Iron Man Review

To be honest, I did not want to see this movie.

I do like action flicks, comic book movies can be great (the Reeves Superman series was awesome) but Iron Man? I did not even know the back story.

Before going to the movie I only knew that RDjr was in it. I had no idea that Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridge and Terrence Howard. Clearly I was not paying attention to the trailers.

I liked the ironic nods to the historical Iron Man (my sweetie is a font of all types of super hero knowledge), but I also like the fact that it was shot in the present day with contemporary bag guys.

There was enough comedy without going overboard, and the hard rock soundtrack was appropriate.

There are tons of other reviews that go through the movie in far more detail so I wont, but I do think it is very much worth going to see on the big screen simply for the splendor of it all.

Oh yes, I nearly forgot, the CGI in this movie is done very well, it did not distract me from the story at all (unlike Superman Returns, and the last Indiana Jones-- horrid distracting CGI).

My only complaint is that I did find the story line and some of the violence a bit strong for young viewers.