And it was awesome. No two ways around it. It was all I expected it to be, and more.

I love how they didn’t stray too far from Stark being a totally crazy, drink-oriented man. It wouldn’t be Iron Man if Stark was made more, ah, consumer-friendly, so to speak. And yeah, Robert Downey Jr. just had to act like himself to get the man’s character down - so in a sense, he probably was the best actor for the role.

Considering that it was an action flick, I also loved how there wasn’t that much action littered all throughout. Matter of fact, you pretty much just see the MK III armor in action twice. Most of the other times you see Iron Man, it’s either Stark testing his armor, or Stark creating the armor. And the big fights that he had were fantastic - they don’t leave you with that "OMG I was just steamrollered by that sequence" feeling you get with long, drawn-out action sequences. I think the word I’m looking for is "balanced."

Maybe that was the only bad thing about the film - the focus on the armor’s creation. You don’t really get to empathize with any of the other characters - I don’t think Pepper Potts even grew on me, and while Jim Rhodes was cool and all, there was just way too much focus on Stark and his armor for the movie to be about anything else.

That’s just nitpick, though. I still loved the movie, enough to give it at least a 4.5 / 5 rating. I find that hilarious, since I’m not even that big a fan of the character!

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