Like Spiderman, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Hellboy, and many other comic book spin-offs Iron Man strives to bring audiences in to the theater and take away all of their sweet sweet cash in exchange for 2 hours of action packed explosion sequences and an occasionally provocative love interests. Where Iron Man sets itself apart from the sea of comic book movies is a very simple six letter word. ACTING. Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow make a positively atomic pair. The only complaint that i could muster would be the sometimes drawn out manufacturing sequences, which may be somewhat boring for those who are vaguely interested in seeing the movie to begin with. This is a great movie to take all the boys to and send the girlfriend to Forgetting Sarah Marshall.