First off, a big welcome back to me. I've been traveling all around the country these past few weeks (mostly against my will) and I've had little time to write as I kept up with the business of merely running the movies page. However, now I'm back - and at least as good as ever! So it's with joyous enthusiasm that I present to you the five reasons you should be excited for Iron Man (May 2nd, 2008).

1. Robert Downey Jr.
I didn't get into Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang as much as some people did but Downey Jr. is always captivating. The man is just funny.

2. The ultra-secret yet super cool Comic-Con footage
Some of you have seen this. Many of you have not. It gets posted on YouTube. It gets taken down from YouTube. But the footage is pretty much awesome, and this is coming from a guy who couldn't tell Tony Stark from Apple Paltrow a few weeks ago. Try and find the footage if you can. It has a bit of back story to Iron Man and his transformation into super cool killing machine.

3. The effects are LOW tech
At Comic-Con director Jon Favreau let us know that most of the visual effects would be done without CGI. As good as something like Transformers looks there is always that thing in the back of your head that says "not real" while you're watching it. Sure, Iron Man will have CGI (I mean, he flies, which would be hard to learn in a few months of shooting) but the footage we saw was 95% without effects and 100% cool. How about some good old fashioned real explosions and cobbled together metal costumes? Yes please.

4. Jon Favreau
He seems to "get it." You might remember him from Swingers but he's got a few other cool credits too. He directed Elf for instance. And we won't even hold Zathura against him because he was hilarious in The Break-Up. As an actor this guy knows actors, as a comedian he knows timing, and as a geek (meant in the best sense of the word) he knows about passion for the subject matter. Iron Man is going to be a better movie than Superman Returns. Let that marinate in your craw for a minute. Done? Yeah, it's ridiculous, especially given the head start that Supes had in terms of mythology.

5. The DUDE
Umm, paging Jeffrey Lebowski, you're needed on the set of Iron Man! I was excited about the footage even before someone told me Jeff Bridges appeared in a millisecond of it. Now? I'm over the moon I tell ya. If you will it, it is no dream.

Okay, enough. I'm starting to sound like a sycophantic fanman (not a boy) ten months before the film even comes out. But trust me and mark your calendars. This is going to be good.

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