Does Marvel have a winner in Iron Man?

For the better part of the last ten years, Hollywood has tried to take successful comic book titles and hope that success translates to large dollars on the big screen.

To a degree, it has worked and more specifically with Marvel Comics. Successful titles such as Blade, X-Men and Spider-Man have done well at the box office and spawned numerous sequels as a result.

However, not everything has been a success. In recent years crowds were not in favor of titles such as The Punisher, The Hulk, Fantasic Four, Ghost Rider, Daredevil and Elektra. You also can't forget the 1986 classic "Howard the Duck." Yes, that was a "Marvel Legacy" believe it or not.

That could all change starting on May 2 when the highly anticipated film "Iron Man" is released nationwide starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow. Trailers alone for the film have been running for the better part of the last year. Every time I go see a movie and this trailer comes on, you can hear the sound of hundreds of whispers that I can only guess are saying, "I wanna see that!"

Judge for yourself. I know I will be one of the millions who wait in line to check out this movie the weekend it arrives in theaters!