Not so Super

Rating: 6/10 (11 June 2008)

I understand the hype from the true hard core Iron Man fans of the comic book. Went with my brother, who is one of those and he loved it. Me....not so much. Special effects, humor all fine. Downey, Jr. I could buy. The problem for me was the suspending of believability,I had a similar problem with the 2nd Indiana Jones Movie. I know it's fantasy, I know it's a comic book, but if you get out of the cartoon world at least try to have action that is somewhat believable. The whole sequence with him building that first Iron Man Suit in a cave ....Yeesh! Plus dropping 500 feet from the sky and getting up without a hair messed up just made me groan. The plot was shaky. Now, I didn't mind a little politics in there. Certainly the idea of our enemies getting hold of the weapons we build to defeat them is probably more true than we care to think about.That being said, I find it impossible to believe that the Jeff Bridges character (and he does give a great over-the-top performance)as the CEO of the world's biggest arms manufacturer would be zipping around 3rd world countries personally to oversee his black market arms sales and deal with petty warlords. But hey, the film delivers some great CGI moments, the Iron Man suit is spectacular and Downey is a good choice for the character. Everyone else liked it so go and enjoy.