Iron Man, 2008 (Grade D)

Director:  Jon Favreau
Awards?  Nope --nor would you expect it to
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.; Jeff Bridges; Gwyneth Paltrow; Terrance Howard

sez said: I often find myself enjoying this kind of old time comic book hero made into film story--but not this one.  The sexism was not comic --the violence was too graphic and not comic -- the fast cars and posing as cool guys was obnoxious. STARK'S (aka Downey) supposed transformation to a 'good guy'  from being a 'rich jerk' was frail and tepid. Really disappointing was that  Bridges had the opportunity to ham it up and be a bad guy--but he didn't do the job. He played it much too straight.  It was an all round Big D-Disappointment (Grade D)