She is not the type of person anyone should emulate or aspire to be. I'm all for self-expression, but her destructive lifestyle is not something to be glorified. I'm not saying she should be a paragon of virtue, but I am saying that the life she chooses to lead has an influence on people even if it shouldn't. You aren't twelve years old any more, have some self-control for God's sakes.

The title says it all. Robert Downey Jr. manages to grab your attention and run with it, skating through scenes and making it look all too easy. He's a likable jerk, in the "You really need to learn what tact is, but you're a genius and what you're saying is so clever that it's okay" variety made famous by the FOX show "House".

The one thing I really like about this movie is that it understands that it's a superhero movie, and acts accordingly. Tony Stark incurs a certain "learning curve" with his project of creating a virtually indestructible exoskeleton, which leads to some hilarious problems. The movie understands that, to create a superhero in a real world, it does require some suspended disbelief. It pokes just enough fun at itself to remind you that it is a movie designed to be fun. In that field, they have succeeded.

My only qualm about the movie is that, while I love its ability to poke fun at itself, the movie just doesn't seem to know which identity it has at times. Sometimes the movie is a gritty "superhero in a real world, and very capable of death" film, and sometimes it's a "no human being could ever do this" movie. While it's possible to find a happy middle point, it spends far too much time building up Tony Stark's character and inner struggles for it to then ask us to believe that a scrap-made armored suit prototype built in a cave in the Middle East could shrug off an anti-artillery gun but then be completely destroyed by a 50-100 foot fall that still manages to leave him completely intact. Bottom line: You're either Batman Begins or you're Shoot 'Em Up. Taking the best of both of them doesn't work.

Having said as much, I still gave it four stars because of its intelligent humor and self-awareness. That and Robert Downey Jr. does a fantastic job of living the role of the Tony Stark from Marvel lore. Go see it and you will not be disappointed. Also, remember to stick around for the end of the credits for a short "teaser" from a possible Iron Man 2. Enjoy!

I had a huge review written, intricately detailing exactly why DragonForce is the next big thing in the metal scene, but unfortunately I was listening to "Through the Fire and Flames" and the guitar solo rocked my computer so hard it exploded. I type this review now with multiple shards of hard plastic and metal in my face, which (in this reviewer's eyes) just proves how totally bad ass hardcore awesome you have to be to listen to DragonForce.

Their "Inhuman Rampage" album has been listed as the FBI's #1 Most Wanted. Due to the psychedelic riffs that are blowing minds across the world, millions are being left dead in the street with their faces rocked clean off. This album could very well be used by creationists as irrefutable evidence of the existence of a god. It could make Michael Jackson black again. OJ did it because Nicole lent Ron Goldman this album and he never gave it back; and the album didn't even exist in 1995. It's THAT good.

It's rumored that a single guitar riff from Herman Li can kill every emo kid in a 50 mile radius. Can you afford not to have that kind of power on your side?