Not to take away anything from other Marvel (or DC) Comics movies, especially the Spider-Man and X-Men movies, but this one is better than them all!
It has just the right amount of humor, action, drama, and mystery to appeal to everyone. The language wasn't too bad, better than I thought it would be...I still don't understand why bad language is needed at all.
Robert Downey Jr. did a great job, Jeff Bridges was great, Gwyneth Paltrow was great, and Terrence Howard did a great job. I can't imagine a better cast.
The special effects were awsome...not too much and very realistic. Both the music and sound effects were great, although it would have been nice to hear the song Iron Man at Iron Man's first appearance in the movie. And, the storyline was great...a great opening to what will hopefully be at least a collection of 3 movies (plus maybe a couple of Avengers movies).
The only thing I didn't like was having to leave the theater! I heard some felt the movie is too long...I say it isn't long enough (just because I was so into the movie I hated to see it end).
From the opening song (Back In Black) to the closing song (Iron Man)...this movie rocks! Which ever movie we get first, Avengers or Iron Man 2, me and my family will be there opening night. Go see it...go enjoy it...I think you will love it too!