Fun

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2013)

I thought this movie was entertaining all the way through. I grew up reading comics, but I don't usually enjoy superhero movies. What I liked about this one is that nothing looked bad from a design/art direction standpoint. Sometimes even movies with good stories will have costumes or equipment that just look terrible, but the Iron Man armor looked great. Of course, Robert Downey Jr. makes the Tony Stark character almost as iconic as what Johnny Depp did with Jack Sparrow. I didn't watch this movie with my kids, but I thought it was more geared towards teens than elementary age. There were a lot of adult themes that I think would be hard for younger kids to sit through, and lots of stretches without action. There are scenes of womanizing, some graphic war violence, and corporate politics, which I thought would either bore or be a little graphic for preschoolers. I mention this because there is obviously lots of marketing directed at that age group. When the fight scenes are shown, they are exhilarating. At this point, Iron Man 3 is already out, and there is talk of RDJ leaving the franchise. It wouldn't be the same if he left.