Iron Man, - Not this summer, not any summer.

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2008)

When I first heard of Robert Downey Jr. playing the role of billionaire Tony Stark, I was easily going to ignore this movie was ever made and take my money elsewhere. But since I saw the worst movies possible created by man, I thought; "hey why not give it a try". To my surprise the movie followed Iron Man's Origins story pretty close. In fact most of the film is very accurate to the comic books. But alas thats not where my problems begin. My first gripe was with the lines in general. While i enjoy witty banter like any other New Yorker, I felt that Favreau focused more on trying to make Tony Stark look witty, than using any ability in the directing of action.
I don't mind a few one liners here and there, but the entire film felt as if Robert Downey Jr, was delivering a punchline. I didn't seem to notice this till around the one hour mark, when I was still observing Downey trying to be funny in every scene, and still no Mark3 armor(red and gold suite). Finally after the hour mark we get a show case of what the armor can do. Unfortunately THIS is where the movie seems to dull down. We don't get to see how much the suit can take but rather how much it can run away. While the action started very good it ended very poorly. This is a movie that has to tangle with the force that Transformers was. It loses very quickly when every action scene turns out to be very uneventful.
Mainly my biggest peeve was seeing everyone run circles around Downey's acting. Frankly Jeff Bridges steals the show as expected, but even then not enough of Bridges is given to help many appreciate his acting. Lastly we have the last action scene. this bothered me the most and helped me realize that Jon Favreau is really better at writing and or directing comedy. there's just not enough action to begin with and not enough "epic" moments to keep me satisfied.