By Iain Blair

Went to see Iron Man with a friend who worked on it, and all the early buzz is right on the money, something they know all about. The budget was a reported whopping $175 million. It was way better than your average comic-book-to-movie extravaganza. Although it seems that Robert Downey Jr., 43, is a bit too old for the title role, his age and world-weary look actually work for him and the character, and the scenes with Gwyneth Paltrow were terrific. The movie opens with a great action sequence set in Afghanistan that was actually shot near Lone Pine in the Eastern Sierras, according to my friend. He also shared how at first Jeff Bridges drove everyone mad over the way his bald head should have looked. They tried everything from bald caps to CGI but in the end, Jeff went back to basics: he just shaved it, he was happy, and was “the nicest person in the world” to work with. All the VFX by ILM, the Orphanage, and a bunch of other houses are first-rate, and the film is a great ride.

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