I will be the firs to admit that I gave this movie the Gas Face when I read that Robert Downey Jr. was going to play the lead. I lit his @$$ up and Hollywood for that move. HOWEVER, I have to admit...Iron Man was THE shizznit. No lie. The pace was good, the characters were on point, but more importantly, the time they took to show how he fined tuned the armor and him getting familiar with it was stellar.
You often fred books and see how they change into costume and it doesnt make sense, but you buy it, because, after all, it is a comic book... But the different prototypes, how he came up with the ideas, how the suits were crafted, how he put it on and took it off, it's capabilities...man, they did a great job with that. I salute the whole creative team that put this together!!
Don't get me wrong, this does not make up for Daredevil, The Punisher (both versions), Superman, Ghost Rider, Captain America, The Fantastic 4 and a host of other garbage that has come out or is due to come out (HULK). But I am really impressed by the effort.