Iron Man

Wilsford's Review

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Notable Characters:
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark
Terrence Howard - Jim Rhodes
Jeff Bridges - Obadiah Stane
Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts

Plot (contains spoilers): Playboy and super genius, Tony Stark, has built a multi-billion dollar empire based on making weapons. While in the Middle East showing off a new weapon he is captured by terrorists and forced to replicate the weapon for them. The terrorists have managed to accumulate a giant stockpile of Stark Industries weapons and so Tony has all that he needs to rebuild the weapon. Locked in a cave Tony decides to build something different, a giant mechanical suit. With this suit he breaks out of his cell, kills many terrorists, and destroys all of his weapons that they possess. When he returns to the states, he calls for a press conference where he tells the media that due to his eye opening experience his company is no longer going to build weapons and instead help people around the world. To aid his cause he decides to remake the iron suit with improvements. Obadiah Stane, second-in-command of the company, angry over Tony's choice to stop making weapons, learns of what Stark is doing and builds himself a suit but for the purpose of making the ultimate weapon. Tony Stark flys around saving people but the real show down is when Iron Man goes head-to-head with Stane's creation. Iron Man wins.

Reason why I didn’t like it:

• It would have been cooler to see more Iron Man gadgets. Though I am not familiar with the story at all, I'm sure that there were some sweet things that didn't get shown.

Reasons why I liked it:

• Robert Downey Jr was perfect for this. He was really a fun to watch.
• Special effects were great. They rivaled the effects of Transformers, which in my opinion was the best special effects of last year.
• Good story telling. One of the things that really make me dislike a movie is when a character goes through a transformation and it seemed to happen over night with out much prompting. This was the opposite. Stark's transformation was logical and realistic. When you do things like that it helps people to get involved in the story.
• Great ending. It just seemed perfect for the character.

Final Notes: This was an excellent choice to start the summer with. It is going to be difficult to top. However, if this is considered one of the worst blockbusters for this summer, it is going to be an awesome summer of movies.