My science project

If there's one thing that I was looking for in casting Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, it would be be the mustache. Yeah Tony Stark is a smart, smooth playboy, but he wouldn't be the man he is without the mustache. In fact, I determined how good an issue of Iron Man was when I was growing up solely on how many times the mustache appeared and how good it looked on Tony Stark and without him.

So when I got word that Robert Downey Jr. got cast as Tony Stark some months ago, I was mortified. There was really only one option in terms of mustaches, Tom Selleck. Plus he was a big physical guy that could be a believable superhero, unlike Robert Downey Jr.

After seeing the finished product, I stand corrected. Robert Downey Jr. fit the role perfect once I stopped paying attention to the mustache. Smart. Smooth. Playboy. And he looks more youthful than Selleck who I just realized is 63 years old (his mustache makes him look half that). Oh yeah, the movie's good too. Good popcorn fare with a logical story that doesn't get too hokey, unlike other Marvel comic adaptations. Action and effects were solid, but I actually enjoyed Stark's process of producing the final Iron Man suit the best. It's no X-Men or Spider-Man 1, but it's better than the Hulk, Ghost Rider and Fantastic Four.