Creative Quotient
The film comes from the house of Marvel Comics who have already given international cinema, two very successful movie franchises in Spider-Man and X Men.
The film traces the life of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) who transforms from the world’s biggest weapon’s manufacturer to a responsible citizen. Terrorists kidnap Stark and in captivity he witnesses the destruction his weapons cause. Stark escapes by building an armoured robotic suit.
On his return to the US, Stark tries to mend his ways and shut his weapons manufacturing down. Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), Stark’s partner, locks him down to sideline him and continue his own illegal weapons dealings.
With the help of his trusted AI computer and assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), Stark comes up with an upgraded version of his earlier armour suit contraption and takes on the mantle of superhero Iron Man.
The movie’s biggest strength is that it recreates a superhero’s world exactly as it was in the comics. Stan Lee’s characters are some of the world’s most celebrated superheroes and their popularity arises from their charming and quirky personalities. Iron Man uses this fact and portrays its protagonist as a loveable and charismatic person.

Technical expertise
The movie’s CGI (Computer-Generated Images) is jaw-dropping. The first Iron Man suit looks like a junkyard creation, but when Stark displays his workshop prototype, one can’t help but drool.
The scripting and screenplay is well-paced, but it could have done a better job in certain areas of the film, where one feels detached from the proceedings. The Stark and Pepper dance scene is one such event.
The film’s cheesy comic book humour works well to distract the audience amidst the entire high- octane, high-flying action sequences. But, Iron Man, the movie, suffers a great deal because despite all its acclaim the film should have had at least one more action sequence.

Verdict
The bottomline is, Iron Man is a well-made superhero film, but compared to Spider-Man and X Men, this is one’s a tad lacklustre. Nevertheless its worth three stars. The first star for Downey Jr.’s ace performance, another star for the pupil-dilating special effects and the third star for its humour.