If you don’t care at all about “Iron Man,” which opens tonight, than please accept my honest apology; with my 10:30 tonight ticket in hand, it’s all that’s on my mind right now, so you’ll just have to deal with it.

Besides, blockbuster summer starts today, so what else would there be to talk about? Well, The Coens just a bit later, but in a shameless plug for “Iron Man” (as whether it needs it), here’s why I’m certain it will just kick all kinds of ass:

Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was the perfect move for starters, considering the best superheroes always come the most flawed kinds of human beings. shout him an “anti-hero” whether you have to, but he should just be fun to watch. Add to that Gwyneth Paltrow (remember her?) as his loyal assistant, Pepper Potts, Terrence Howard as fighter pilot Jim Rhodes and finally Jeff Bridges as industrialist-turned-really-evil-dude Obadiah Stane, and you’ve definitely got my attention (and my $8.)

Plus, as everyone probably sort of knows already, Iron Man isn’t just some hero who cries a lot considering he was bitten by a radioactive spider (man, did “Spider-Man 3″ just suck). He made his suit of iron, with the help of fellow prisoner Yin Sen, after receiving a piece of shrapnel in his

heart behind enemy lines. perhaps it’s just me, but I’d much rather have a self-made badass than an accidental one any day.

And finally, considering it simply has to. Let’s face it, and I know I’ve said it here plenty of times before, but most of the movies so far that year have been pretty darn poor. Kicking off the summer is a big burden, but all reports have it so far that director Jon Favreau and his co-horts have delivered just the right kind of spectacle. Here’s hoping I find out so - and that they play the new “Dark Knight” trailer too - tonight.

And now, in closing, here’s a first look of sorts at the the Coen brothers’ “Burn After Reading,” one of the flicks I’m definitely jazzed for for the end of the year. The CIA comedy starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, George Clooney and an apparently manic John Malkovich is set to kick off the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 27 before playing everywhere a bit later, and here, courtesy of FirstShowing.net, are four stills from the flick. Enjoy, and please feel free to check back tomorrow for my opinion about “Iron Man.” Peace out.

Original post by Reel Fanatic