iron man

i was going to give this one a miss. my tolerance for huge cgi movies based on comic books is lessening these days, but i was convinced to give it a look

its not going to go on my top ten movies. overall its pretty much what you would expect. when, early in the picture, it was said that jeff bridges character was looking after the hero's father's estate until the hero came of age, my brain flashed up "villian alert" and (sigh) i was right.
and yes, there were a lot of effects. and yes, the story was unoriginal and predictable.
but what made it worth watching were the performances of robert downey jnr and jeff bridges.
bridges is, of course, one of the most underated actors in the business, and i don't think i've seen downey give a bad performance in anything (ally mcbeal accepted)

best of all, the movie is not too long.

on the meal scale, i would rate this as a half-cold ham and pineapple pizza