"Iron Man" is the latest comic book movie. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, and has a strong supporting cast including Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard. "Iron Man" is one of the best of the recent crop of super hero movies. Robert Downey Jr. is a perfect casting choice for Tony Stark, and he delivers an excellent performance. The strength of the movie is that the script and Downey make Tony Stark the single most interesting character to have been presented in any super hero movie, period. Only Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker comes close. The rest of the cast is excellent as well, and the chemistry between Paltrow and Downey is extremely enjoyable.
On the negative side, director Jon Favreau isn't exactly who I would think of to direct a super hero movie, and the action scenes in "Iron Man" simply aren't that great compared to other recent super hero movies. I don't want to sound too critical of Favreau, though, since the rest of the movie flows really well. The character development scenes are great, and Favreau even manages to make an extended sequence about engineering improvements to the Iron Man suit fun and interesting. My other slight nitpick with the movie is that there are a few plot points that didn't really make sense to me. After talking about them a bit with Skaff, I guess you can come up with explanations for what's going on, but during the actual viewing of the movie I had several "Huh?" moments.
Overall, I only rank the first two "Spider Man" movies ahead of "Iron Man" as far as super hero movies go, and I think it is quite close. I'd definitely recommend the movie to anyone. Also, if you are a super hero geek like myself, you'll definitely want to sit through the credits for a brief extra scene at the very end of the credits.
Final Grade: A
Monday, May 26, 2008
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