim that it should have. The movie is Sherlock Holmes, and the star and new cool guy is Robert Downey Jr. I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man a few years ago, and have enjoyed Downeys antics ever since, but after seeing Sherlock Holmes (and to an extremely lesser extent The Soloist) I cant help but find Robert to be totally awesome. His snide remarks and witty sense of humor keep me guessing as to what he will say and do next, and I love it. He reminds me of Clooney, just dirtier. Downey has indeed been around for a long time, but I think he let himself get in his own way, and now he is ready to be humble and just have fun with everything he does. Not to mention its probably easier to get good movies when you arent juiced up on whatever drugs Mr. Downey was into during the 90s.
No doubt there will be several others to take the cool torch as far as my opinions are concerned, but for right now there is non better than Robert Downey Jr. Take my advice and check out Sherlock Holmes as soon as you can and hopefully you will enjoy it as much as me. Thanks for reading
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