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audience with morals or taking itself too seriously, in part due to Downey Jr.'s comedic take on the character. Instead the movie focuses on the birth of Iron Man.

The morals and the preaching are sure to follow in the obvious string of sequels this movie will spawn, but for the moment Iron Man is relatively light on preaching.

Paltrow's performance of Pepper Potts steals many scenes. She plays an assistant with a keen mixture of sex appeal, smarts and savoir-faire. Bridges plays an excellent psycho villain and Downey Jr. fills the role as Tony Stark as if it had been written for him.

Few actors have been on top of their game, shot down, beaten up, locked up and finally released to come back on top after making drastic life changes as Downey Jr. has, elements he neatly tucks into the Iron Man character.

Iron Man has enough special effects to dazzle without bombarding the audience with computer tricks or bogging down the story. The final battle between Iron Man and Iron Mongol rivals scenes from last year's blockbuster Transformers.

With an excellent mix of comedy, action and character development, Iron Man delivers. Other superhero movies can only aspire to be this good.



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