The universally good reviews of Ironman are not misleading. It was very entertaining. I'm a fan of Downey. He's doing good things right now- he was the best thing in Zodiac. He carried Ironman with the right amount of inner conflict and bravado. I enjoyed Paltrow too. I thought the whole sexy bookworm thing worked perfectly. They worked well together. The movie looked great. The whole development of the suit angle was perfectly balanced with solid slapstick gags and sci fi hardware. Excellent art direction, production design and sense of style overall.

My one real gripe is the dialog, which was flat as hell. It sounded like it was written by a 12 year old for his little brother to understand. Adults don't talk like that. And sorry, but I think "Well, it's supposed to be a comic book" is a cheap and feeble excuse for simply not having a very strong script.

Speed Racer sure looks like it will be shiiiiny. Curious to see what the press is on it. I loooved Speed Racer as an 9 year old when it was first run here on the West coast. Thing is, I'm not 9 anymore.

The first matrix movie is a classic, and very heavy existentially. (The other 2 were crap tho) Can they bring that same angst to Speed Racer? Nothing would make me happier than to SR get the same great press Ironman is getting. I'd go see it if it did.