Iron Man, based on the Marvel comic and with Robert Downey Jr. as the title character. Jon Favreau directed. Watch the trailer: http://movies.aol.com/movie/iron-man/24396/main
I've never read the comic book for the source of this movie so I went to see it with no preconceptions. I read the glowing reviews and saw how audiences have made it a monster hit. Was this movie as good as all that? Yes indeed. It's everything you expect in a big budget crowd pleaser: Good cast, state-of-the-art special effects, terrific surround sound, and a pounding metal tune-filled score. The super success of Iron Man will spawn several sequels.
Since he's controlled his personal demons, Robert Downey Jr. has proved he can carry a big film and we expect to see more of him. He's always been a good actor but now his career is back on track. The rest of the cast is good in their perfunctory roles as villains, his buddy, his gal Friday but they flesh out their roles with their acting skills, boistered with snappy dialogue. How they manage to stay not dwarfed by the marvelous special effects show a good director in command of his story. There's the usual scenes you expect in this kind of film but it never panders to the audience and the humor is never misplaced. You laugh along with it and not at it. I think Mom would have enjoyed it
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