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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 4199286" data-attributes="member: 40123">Saw it yesterday in probably the most expensive theater, but let me tell you it was well worth it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Many complained about Downey Jr. being cast as Tony Stark, but having seen the man's work before, I had no worries he could pull it off. And he does, wonderfully. He brings the character's trademark suaveness and smugness with ease, but also shines in the rare scenes of vulnerability and obsessive drive. Downey makes you believe in Tony Stark as an ineffectual genius suddenly burdened with responsibility. Not a small feat. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  The rest of the cast were also good. Gwyneth just shines as Pepper Potts, and has some wonderful chemistry with Downey. I especially liked the scene where she:[sblock]replaces the arc light generator on his chest. Very funny exchange with some hilarious gross out moments.[/sblock]Terrence Howard was okay as Rhodey, but like many, I felt he wasn't given much to do. Still, he plays a good straight man to Downey's rowdy Stark. But Jeff Bridges was a real surprise as Obadiah Stane. A borderline corporate scum turned villain, he was in my mind a very effective villain. Terrific, if brief performance.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> However, as good as the performances are, what we fans are really hungering are scenes featuring the golden avenger himself. And man, do they deliver. Iron Man looks glorious on the big screen. The Mark I is retro cool and the scenes featuring it make for a nice action sequence. But once the Mark III enters the scene, all bets are off. All those scenes from the comic are wonderfully translated onscreen with some excellent visual effects. [sblock]My only quibble is that they didn't go much into depth on the suit's technology, besides the use of the arc light generator as it's power source. Still, the scenes with Tony testing the initial versions of the suit make for some hilarious bits. [/sblock]Other quibbles include a completely forgettable soundtrack, and [sblock]Iron Man's fight with the Iron Monger, which felt tacked on and didn't have a satisfactory ending.[/sblock] Still, they're minor and don't much detract from what is probably the best Marvel movie since Spider-Man 2. Hope to see it again tommorow. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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