Went and saw Iron Man last night, and I definitely recommend it to everyone. My only true problem with it was the vaguely heavy-handed sociopolitical commentary, but these days you're not gonna get any film without that, much less a mainstream superhero flick. Nonetheless, this is the best Marvel adaptation I've seen -- the effects are awesome, the story is good, it's funny, it's badass without getting 'pretentious' (in that bad way that many superhero movies do where they're trying too hard to Just Be Cool), and stuff blows up. I actually skipped going to see The Forbidden Kingdom after it because I didn't think anything could follow it.

This is a hell of a month for movies, too. Next weekend is Speed Racer, the weekend after is Prince Caspian, the weekend after that is the new Indiana Jones. I mean to say. I'm gonna be a busy lady -- it's become time to go back to nipping off to the theatre solo on Saturdays to make sure I catch all these.

If you have been, they did it already!