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Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. The film also stars Oscar® winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Oscar® nominees Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges and is directed by Jon Favreau.

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Finally... a movie worth rating! Haha! (seriously... I finally had time to watch a movie... hehehe)

To be honest, I got a bit unexcited (is there such a word? haha) when we were falling in line at the Gold Cinema @ Festi when I saw the GP rating. The immediate movie that came in mind was Superman Returns - you know, that super dumb, senseless, boring movie starred by Brandon Routh. Well, you know - rated-GP as in GP = hero-for-the-kids type of movie. To my delight and much amusement - it was no where near it! This movie had enough kick as* sci-fi action to keep you awed the whole 2 hours.


The thing about adapting movies from comics, novels, from whatever books, cartoons or TV shows, people tend to compare the context of the movie to that from which it was taken. Good thing, I haven't read of any comic book for this one! Haha! But seriously, the movie adaptation was great. All I know about Iron Man is that Proton Canon-wielding character in Marvel arcade games. Who knew he would be this cool in the big screen adaptation! If you haven't heard how much I enjoyed The Transformers, well this one is at the same level with that. Hell yeah!


One of my most favorite scene was the dogfight - the one where he was testing out the new suit in real combat, then he was detected by the US Air Force. And this was while he was being checked out over the phone by his military buddy Jim Rhodes. Now that I have thought of it, kudos also to Terrence Howard for making his short stints in this film ooh so funny! He has so many icebreaker scenes to mention, including the "Next time, baby!" upon looking at Tony's original Iron Man suit. Great job!


Dude, you've got to see Gwyneth in this film... I had her mistaken on several shots as Kirsten Dunst! Haha! But on the evening party when Tony saw her for the first time in that gown... damn! *Tulo laway* scene... one for the ages! hahaha


What stood out the most was Robert Downy Jr.'s portrayal as Tony Stark - the dude is really hilarious, yet still good when he's on serious mode. He kinda reminded me of Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow; the type of character not all can do as great as they have. The Tony Stark he played was convincingly sarcastic yet funny, techy but cool, bad ass yet super smart. I don't know the actor before; haven't seen him in a movie or in a TV show (never even heard of the name... hehehe). Now, I'm a fan.


Fellas, this is one movie you should watch. In case you don't have a clue, let the trailer do the talking.

Though I missed a part where the leader of the S.H.I.E.L.D. approached Tony in the end... I guess I now have a reason to watch this in the big screen again! Hehehe