The official Advanced Iron review of the Iron Man movie

Written by John B. Comerford (aka "Iron Man John")

I just arrived at home from attending the Chicago pre-screening at the AMC downtown near Navy Pier. It was an appropriate venue for the screening, and the sound guy/projectionist deserves a thumbs up for some great equalization during this screening as they really made use of AMC’s great, bassy sound system. AMCs tech did a great job keeping up with the Stark Tech shown on the screen. Beyond the technology though, the characters themselves are where this movie really hits a home run.

This movie is Iron Man at his best, and the fact remains that the swagger and power we see on screen is a good depiction of how formidable Tony Stark is supposed to be when he’s in that armor. He’s hit by a tank shell while in mid flight? No problem, you just got Iron Man’s attention. The U.S. airforce is after Shellhead in full burn? Iron Man turns things up a notch and they can’t keep up. This movie has some very satisfying action scenes, but again I have to remind everyone that the characters are where this movie is at.