Iron Man is my new superhero…

I am a Batman fan. I have seen all Batman movies with all the different actors wearing the Bat suit. I admire Bruce Wayne’s riches and intelligence and his alter-ego’s gadgetry and infamous villains. I want my superhero to be all-human, neither an alien nor a mutant, neither I want his powers coming from a precious stone or a barbell. I am solid to Batman, not until I have seen Iron Man. I thought he was a robot or cyborg created to save mankind but Iron Man is Tony Stark wearing an all-iron costume. Iron Man must rather be called the Man of Steel and not Superman.

“What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve”

This commercial tagline of an adult medical supplement applies also to Iron Man. The lead character played by Robert Downey Jr. is  convincingly genius in robotics and military sciences, Tony Stark. Mr. Downey has consistently been a great actor and so as his personal assistant played by my favorite Gwyneth Paltrow. Tony Stark is not your usual, boy-next-door lead character. He loves to drink and takes pleasure in beautiful women and plays casino but remains on top of his business, the Stark Industries.

One flaw I find unacceptable in the movie is how the villain, one of Mr. Stark’s closest associates, manage to come up and able to manipulate the prototype version. He maybe familiar with all the financial interests of Stark Industries but I don’t feel comfortable in him having good psycho-motor abilities. Aside from the fact that he is in waning age.

Wholly, the movie is definitely great. The special effects and editing were superb. I am looking forward for the next Iron Man with a more convincing villain. I just hope Robert Downey Jr. could last until the fourth or maybe fifth installment.