Yes. Yes. Yes!!
I wasn’t expecting a lot coming into the movie, because most Marvel movies, although decent, are not particularly exhilarating. But my boyfriend wanted to see it and I just wanted to see a movie, so we saw it. Best. Decision. Ever. The opening scene (that you’ve probably seen in trailers) is funny at first, but then goes into an action scene. I’m all about action. I loooove the kind of gunfights and shooting common in movies like The Departed, The Italian Job, Shooter, Die Hard, etc. So this was my cup of tea.
Robert Downey Jr, who plays the main character Tony Stark, has the whole sexy/player/sensitive/hardcore thing going on, and the rest of the characters are just as great! I don’t want to give away plot details, but I must say, my favorite type of character was in this movie – the old man. At the risk of sounding creepy, I love old men. The you know, kind, self-sacrificing type. Although my blood boils when they (almost inevitably) are harmed. And then, there’s the evil old man that you don’t suspect in the beginning but then you learn to hate very quickly. I couldn’t help but want to shoot all of the villains myself.
And Gwyneth Paltrow! (And doesn’t she look absolutely fab at a premiere for Iron Man?) Her character Pepper Pots, Stark’s assistant, was beyond cute, had great shoes, and had a couple biting remarks to say to unwitting one night stand girls. There was one scene where Pepper Pots is escorting the one-night stand girl out of the house, and the girl tried to belittle Pepper, only to have Pepper tell her that she “did all Stark asked her to do, even take out the trash.” That scene, and the one where a bad guy shoots the Iron Man only to have the bullet ricochet off of the armor and kill him, make Iron Man possibly the greatest movie I’ve seen in a while.
I can’t sing this movie enough praises!!
Rating: 5/5 Stars. Go see it now. I mean it. You won’t regret it.
