Amazingly boring

Rating: 5/10 (8 July 2009)

OK, it's a comic book movie. I got that. Also, they are Marvel comics, so Ari Arad has something to do with it and the main goal is not a cinematic masterpiece. I am also unfamiliar with the comics themselves. So I didn't watch this movie with high expectations, not at all.
And still, it bored the hell out of me. Terrorists kidnap the most brilliant weapon manufacturer in the world? He escapes by building a robotic suit instead of the missile the terrorists wanted him to build? And the suit is powered by a battery that he just happened to create while in captivity? Was that the plot of the comic? Because usually even the worst comics have a plot!
And then the casting. I like Robert Downey, even if he hasn't acted in anything decent lately. Jeff Bridges? A favourite of mine. Gwyneth Paltrow, yummy! I even like Terrence Howard. And what did they achieve? Absolutely nothing! NOTHING! Not that they played badly, but they just couldn't do anything within the script!
What else is there to talk about? The special effects? Some flashy lights and then lots of explosions. Oh, and a flying robotic suit.
Bottom line: lousy story to begin with, but scripted even worse. Avoid!