Let me just say this: Iron Man is Fan-fucking-tastic.

Absolutely awesome.

The storyline, dialogue and acting are so tight throughout this whole flick. It's enjoyable and fun and there was really no part of it I didn't like. There were a lot of grins and chuckles - no real laugh out loud parts except a couple - but Robert Downey, Jr. has created the coolest superhero character - EVER. He was completely believable as a superhero, which I honestly didn't think he could do.

Gwyneth Paltrow was okay as Pepper Potts, though Pepper was a bit more ditzy than I'm used to from Gwyneth. I kept seeing her in Sky Captain which I think was a better fit. I did like the constant low-level sexual tension; that was really well done.

Here were my two favorite pieces of this movie - both minor, but both very unique:

1.) The Robots - These are actually robots. They don't look like humans, they look like robots - they're basically long motorized arms. But they have...personality. Or do they? Stark talks to them as if they're real...even berating them at times. And they seem to respond to him. But do they? Does the one robot actually droop when Stark threatens to sell him to a community college? Or are we anthropomorphizing it the way that Stark (who is clearly a lonely man) is?

This is BEAUTIFULLY done.

2.) The Last Line - This is the best line in all of superhero-dom. It was totally unexpected, and J. sat through the credits (we were waiting for the Samuel L. Jackson thing) and kept repeating that he couldn't believe that Stark said that.

I loved that! Brilliant!!

(P.S. - The Samuel L. Jackson thing is probably worth sitting through the credits for if you're a total geek and don't want to miss anything, or if you want a hint of what the sequel will be. But it lasts about 5 seconds and you could probably find it on YouTube, so...)