Iron Man

At first I was going to write one big entry about superhero/comic book movies but when I realized how much I'd end up saying and how long that would take to type I decided to cover them individually.



It seems safe to say that this movie looks awesome. Robert Downey Jr. was a stroke of genius to play Tony Stark. Ever since I first heard of this development I've been much more excited than I ever thought I could for an Iron Man flick. The only thing that I'm hesitant about is the fact that it is being made by the director of Zathura and Elf. I often wonder what makes a Hollywood executive look at a resume and say, "This is a guy I will trust with a few dozen million dollars." Don't get me wrong, I like Jon Favreau as an actor. Swingers is priceless and for some reason I really like PCU. It's just that playing Foggy Nelson in Daredevil doesn't qualify you to direct a Marvel movie. Call me cautiously optimistic.

I also hope that this movie treats Iron Man better than the comics industry has in recent memory. He hasn't had a single adventure in his own book that is worth mentioning for longer than I'm qualified to say. More often than not, sub par creative duos are assigned to the book with predictably mediocre and forgettable results. Even when someone outstanding such as Warren Ellis is given writing chores, it seems as though they are calling it in and it never holds a candle to their stronger work. His best recent story by far has been in the pages of Millar and Hitch's Ultimates. He's also been done some justice in the Avengers books. He was even pretty bad ass in the whole Civil War storyline, despite being the pseudo-villain.

His cartoon was also quite enjoyable.



Not that one. The 90's one. Mostly because it had a great cast of supporting heroes. And yes, the vast majority of his villains are hopelessly lame.