One word: Good.
The long version: Batman now has a very tough act to follow. Anyone with any interest in this comic book turned movie knows most of the details (Robert Downey Jr. stars as Iron Man, etc) and perhaps if you even have that much interest you may have already seen it. In case you haven't, do yourself a favor and dish out the $8-10 and catch it in theaters.
The cast is great. Downey revives his career with this movie. (Quick side note: Just checked his IMDB and he's listed as Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the credits for the new Hulk movie...interesting). Jeff Bridges is fantastic. This may be his best performance since The Big Lebowski, but then again I didn't see Seabiscut (that was supposed to be good, right?). Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow round out a pretty solid cast.
Howard as you may know plays Jim Rhodes aka War Machine. For those who saw the movie or the newer television trailer will see the scene alluding to War Machine. This is definitely one of the better new comic book movies we've seen in a while. I say new as in not a sequel. Sin City and V for Vendetta excluded.
If you have any interest in this at all from the trailers definitely go out and see it. For what it's worth, my girlfriend who doesn't know a thing about the whole Iron Man world throughly enjoyed it. So yeah, it's just a good film.
It's doing great in the box office too. The AP reported that "Iron Man was the 10th biggest opening of all time and the fourth biggest for a superhero movie. Among nonsequels, it came in behind only the first Spider-Man, which premiered with $114.8 million."
PS: If you haven't heard yet that you need to stay through the end of the credits, make sure you do so.
Edit: Marvel has just announced that Iron Man 2 will be released on April 30, 2010. I know I'll be there. - Ed
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