As a non-follower of the comic (but knows alotta fans of them), I wasn't sure what to expect. My husband and some of my best guy friends were like peeing their pants for this movie till we saw it Lol :-P
Anyways, I'm not particularly fond of chick flicks, I stick mostly to action and comdies. And this was EXACTLY that. Robert Downey Jr. and Jeff Bridges gave THE BEST performances EVER :-D!!!!! But Gwyneth... she kinda over-played her "damsel-in-distress" role as Ms. Potts. The one line, towards the end, where she was like "No Tony, if you do that you'll die" I BUSTED OUT laughing!!!! The action coulda had a couple more minutes, but overall, a MUST SEE!!!!!!
Also- make sure you stay after the creds... We were not able to, and we're all kicking ourselves in the tuckas because of it....
My husband LOVES Jodie Foster, I can do without her. But, she actually did pretty well in this movie. It was nice to see her kinda silly. The little girl and her animal friends were SOOOO cute :-D I actually really liked this movie, as did he. The beginning was a little rough, but it REALLY picked up the second half. I usually really like Gerard Butler. But this movie could've done without most of his scenes. The scenes between *possible spoilers!* he and Jodie are fairly funny. That's probably the only reason why I didn't completely dismiss him as a double charcater in this film. *end spoilers!*
I might take my ten year old sister next week, and see what she says.