Karyyk

I didn't care for it, and I'm an Iron Man fan. I know things need to be changed at times, but they basically just changed a whole bunch of things for no other reason than just to change them. The "prophecy" origin is just lame, but I could have dealt with even that if not for the lame way they explained the Mandarin away.

The fights against the "Elementals" are entertaining, but that's about it. As far as story-telling goes, it's not in the same league as the Ultimate Avengers movies.

At first I thought not (had my hopes dashed in fact), but now I'm starting to think otherwise. He's a good actor and I think Favreau has a good feel as to what the film should be, surprisingly.

As for the film relying too much on CGI, I don't think that's going to happen. Favreau is trying to go as practically as possible (the Mach I or the original grey armor is already done...practically), as he feels that will keep the project grounded as close to realism as possible.

Iron Man...he can go stand up to Thor, beats the Hulk regularly and is clearly more powerful than Batman and Spiderman, yet he's #18. He's also one of the more intelligent heroes, and that's key as well (if you have a weakness, he will exploit it). I know the 'power rankings' basically amount to little more than a popularity contest (and that Iron Man is in not exactly in-favor right now), but come on...