Was this a good movie? Better than many. Robert Downey, Jr. knows a thing or two about acting and can deliver a line with the best of them. Casting Bridges as the villian was a little weird but not a deal-breaker. This was not up there with "Batman Begins", however, and probably will not be up there wth "Dark Knight". Cutting thirty minutes out of it would have helped it a lot. Before you shell out $40.00 on tickets, drinks and popcorn, ask yourself if you are too old to be seeing movies based on comic book characters. If not, then you'll probably be fine. By the way, Gwyneth Paltrow is holding up very nicely, isn't she?