"Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk."

This whole post might be a spoiler so read at your own risk.

Jon Favreau's latest endeavor as a director was quite ambitious. Turn Robert Downey Jr into a superhero? Give Gwenyth Paltrow and Terrence Howard approximately 15 minutes of screen time total? Sort of kind of successfully commentate on the Iraq war in a roundabout way? Really - Favreau??

The first 30 minutes could've been done in 10, and overall there was way too much talking and not enough blowing stuff up, but in general it worked for me. The superhero scene effects were average, but all the Iron Man creation scenes in the lab were pretty cool, and when Stark actually put his arm into the CG arm, I was like, WOAH. I loved Stark's sarcasm, especially with his robots (some looked ad-libbed). And I even didn't cringe whenever Potts was onscreen. Now, that's saying something.

All this to say, I think Favreau should maybe take it back a notch and jog. Greatness is sure to follow.

But please, just stay out of your movies. Why does every director insist on having a cameo in their own damn movie?