Heroes aren't Born. They're Built.

I should post more often. As a start, let's do this Iron Man review.

I remembered Iron Man, with its Proton Cannon super move, is my favorite character in Marvel Super Heroes game. His great arsenal of weaponries and wonderful sense of dexterity (and simple button combinations for super moves) makes him an easy choice. Then I saw the cartoon. As a kid, I don't really like moustached guys. And when Iron man removes his mask, he also revealed the hideous stripes. The bottom line is, Iron man is cool, his controller is not.

Yet, after seeing all the raving reviews from the critics in RT, I was rather hyped up. The trailer, which is a reminisce of the starcraft2 Marine trailer, is done in great taste and style.

However, 126 minutes later, I left the Cathay cinema rather unsatisfied, feeling rather distraughted for not following my gut instincts (of being wary of moustachioed guys) that this will just be another average comic adapted film.

The problem I had it is this: too little action, too much talks. And Gwyneth Paltrow is one unbelievable bimbo, which got on my nerves many times throughout the show. So the great Tony Stark will eventually fall for this gal -- I'm just not sold.

The built up to the final show down with the main villain (Jeff bridges) is too predictable and unimaginative. Jeff bridges had got the words "Main Villain" etched onto his forehead. After the triple-villain showdown in Spider-man 3, come on, Marvel, you got to SURPASS this! And when the suite wore by Jeff bridges was revealed-towards the end, that was one big anti-climax -- that's one big ugly suite.

And the jokes, mostly one-liners whispered by Robert Downey Jr while he works on the suite, are actually quite dumb. The jokes became quite cold apparently when the whole cinema wasn't laughing.

Lastly, the guy who sat next to me during the show had this really bad breath. I wondered how his girlfriend can endure his breath.

Final verdict: 6/10 JJ RT meter: OOOOOO****