I went to see Iron Man this Friday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a big comic book action film fan anyway and I had been looking forward to this for quite some time.

Robert Downey, Jr. was very, very good in his role of Tony Stark, multi-billionaire weapons producer, who undergoes a change of thinking about his position in the world after being captured and threatened with death via his own weapons. Downey has a magnetism which projects exceedingly well on the big screen and the dialogue is both smart and witty. Gwyneth Paltrow as his Girl Friday, Pepper Potts (I love that name), carries her part very well and Jeff Bridges is wonderful as the back-stabbing villain with his shaved head and close-cropped beard.

I won't spoil the story for any who intend to see it but it is paced well with some genuinely funny moments to spice up the picture. The action itself is appropriately complex enough for the big screen and even though the ending is a bit trite it still carries it off and there is promise of more to come.

It is worth the money and time to go to the theater to see this. Buy some popcorn and get a cold soda and just enjoy.