Iron Man by Chuck S. White
When Iron Man came out around a year or two ago, it was a surprise hit. Many people thought the movie would be a flop. After-all, Iron Man was not exactly Spiderman, Superman or Batman, the big three in the comic world who play well for audiences. Not to mention the fact that Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. was not exactly an actor we’ve heard much from lately. I mean sure, he’d done a trio of movies back in 2007, but none of them had made it big so that’s why it was such a pleasant surprise to see Downey make a huge comeback and to see how audiences absolutely loved his performance.
With many superhero movies, you don’t get down into the depths of a character. You don’t feel like you know them, and in fact that mask that they wear, whatever it happens be, be it a bats ears or a pair of eyeglasses, tends to mask them as people too. With “Iron Man,” you get a feeling like you’re looking deeper into the soul of the character and I think that’s what made it such a unique and fun movie. You get the feeling for example of what it’s like to actually be in a real company, in this case, Stark Industries and to see what it takes to run the company (and I’m not talking here about George Costanza coming up with one liners and then leaving the room “
