Get your armor suit on

Rating: 6/10 (22 January 2011)

Much like SPIDER MAN, IRON MAn is at its best when the characters are not in costume. While Robert Downey is not my idea of Tony Stark, he is at least his usual charming self and entertaining whenever he's on-screen. The problem comes whenever he dons the armor suit: it's cartoony and not terribly convincing. The CGI is like something from a video game, and I suppose that's what this movie is targeting: young white males who spend half their lives playing video games and seeking their connection to the big screen. I also am not a big Gwyneth Paltrow fan, but she gives it her best as Pepper Potts, Tony's perky and devoted secretary. This is simply not a film for adults, but then again, what comic book-derived movie is? The character of Iron Man actually is at his best in those endless Marvel Comics cartoons made for TV.