It’s official. Iron Man is awesome. How do I know?

You see that ticket stub? I went the the first official show at 8pm tonight cuz I’m awesome! yeah! That’s right, I saw the first show.

Ok, but seriously, it’s really good. I’m so glad I bought a bunch of Marvel (NYSE: MVL) stock yesterday because this movie is a savior for the company and is launching a new franchise. Where Spider Man failed, Iron Man succeeds and I have to say it is because of Jon Favreau at the helm. He and Robert Downey Jr. hold this film together so tight. Jeff Bridges is great as the antagonist and I didn’t feel at all underwhelmed by the lack of a real villain because they do such a good job of making the film about Tony and his struggles. Instead of focusing on a super villain, they focus on the origin story here and it totally works.

It’s funny, Gwenneth Paltrow is great as the assistant/almost love interest and the writing is smart enough not to take itself too seriously.

Great movie. Get out there and see it in the theaters!

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