Amazing...no....really!!

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2008)

Ironman is an amazing movie. Why? it's enjoyable. plain and simple. It will appease the hordes of comic nerds and never-touched-a-comic-book-in-my-life people. With me being part of the latter group, I had no idea what to expect. I went in expecting a popcorn movie (which it was, lets not lie) and got a great movie experience. I was sad when it ended cause well it ended. Robert Downey Jr. is amazing. You can feel his anger, fear, intelligence and frat-boy mentality that is Tony Stark (the guy in the suit) radiate from the screen. He might, MIGHT, be able to get some serious nominations for his acting. It's a huge sharer turnaround. Downey owns the whole movie in it's enierty. every scene he's in he controls it. he doesn't act, he becomes Tony Stark, it's creepy. All you can do is believe him. I personally don't think that anyone could make this nut case of a charciter feel real. Yet he is the most realistic superhero brought to the screen. No mutant bug bite, no gamma radiation, no mutant gene. Just Himself, hard work, and a weird magnet in his chest. (only thing in the movie that is a real stretch. I bought it cause the movie explains it the best they could and it's the basis of the comic. For example: How can anyone explain the reason spider-man didn't die from such a rapid change in DNA: from human to spider? Just go with it.) Ironman is Marvel's Batman. they don't have superpowers, they have to create the powers themselves. (though Stark goes no where near Batman's emo outlook) The special effects have mentioning too. They used special effects when absolutely needed. THey built a real ironman suit. CGI was placed around it. Other roles, such as Pepper Potts, are nicely played. Paltrow nicely acts the sexual tension between Stark and Potts. Pay attention during scenes between them. lovely acting + good script + some chemistry = great movie moments. GO SEE THIS MOVIE. NOTES (big Spoilers!! you were warned): the scene after the credits is not important. just a cliff hanger that serves a trailer for another ironman movie (i was going to see the second movie anyway). listen to the ironman song during the credits and leave. look for Capitan America's shield when Stark is in his basement. Stark is to cool for pet dogs. he has pet robots that build stuff. Tony Stark can fly.