The journey of films from comic to big screen gets better and better.

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2008)

Iron Man is another film in a long list already made and to come that have made the jump from comic book page to the big screen. Some have failed miserably, like Catwoman, Ghostrider, Batman and Robin or Howard the Duck, and some have broken through magnificently, The Crow, Sin City, Superman and X-Men to name a few. This doesn't mean that everyone will like or hate them or that they have stayed true or run amok from the original creators interpretation. Some have not worked as a film and others have.
I am not a huge reader of Iron Man but from what I remember and have researched the story stayed similar to the comic books.
For me though we are in a time of great imagination and technology and films like Iron Man could not have been done even 10 years ago.
The plot was solid and the character believable, thanks to a good script and a wonderfully light and subtle performance from Robert Downey Jnr, all added to a slick and witty piece of entertainment with outstanding CGI.
Will it stand the test of time? Who knows? I predict it will do well. Better then the awful looking next appearance of Hulk, coming soon, but probably not as well as the next Batmn installment which I look forward to with drooling mouth.
For comic fans everywhere films are here to bring you out of the static imagined world of the comic, which is totally fantastic don't get me wrong, and into the big bucks of Hollywood. All need to change in some way for the transition and the end result will tell.
Some will stink and some will rock. But I am eager to see more.
This latest marvel of Marvels for me is fantastic and worth every penny you spend on it.
Peace.