Comic Geeks Rejoice!!!

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2008)

Favreau made the perfect Iron Man film. Who'd have thought the guy who brought you "You're so money!" could get the first great film of the summer season so right?
I knew when I first heard about Robert Downey Jr's role as Tony Stark, that it was a match, but damn. After watching the film and noticing his deadpan, snarky humor and flippant one-liners, I am very relieved that Tom Cruise didn't get the role. Downey embodied on screen all that Stan Lee's Stark was on paper.
Adding to it, great performances by Paltrow, Howard, even "The Dude" Jeff Bridges was a great choice as Obidiah Stane.
ILM did much of the sfx, and the hundreds of other sfx people made Iron Man a seamlessly beautiful delight. George Lucas' other company, Skywalker Sound made breaking the sound barrier and munitions fire seem perfectly real.
Many mini-intros into other characters, spin-offs and sequels are in the film, including an after-credits appearance by a Bad Mutha-F..... as the head of a (WILL REMAIN NAMELESS) organization.
All-in-all, a great movie. I loved it, the rest of the audience seemed to like it too. Comic geeks push up your glasses and rejoice, Iron Man brings the metal!