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I find it amusing that media pundits, desperate to find something to talk about now that the Obama/Wright controversy(?) has started to finally wind down, think that the box office performance of Iron Man will be affected by the release earlier this week of Grand Theft Auto IV.

In case you have been living with Osama bin Laden in a cave, I should tell you that Iron Man is the movie that people that don't like movies plan to see. The super-hero flick that your comic hating friends/family/and significant other are beating down the door to get tickets to.

These experts reached this conclusion based on the preposterous theory that Halo 3 affected the poor box office performance of The Heartbreak Kid back in September. Yes, that must have been the problem. Well done, folks. You've solved the mystery.

This is why media experts are fucking tossers.

The Heartbreak Kid did poorly because it looked like a shit movie. Iron Man will do well because it looks fucking spectacular and Robert Downey Jr. rocks whatever movie he deigns to take part in. If you disagree, watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and get back to me.

So no, I don't think there is a correlation here, people. Move along.