good solid fun

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2008)

There is not a terribly large amount to say about this movie. It was everything I could hope for from the movie. The casting was perfect. The script was solid. The special effects was where this really stood out in my mind. Most of the time I can tell when something is CG, but here they blended everything perfectly. The action scenes were amazing fun. They really got me pumped up (not to sound stupid). The one liners were good and not over the top because Tony Stark is supposed to be like that. They built up sequels perfectly but not too much (except of course the Nick Fury appearance). As far as I am concerned it was a perfect summer movie with all of the right parts; lots of action and lots of fun. I won't even begin talking about the scenes that I loved, because there are so many. The reason that it is not rated higher because it was nothing more than entertaining. I did not think the writing was better than average and the CG was the only thing that was better than average. It just appealed to the loser in me.