First Iron Man Reviews Trickle In; Fans Claim It's Better Than Batman, Spiderman Movies

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The first round of reactions from early screenings of this summer's highly-anticpated blockbuster Iron Man are bubbling up online --- and so far, the man (Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire Tony Stark) and the titular tricked-out exoskeleton appear to be living up to the hype.

Fanboys and girls are raving the film is on par, if not better than the film's big screen comic book peers Spiderman 3, X-Men trilogy and Batman Begins.

[Warning: While there are NO spoilers excerpted here, some of the linked reviews DO have elaborate plot info. Click through at your own risk.]

Variety has excerpted some on the glowing feedback from the first screenings, held in Mexico and Australia:

"I can report the movie is terrific. It is a thinking person's superhero film with more character development than special effects and action scenes ... [Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark] is terrific...funny, smart and charming...and very buff."

And for those of you busy poring over each clip, production still and leaked tidbit, there should still be some surprises in store. Ain't it Cool News, which has an extensive [and spoiler-rich] selection of reviews, posted this one from user Vyruzz:

To my relief, they hadnt shown ALL the good stuff in the trailers ... It's a perfect adaptaion from the comicbooks and for you hardcore

Iron

Man

fans.

Iron Man flies into theaters May 2.

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/first-iron-man.html

[Ban Hammer 13,678]

oh dayum i thought this was gonna be a porno movie review.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It looks decent as superhero movies go. Hopefully better than the new Hulk movie - which looks pretty awful (from the trailer)

[DeadPoolX 9]

I'm looking forward to seeing this. I've been a fan of Iron Man since the 1980s when he used his Silver Centurian Armor, although I think my favorite was the War Machine Armor. The final armored suit Tony Stark uses in the movie is based off the Extremis Armor (which as far as I know, is the most current version).

I wonder what they've changed from the comics, aside from some of the origin -- which makes sense, considering Iron Man was created in 1963. It makes more sense to have Stark get captured and wounded in Iraq, rather than Vietnam.

[almaty 19]

tony was always a ladies man and a 2 fisted drinker

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It can't be worse than Daredevil.

[Teacher Mark 53]

tony was always a ladies man and a 2 fisted drinker

They got the right guy for the part then! I was just thinking about him the other day. His performance in Less Than Zero was outstanding. Who knew he wasn't acting!? I wonder if he's still clean? Hasn't been in the news lately for anything bad.

[DeadPoolX 9]

tony was always a ladies man and a 2 fisted drinker

They got the right guy for the part then! I was just thinking about him the other day. His performance in Less Than Zero was outstanding. Who knew he wasn't acting!? I wonder if he's still clean? Hasn't been in the news lately for anything bad.

The great part is that if he gets completely drunk and needs to go to AA or rehab, he can always say he's "doing research" for his character!

[Teacher Mark 53]

tony was always a ladies man and a 2 fisted drinker

They got the right guy for the part then! I was just thinking about him the other day. His performance in Less Than Zero was outstanding. Who knew he wasn't acting!? I wonder if he's still clean? Hasn't been in the news lately for anything bad.

The great part is that if he gets completely drunk and needs to go to AA or rehab, he can always say he's "doing research" for his character!

I imagine he is already well known in those circles!

[almaty 19]

lol..i always say..i am just empathetic towards my cleints

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Jeff Bridges is the villain I believe.

I'm looking forward to Indy.

Edited April 14, 2008 by Number 6

[Fandango 1,440]

RDJ looks a bit of alright in that photo...