Iron Man

We went to see Iron Man with a bunch of friends last Friday night and I must say I had a great time. I actually met one of my friends at the theater an hour before the show and found that the line to get in was already halfway across the lobby! So we get into the line and realize that we are going to have to save 7 other seats when we get inside! I don't know how you feel about saving seats but that's not an easy thing to do on opening night in a full theater. I don't think the other people were as excited for the film as we were.

But long story short we were able to save the seats without getting into any fights (that I'm aware of).

So what did I think of the movie? I'd give it an A-. Now I know what you're thinking, I'm just a die hard comic book hero geek that will like any super hero movie that comes my way. And that's just not true (for example I hated Daredevil, The Punisher, The Hulk and Electra). But this one was really good. I totally bought Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. And the CGI looked incredible. The scenes with Iron Man flying with the Air Force Jets was pretty cool. And the story did enough back story that you knew what was going on without making you feel like you had too much of an origin and not enough action. Speaking of the action, there were some cool scenes but it would have been nice having one more.

I don't expect anyone in the Academy to nominate this movie for Best Picture but if you go see it you'll really have a good time. I think everyone that was in our group really enjoyed it. And it's one that will definitely be in my DVD collection.

And it didn't do too bad in its opening weekend, just under $200 million dollars. The sequel is already set for April 30, 2010. Oh, by the way, make sure you stay through the credits for a bonus scene!