Grade: AThe only thing this film was missing was a cameo by Vince Vaughn and him saying, 'dude, you're so money.' Those of you who have seen Swingers will get that. If you haven't, go to your Netflix account and add it to your queue, or, no, wait...first smack yourself in the head for having not seen it, then by all means do what it takes to see this movie. But we're not talking about Swingers. We're talking about Iron Man. But, DO see Swingers at some point.
When I first heard they were making this film, my first reaction was oh shit, here it comes, another comic-great turned into a stupid hollywood movie. But then, I heard that Jon Favreau was directing it. And with that, my original 'oh shit' reaction evolved into a piqued interest, one eyebrow raise. After that, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. would play Tony Stark (Iron Man), and then I actually started to get excited. Who, better than Downey Jr. could pull this off? No one.
Iron Man isn't riddled with stupid dialogue or a cheesy plot. It's a very 'flowing' kind of film that keeps you interested during the action spikes and even during the slower moments, of which, there aren't many. It's a very believable concept, providing one person had enough wealth and intelligence to accomplish what Stark did. And who would've thought that shy Starman boy Jeff Bridges could play such a creepy, bald, bad guy? Guy was freakin' me out man.
Paltrow was okay here too...just okay. I wasn't blown away with her, but I didn't dislike her. She wasn't quite the damsel in distress, but more like the Paltrow we saw in Sky Captain. Or, perhaps a toned down version of Lois Lane. Her and Downey seemed to have fun chemistry, so it worked.
They're already talking Iron Man 2 slated for a 2010 release. Bring it. Oh, and did I mention there was a brand new Dark Knight trailer attached to this? Yeah. Go see it, now.
Director Jon Favreau did a great job with this film. He was right on the money...er, no...he was money. Yeah, he was so money baby.
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