Iron Man

All I knew going in to this film was that there was scene at the end, after the credits that I needed to stay and watch.

Well, that's not entirely true, I know Iron Man's origin story and who he is, etc... But I've been looking forward to seeing this for months, ever since I saw the first trailer. It doesn't disappoint.

Right from the first scene I knew they'd got the right guy in Robert Downey Jr. His dry sense of humour is perfectly used, but he also breathes life into the character of Tony Stark showing the angst, pain and anger that turns a hedonistic weapons designer into an armoured crusader for justice.

It was great seeing Tony Stark develop his iron man suit, rather than just jumping to him having completed it, and some of the humour surrounding that. But also, seeing where he gets the idea for the suit initially and the problems it caused him.

Overall this film is on a par with the first Spider-man film. It's a slow film that introduces the characters and the setting, has some great action pieces and is really fun to watch. Even Stan Lee's obligatory cameo was handled well* and had a great joke attached.

I'm looking forward to a sequel already (and given the after credits scene, such a sequel could be very very good).

Score: A

OQ: .........Face it. This isn't the worst thing you've caught me doing.

In a shocking twist, it appears that the official video game of the film is actually pretty good!

*I know! Stan Lee's cameo and it didn't feel forced or out of place! What a shocker!