Who? What? Superman? No….Irrron Maaan!
Yes, Iron Man, the movie which I didn’t expect would be this good. I went to see it last week and was pleasantly surprised. From the trailer I saw I figured it’d be much too dark and Iron Man would just be a lumpy piece of scrap, not the slick superhero he turned out to be.
The film tells the tale of Tony Stark, a widely known, infinitely rich, very excentric, military designer. When he gets captured by terrorists and is forced to make a special missile, instead he secretly constructs a full body armour with weapons and rockets, which he uses to escape. Back home, he decided to change his life, and use his skills to fight crime, instead of feeding war.
If you liked Batman Begins, you’ll really like Iron Man. You really get to understand the reason behind the creation of the superhero, and to see the process of that transformation. I personally generally really like these kind of “origin movies”. The fact that Iron Man, like Batman, uses technology instead of superhuman powers is a nice difference for a change. Add to that the wonderful special effects, great music, good comedy and spectacular action, and you have a movie of steel.