Review – Iron Man

Yet another classic Marvel comic makes it to the big screen. I actually liked this one better than I thought I was going to. I wasn’t a big fan of the print version; Iron Man always seemed to be teaming up with other heroes, and I preferred the lone wolves. But this movie makes some good points about the military-industrial complex on top of serving up a parade of flashy special effects. Robert Downey doesn’t play intense as well as he used to, but naturally he pulls off the Tony-Stark-party-animal without a hitch. Gwenyth Paltrow looks good with the slightly darker hair color, even though her role doesn’t amount to much. The script is solid and the dialogue reasonably witty. But of course the real star of the show is the suit, which plays its part without a hitch. Mildly amusing