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Article: Metal of honor; `Iron Man' kick-starts blockbuster season.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Movie review)
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 1, 2008
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Byline: JAMES VERNIERE
"IRON MAN
Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters.
Grade: B+
Forget those loser Superheroes from Planet Teen Angst.
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), also known as Iron Man, is a "laundry list of character defects," a rampant adult male libido who singlehandedly gives himself a killer makeover from alcoholic sleazebag to crusader against global injustice.
Kicking off the 2008 summer movie season with a Big Bang, "Iron Man" is a better title than "Gold-Titanium Alloy Man," which is what he really is, and "Iron Man" is a better superhero movie than your ...