I…saw…IRON MAN

3 comments May 19th, 2008

I was on vacation last week, which explains the lack of postings on this blog (I’m lazy, but I’m not that lazy), but while I was away from the office (and, more importantly, while my daughter was away at her grandparents’), my wife and I finally managed to see a real movie in a real theater. And what cinematic masterpiece did we choose?

IRON MAN, of course. That’s clearly one to catch on the big screen.

Like the critics say, it’s a great comic book film. Full of the sort of wise-ass attitude and over-the-top action that makes a movie about a guy in a metal suit worth the eight bucks. What’s unusual — especially for a comic book film which, let’s be honest, are not usually known for their acting — is how crucial Robert Downey Jr. was to the movie’s success. Another actor might’ve made this a movie about Iron Man, but Downey’s performance — funny, edgy and sincere — made it about Tony Stark, the man inside the suit. The effects are solid — CGI has really come a long way in the past couple of years — but what anchors the film is Downey. Thankfully, he’s signed up for the inevitable sequels. Right now, any IRON MAN movie would be unthinkable without him.