Judged by the trailer, it's silly. Judged by the first viewing, it's good.

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2008)

Well, about 10 months ago I first saw the trailer of Iron Man, in which Robert Donney Jr. plays a very clichéd and silly "iron man", which reminds me of the 1960's Japanese cartoon series "Atom Boy", especially when Iron Man flies by jetting from the feet. In a moment, I was telling myself, "This is gonna be another piece of CGI rubbish." But, I was totally wrong. on May 2nd I walked into the theater in Chinese Mainland, waiting for a 2-hour letdown(Which I spent to gather some former classmates). The movie begins with Robert Donney being blown away by his own bomb, and then kidnapped by some terrorist. Then we saw a long flashback about Tony Stark(Donney)'s life style. Donney has been famous for giving noisy and "rap" performances in many charming characters. This time he definitely did it again. While the audiences are being convinced by the conversion from a play boy to a super hero, which is tuned down by the makers, the movie just kept teasing everyone's eyeballs with exciting actions and a sense of "Donney" humor. The "escaping from terrorists base" scene was considered to be a really big stereotype in my mind, but it worked out very intense and interesting.
Jeff Bridges and Patrow share the same amount of supporting roles. However, it is definitely Bridges to win the applause. Even though Patrow didn't blow me away, still she does no harm to the movie. Very smart screenplay and editing,worth a node of Academy's technical Awards.
8.4/10 better than Spiderman 3.