This was one that my fiance and I had seen in theaters months ago and had decided to see. We go to the movies quite often. I'm too scared to calculate exactly HOW MUCH we waste on movie tickets. We already had seen the trailers, and knew that it looked great. We had absolutely NO idea as to exactly how amazing that it would be. They all did a fantastic job, from the cast, the effects, the plotline. . . EVERYTHING was on point. And as everyone has said, Downey Jr pulled off the role far better than anyone ever could have expected. THey accomplished the impossible, and made a superhero that was believable. They were all absolutely amazing, and for me "Butterfingers" stole the show at some points. Personally, for me it was never slow. There was never that one point where I was just itching for something to happen. And I think as far as the action was concerned, they handled it really well by focusing more on Sparks's development towards becoming Ironman, rather than so much on "It would be really cool if he blew this up by. . .". I thought that it was a smart way for Marvel to handle it. It was a great movie, and how cool is it for Marvel to handle their own movies?