FANGIRL ATTACK!!! IRON MAN...NO SPOILERS

I could sit down and write a very organized review of what I honestly think is one of the best superhero movies... in fact, number 2 on my list. When it comes to superheroes, the more baggage, the better, that is why Batman rules and "Bat Begins" is holding on tight to it's crowning glory.

However, there is emotional baggage and then there is the Sunday edition of Behind the Music and Tony Stark is too much of a badass to be a good guy. This should have been titled Super Hero: Trial and Error.

By the way, this is filed under fangirl attack, so let me account for it:

One of the best things about growing up in the 80's is that I am well aware there used to be life before Brad Pitt. There he was in all his glory,incredibly talented and yes beautiful to watch. This guy made dangerous look likeable and vulnerable sexy, his name was, excuse me... IS Robert Downey Jr. and he frigging rocks.

With that out of the way, let me start. The fun thing about this movie is that it is the "anti" of it's kind. So I'll go there, to the things you will not find, and then I'll let you go and see it yourself.

You will not find the usual "Messianic Awareness".It happens to all superheroes, from happy go lucky Spiderman to brooding Bats', there is a long period of introspectivenes "the dark night of the soul element" it is usually triggered by the loss of a loved one and drives the would be hero to the point of madness before he puts on the tights and joins the crusade, completely embracing his mission-self sacrifice, if you will- out of love for humanity. In the case of Tony Stark, there is darkness alright,and it lingers. No matter how good he gets at what he does, it is never redeeming enough.There is a certain perverse joy, the man is having too much fun being who he is to completely turn into someone else.

You will not find Damsels in Distress-props to Gwyneth Paltrow for delivering a wonderful supporting character that happens to be female. Yes of course there is a degree of romance, but by God she is not swooning. If there is something Pepper Potts knows is that this is not a reliable guy, so her romantic expectations are a little more, errr... pragmatic. In a world were women are constantly making the wrong decisions, getting in trouble and then becoming a pain in the ass for the guy that has to recue them, she is a breath of fresh air.

There is no butler or secret accomplice that helps the guy put it all together. I guess being an MIT graduate at 17 will allow a man to stand on his own and put together his own gadgets (Although there is a computer with a British accent and the cutest mechanical arm/ fire extinguisher you will ever see- :p)

Bad guys without purpose. In fact the measure of a great villain in a superhero movie is that his plans and intentions make sense in the real world and Obadiah Stane makes sense as hell. There is no secret plan to take over the world, after all who would like to rule humanity when given the chance to deliver the weapons that will facilitate it's demise? Demand and supply, people are always in a rush to blow up one and other and wherever there is a grudge, someone will be willing to pay well to settle the score. Motive? Greed, simple and pure and that is brilliant.

Add to that dialogue with sense and wit and an ensemble mostly composed of guys and gals who have won Oscars or have been close to do so and it is not your run of the mill supes movie...LOVED IT

The quote...

"They say the best weapon is the one you never have to fire. I prefer the weapon you only need to fire once" - Tony Stark at the National Republican Convention- nah- moments before trying out a brand new toy...