Iron Man

Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man was a stroke of genius. The best movie of the Marvel Franchise so far IMHO - beating Spiderman and the X-Men - simply brilliant. The introduction of S.H.I.E.L.D. opens the promise of a movie introducing Nick Fury! An important element of my childhood just came to life. I'm so excited!

Now Marvel just need to make movies with The Mighty Thor and Dr. Strange, and DC have to make The Green Lantern and The League of Superheroes, and the mythology of my childhood has been born and I can die happy.

Iron Man was so awesome and I am so excited that I can't begin to do a proper review. Just go see the movie, and you'll see what I mean. I've been looking forward to the movie for months. When I first saw that Robert Downey Jr. had been cast as Tony Stark I was totally excited, he seemed so right for the role. The movie lives up to all my most hopeful expectations. Gwenyth Paltrow makes a perfect Pepper Potts and I am so glad they kept the character's comic name. Jeff Bridges was awesome too. The CGI was good IMHO - though I have no doubt that Zen will bitch.