"Iron Man" now on DVD

October 20, 9:45 PMLA Film & T.V. Story ExaminerBruce Gordon

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Most movies with lots of spectacular visual effects are best seen on the big screen at a movie theater. Some, however, still translate well to DVD and your home TV screen because of great storytelling, acting and directing. Such is the case with “Iron Man,” which some considered a “lower-level” superhero in the Marvel Comics stable.

But with the love for the character, and the skill to pull it off, director Jon Favreau updates the not-so-familiar franchise with commercial success akin to such collective consciousness icons as “Batman” and “Superman”.

If you get the 2-disc special edition, there are tons of "behind-the-scenes" special features.

See the main trailer: click here.

Robert Downey, Jr. is superb as the iron-plated crime fighter whose secret identity is Tony Stark, billionaire industrialist.  Terrence Howard plays pilot Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes, Tony Stark’s good friend and ally in the U.S. military. Jeff Bridges plays Obadiah Stane, a key executive at Stark Industries. Gwyneth Paltrow is excellent as Stark’s perky assistant, Pepper Potts. Finally, Leslie Bibb plays reporter Christine Everhart, whose enjoys a “cheesecake” relationship with Stark at the end of the confrontational work day.