I don't think so

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2008)

When I watched the Iron Man trailer, I figured okay this movie will be entertaining and something fun to see. Granted I love most of the comic book movies of recent times (except Electra, Daredevil), especially the revised Batman series, and the X-men series and Fantastic Four is getting better with each movie. Well I guess I was somewhat right. You could say I was somewhat entertained but I don't know maybe that would be an exaggeration.
First the Bad: Characters we're not developed at all, so you really didn't care about anybody except for Tony Starks.
Terrible plot. SPOILER: Terribly developed fight scene between Iron Monger and Iron Man, which just made me sick. All that build up for such a lame fight scene in the end. There was nothing special about it, it was short, and there was nothing to fight for by that point. Iron Man could of walked away to fight another day and we (the audience) would've lost nothing. And I know this is taboo in the comic book world, but I couldn't really believe that Tony Starks build the suit in a cave out of spare parts, something should've been done in the writing process to make it more believable.
Also and this part bugs me but maybe I'm overreacting. I thought the movie was way too Pro-American Military, too Anti-Islamic, and the scenes with Afgani terrorists, well they just looked too Hollywood for me. If they were really going to use today crisis in Afganistan as a plot device I would've appreciated if they could've made it more realistic then just getting some darker skinned actors (clean shaven) and called them Afganistan terrorists. This movie re-enforced so many negative stereotypes.
Okay that was a lot of bad and I did give it 7 outta 10 stars, so here's the good: Robert Downey Jr.
If it wasn't for his quick witty responses and overall comic relief this movie would've bombed, because every movie nowadays has great FX (and it was great) you can't really say "the movie was good cause of the special effects". Also the comedy by other actors was very funny. I did laugh out loud a few times.
So If you think, like I do, that The new Batman Series is perfect, and X-men series was pretty damn good, and believe that comic book movies need depth and realism as well as fantasy, well I would rent this movie once not expect too much and hope the sequel will be better.