I am just going to put it out there:
Iron Man sucks. I didn't think it was all that special. I mean, the comic character is good, but the villan (s) are just uninteresting and lame in these films for Marvel.....but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Special effects can only do so much....you have to have a great story and sweet acting. (And I like Robert Downey Jr.)
In fact, 3/4 of Marval Comic movies blow. The Spider-Man movies? Those were freaking terrible. That final scene against the Hobgoblin in the first movie....and the regular New Yorkers were on the bridge throwing bottles and saying, "leave spidey alone!" That did it for me....and you see this stupid stuff in all of the Spider-Man movies. The 3rd one? Holy crap that was aweful. Don't even get me going on the Incredible Hulk movies. Wow. I liked the first X-Men movie....but after that, they got terrible...and just ruined.
Non of these movies even come close to Batman Begins and the Dark Knight films. They blow these away with their storyline and acting. Now, the first set of Batman films just struggle too....except for the first one with Jack Nicholson as the Joker. But if you look back at it....that Joker is a big pansy compaired to the Joker depicted by the late Heath Ledger. The ones that followed the original B-Man...they just got so "hollywood" with lighting and crappy screen-play...and horrible Storyline. Just like Downey Jr, I like Clooney....but without a story....it just sucks......and you see the marval flicks doing the same thing.
Now, I was also a big fan of Captain America when I was a kid. I hope that they don't ruin it.
So all in all, not that excited for Iron Man. Someone on here had to switch it up and disagree.