I have seen Ms Paltrow in close quarters (she stole my dinning table!) and I can only say she is the most stunning woman I have ever seen, but maybe that presence does not translate well in film (but convinces other people that it may).
The worst thing about the movie is the almost non existent muddled plot, they paint the conflict with terrorism and angry Afghanistan insurgents like if Iraq had never happened.
Nowadays only the most myopic audience can buy this we are good, they are bad nonsense that worked so well in the Cold War, but that is an impossible proposition in these times of news spreading virally via the Internet, and frankly after Batman and Spiderman our heroes can't be completely white because is completely unrealistic to believe they are.
His captors demand he builds a hi-tech bomb for them. Instead, in an inspired twist, Stark secretly creates an iron flying-suit exo-skeleton which repels the bad guys' bullets with a satisfying clang. Iron Man comes clanking out of his cave and kicks insurgent ass before uncorking a flame-assisted vertical takeoff. A new superhero is born and he is capable of one extraordinary, mindblowing, superhuman feat that every US presidential candidate dreams about. He can get the hell out of the Middle East!
