IRON MAN

There has been a surge of superhero films lately. There have been good ones,(SpiderMan, X2, Batman Begins.) But there have been way too many bad ones,(SpiderMan 3, Fantastic Four 2, Daredevil, the list goes on and on.) But now there is a movie that tops them all, IRON MAN.
Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a billionaire playboy industrialist who majors in weapons manufactoring. Downey does an amazing job as Stark. Recently in the comics, Stark has become a jerk and government lackey. Downey brings Stark back to his playboy pretty boy self who has a sarcastic remark for everything.
Gwyneth Paltrow plays Pepper Potts, Starks assisstant and mild love interest. Paltrow does okay as the damsel in distress who is at the right place at the right time. Terrence Howard plays Jim Rhodes who in the comics becomes War Machine. Howard does a great job as Stark's number two and his only real friend. Rhodes did not have as much airtime as I would have liked, but Howard did the best with it. Jeff Bridges played the films villlain, the Iron Monger. Bridges was wickedly evil, but I could only see him as the Dude. John Faverau cameos as Happy Hogan, and Jarvis, Stark's Alfred-esque butler, is portrayed as an omnipresent robot.
The films action was awesome and not full of crappy CGI like most action movies. And the levels of story and action were a perfect even. And of course the film set up a sequel. The Mandarin was hinted at, and Rhodes with the Mach II armor laid the steps for War Machine.
This was one of the best superhero/action movies I have seen, and it would not have been that way without Downey. Everyone should see this.