A Huge Surprise...!!

Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2008)

I have to admit that when I sat down to watch this film, I was a little skeptical. Marvel had come out with some really crappy movies and a few major letdowns, so there was no reason to expect anything else from Iron Man...O how wrong I was. This movie has so many things going for it. Not only is the script solid, but they had a fantastic cast. Robert Downey jr IS Tony Stark. He makes the character to be exactly what he should be and made it beleaveable and the other actors were fantasticaly cast in their roles. Whats cool about the film is that if you read the comics, you will pick up little nod's here and there to the fans of the comic which is a nice touch that the filmmakers not only were faithful to the source, but updated for todays audience. The special FX are very well done and only enhance the film experience. I think the film added humor in just the right way. Unlike the Fantastic 4 films where I felt like they were more gags meant to be funny that to me, felt really out of place and took any seriousness out of the film, Iron Man has Humor placed just right while stll maintaining a fairly serious tone. My only little nag is I wish there were more fights between Iron Man and opponits/villains but seeing as how this is the first film, what we got was perfect. All in all, this is a smart, well written comic book film that will appeal to the fans of the character and movie goers as a whole.