Hee hee! Now that was fun! Funfunfunfunfun.
I have never heard of this comic book. I knew nothun' about nuthun'. And I'm really enjoying this trend of late where actually talented actors play superheros (I am perplexed and yet intrigued by the notion that Edward Norton is playing The Hulk.) It was like it wasn't even a superhero movie. Just kind of a ... far-fetched entertaining movie about a mega-millionaire who sees the evil of his ways and decides to make amends. With a computer-powered metal suit. It was funny and it was action and the CGI was not so laughably remedial that you get pulled out of the comic book world, which you were gamely willing to suspend disbelief for, with an gutteral "Oh, come ON!" (spiderman 1 , anyone? yeah the guy's supposed to be super limber, but he still does have an attached spine you know? human's do not bend backwards like that even if they are swinging through downtown on webs shot from their wrists) And Robert Downey Jr. was remarkably attractive and compelling and macho and self-deprecating.
Yes, there were a number of things that didn't really make sense even within the logic established by the plot (just how long can someone live without his heart? it was his heart he was living without, near the end when he crawls back to his laboratory, right? I don't know) -- but it gleefully passed the watch test. Fun! Verdict: First Run Theatre
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