The most Awesome adaptation of a Marvel Comic yet!

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2008)

This film is awesome on so many levels.
First, the performances. Downey completely dominates the role of Tony Stark, a guy who goes from being kind of an arrogant, self-absorbed jerk to a hero. He still manages to keep a sense of humor about him despite all that is happening. Paltrow is his unrequited assistant, Pepper Potts, and Jeff Bridges is the double-dealing Obediah Stane. All of the actors seamlessly meld into their characters.
The story is very true to the original comics by Stan Lee, with updates to make it more contemporary. (In Lee's original, Stark has his origin as a prisoner in Vietnam.) Unlike a lot of Marvel Adaptations, they've made the story captivating, even if you are a hard-core comic fan who already knows the tale.
The special effects, unlike some of FX sequences, are good but don't dominate the story. The same can be said of the action scenes.
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