Cheapskate tuesday was all the motivation I needed to finally watch this movie.. heh

As a fan of pretty much all comic book films, I'd say it was a pretty good stand-alone movie. There seemed to be a hell of a lot of CGI (I'm not saying that was a bad thing but it seemed as though there was CGI in just about every scene).

Of course the major plot turn in this movie was the thing that's left a taste in my mouth. I don't know if they really thought the Mandarin/Killian thing through but if I was writing this movie, it sure isn't what I would have done. If you're gonna have The Mandarin in an Iron Man movie, you've gotta go all out (the evil, dark persona - & especially the rings).

Then there was the kid - Like was that kid really necessary? Really? Or were they just trying to appease the kids' market? I don't know...

& during the first half of the movie, Stark is battling his demons. How many times did he have a drink in his hand? One? It couldn't have been much more than that. Appealing to the kids' market again I see...

Overall, I'd give it 3 1/2 out of 5. I would have done a few things differently... but.. oh well...