Two thumbs up, one thumb down
Hephaestus: A suit that turns a guy with a bad heart into a one-man army? Why didn't I think of that! Maybe I can finally do something with this lame leg of mine. If you need me, I'll be in the smithy. Thumbs up.
Dionysos: Billionaire playboy Tony Stark was always an arrogant hotshot in the comics, and Robert Downey Jr. embodies that perfectly on screen. The villain could have been more interesting, but otherwise this was one of the best in the recent spate of superhero movies. Thumbs up.
Artemis: Techno-gizmos, steel, and servo-asssisted uppercuts? (sigh) This wilderness girl was bored. Gwynneth Paltrow was interesting as Pepper Pots, the devoted assistant whom Stark largely ignores. But overall the movie left me wondering... when are they going to make a new Wonder Woman? Thumbs down.Iron Man, based on the comic book, tells how Tony Stark goes from a morally shiftless weapons manufacturer to a world-saving superhero. When a weapons test in Pakistan is attacked by terrorists, Stark is wounded by one of his own company's bombs. Only an electromagnet implanted in his chest keeps a piece of shrapnel from piercing his heart and killing him. Captured by the terrorists, he is forced to make weapons for them, but Stark has other plans.
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwynneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 93% fresh
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DID YOU KNOW? Hephaestus, the lame-legged god of fire, was also the smith of the gods, fastening among other things the armor of Achilles and the first woman, Pandora.
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