The animated series wasn't that good also

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2009)

I grew up watching all kinds of cartoons. One of them was the Iron Man animated series. I must say that even if I didn't love it, I used to watch it a lot. Well since we now are living in the "cartoon/other movie to a new film era" it was more than expected to see this in a live action flick.
The plot was as expected as the transition from animated series to live action movie at least. I thought it was really mediocre and cliché filled. Well that is what sells the most. But I particularly don't like that in a movie. So when people tell me that this movie is really great, I can't believe them. The main character was the typical winner, know it all, who always do the right things and never is wrong superhero (That happens when Dr. House wants to be a superhero, or in every Steven Seagal film). This was the stereotyped main character that some movies tried to eradicate (The Dark Knight or the Matrix for example). So how can we see them again? I don't know the reason but I think that many people are just tired of them like me.
The acting was average. But I particularly don't like Downey. He barely even acts. In the past few years he only played as an alcoholic, troubled man. In this movie he's a winner also. It seems like an attempt of using only his looks to attract movie goers, because the talent is almost non-existence.
Another point that I would like to mention is the incredible amount of sexism in this film. Women are objects for the main character, even his secretary was part of this (At first I thought she had a little bit of dignity). Is that the kind of hero we want? I certainly do not
The character from the comic book itself wasn't that good, I think that Iron Man is the worst "serious" superhero out there. Some people will disagree with me but to me this movie is just more of what we have seen a million times before, just with better effects.