I’m into comic books so I was looking forward to Iron Man. The trailer was a work of art and really showed off what this movie was capable of. The trailer was just a taste thankfully, as the movie was completely awesome.

Shan liked it as well as I did, judging from our constant conversations about the movie the entire night after seeing it. She wondered what parts were true to the comic, why this guy did that, etc. Most of the time I could give some sort of answer for her. I have read Iron Man here and there in Secret Wars, New Avengers, and the recent Secret Invasion crossover. But I wasn’t an expert on the character by any means.

That didn’t keep me from loving this movie. I thought Transformers was a miracle adaptation from toy/comic to movie, this is that and more, 10-fold. It definitely won’t win any Oscars, but it should be nominated for “Most Fun Movie” of 2008 (so far.)

Robert Downey Jr. surprised me and Shan as being genius in this role. He plays Tony Stark like he IS Tony Stark. He’s arrogant, egotistical, and confident. He’s good with his hands, good with women, and good with the one-liners. Just a spectacular performance. I wanted to be him and Shan wanted to do him.

So yeah, go see it. I’m pretty confident that you won’t be wasting your money.

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