One of the best comic movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2008)

Last summer season, fans and critics were disappointed by what Spider-Man 3 brought to the big screen. This year, the highly anticipated comic book blockbuster movie Iron Man blew fans and even critics away. According to the critics, Iron Man is considered one of the best comic book movies of all-time and possibly the best of all-time. I totally agree with them and this is what comic book films should be like. Fun and entertaining! Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark) is a billionaire, genius inventor and a playboy man who is kidnapped and forced to build a missile by some crazy terrorists. Instead of building the missile, Stark uses his creative and genius mind and builds a high-tech suit of armor. He battles the people that kidnapped and escapes from the nightmare. When things get out of hand at his weapon manufacturing company, Stark thinks there are better things to do than just weapons, become the Iron Man.
I thought the storyline was great and well develop. It flew well and is not a complicated story to understand. What I like about the plot is that there are major reasons why Stark wanted to be Iron Man. I'm not going to say any reason because I don't want to spoil it for you.
By far, the best thing in Iron Man was the brilliant performance by Downey Jr. The way he acted brought great things to the film. Downey Jr. was born to play this role and he absolutely masters it. The supporting cast did a great job also. Gwyneth Paltrow was a good choice to play Virginia 'Pepper' Potts. She was natural and delivered a pretty good performance. Jeff Bridges did a nice job also. He played a good villain, not the greatest one, but a good one. And finally, Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes or Rhodey or whatever you want to call it. I can't wait to see him as War Machine.
The visual effects in the movie are amazing and very realistic. The CGI work was also great. I really like the shine in Iron Man. It looks real and that's what you are looking for when it comes to f/x and CGI. The action and humor in the film is incredible. Especially the humor! You'll probably laugh through most of the flick.
Iron Man kicked off the 2008 summer season with great entertainment and it delivers in every possible way. The film, in my opinion is way better than the Spider-Man and X-Men movies. Even though I'm a fan of both trilogies, Iron Man is those movies that you want to see it a million times. If you anything to do at your house, I suggest you spent two hours at the movies and see Iron Man.