delivers well and is lighthearted but serious at the same time

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2008)

i was absolutely pumped to go see this movie ever since i saw the trailer with the guitar riff to 'Ironman' by Black Sabbath. i warn you now you don't hear this song till the end credits. anyways with all that aside now comes the good bit.
this movie opens straight up into the developing of Iron Man with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) going through Afghanistan with a military escort. The escort is attacked and Tony Stark is kidnapped.
the movie then goes to about a day earlier showing who the character of Tony Stark is, what he does and why he is so famous. and Tony is a real jerk to a lot of people. (in this part we get to see Stan Lee as Hugh Heffner...cool)
fast forward quite a bit and Tony is back in America and realised how much damage his company is responsible of with making its weapons of destruction. so he sets out to perfecting the Ironman suit, which he had already made a makeshift one back in Afghanistan.
after quite a few hilarious scenes of him perfecting his suit he finally puts on the red and gold suit everyone knows and slowly starts making a difference.
the great change we see from Tony Stark at the beginning to the end is very well done and actually convincing. as though this person is actually going through these changes.
Robert as Tony is a great choice, and he even looks like him. he delivers great. Gwyneth Paltrow...who i haven't seen in much, is actually quite good so don't fear she may ruin it. we see Terrence Howard as Col. James Rhodes who does a fine job, and there is a scene where he hints for something to be developed in the future of the marvel world. Jeff Bridges is great to. how he works over Tony and manipulates him.
this movie isn't the highest action packed movie out there but when Iron Monger comes along there are some awesome scenes between him and Iron Man. a very very good comic book hero movie.