Despite the lukewarm reviews, Prince Caspian was first place at the box office with 56 million. I’ve decided to wait it out and see it at the discount theater.

Iron Man still cleaning up at second place with 31 million, while Speed Racer came in fourth place with only 7.6 million, proving it’s not destined to win the summer box office race.

(source: “Lazy Monday”)

Whispers on the internet from foreigners (lucky enough to see it early) say Iron Man doesn’t actually suck. As long as it’s not as bad as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, I’ll be okay.

Hopefully Robert Downey Jr’s charisma renders the flick virtually critic proof. Most comic book based movies haven’t turned out so well, so I’m not 100% convinced by this internet buzz. Usually, these movies (and rumors) are just fan boy fodder and at best turn out to be guilty pleasure action movies. If Iron Man does well, it may break the comic book curse.

Guess that would be great news from Marvel who plan to release tons of comic book movies in the future.

Earlier: Robert “Iron Man” Downey Jr.

Trailer Check for Iron Man:

in theaters on May 2nd

I wasn’t entirely sold on the idea of Robert Downey Jr in a superhero movie. But the trailer suggests that maybe he didn’t really have to do too many stunts. There are a bunch of scenes with an entirely cgi-ed Iron Man. Kinda reminds of how Nic Cage got off lightly with the CGI enflamed Ghost Rider character. We’ll see if the final Iron Man can match the realistic movements of other superhero films like with the lifelike Spider Man from Spiderman 2.

My biggest peeve with the trailer is the return of Gwyneth Paltrow as the damsel in distress. But hey, to each their own. They’ve got my dollar already with the very presence of Downey Jr.